Members of the Palau Media concluded its five once-a-week Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) Budget reporting workshop on March 27. PACMAS is a regional program here in the Pacific that the government of Australia supports. Australia Ambassador to Palau, Ms. Richelle Turner who graced the last day of the training congratulated the media practitioners for completing […]
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Media is key in reducing the cost of corruption
Corruption hinders development that could benefit all citizens, which is why media is key in tackling unethical practices of public officials, John Hyde, Anti-Corruption Consultant of the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project said during an anti-corruption training with the Palau Media Council last week. Mr. Hyde said “there is a cost to corruption,” which takes […]
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Ethics Commission’s work is critical to ethics issues of public officials
Public Auditor Satrunino Tewid said last week that Ethics Commission has the power to look into the behavior of public officials, making sure there is ethics in government. Tewid was speaking to the members of Palau media last week during the two-day anti-corruption training through the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project last week when he […]
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Palau media receives training on investigative reporting
“There is a cost to corruption,” said media trainer John Hyde who is conducting Investigative Reporting Workshop for Palau media this week. Discussing why media needs to report on corruption and learning the tools and resources needed for reporting were some of the subjects covered by the training program made possible through the United Nations […]