By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (August 20, 2026) — A Palau Housing Authority (PHA) employee has been charged with four counts of theft in the second degree after investigators alleged she collected $7,281.98 from 19 PHA clients over a period of more than two years. Kukong Khalye Hilbert is accused of collecting unauthorized payments […]
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Ngardmau Sets Special Governor Election for Sept. 18 as Court Case Nears Trial
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang Ngardmau, Palau (August 17, 2026) – The Palau Election Commission (PEC) announced Monday that Ngardmau State will hold a special election for governor on September 18 with nominating petitions due by September 3. The announcement comes as the Supreme Court of Palau has set an expedited trial date of next week […]
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Tmetbab Clan sues PPUC over expired lease for Koror water tank site
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau – Tmetbab Clan, represented by Rimuu Dominica Ngoriakl, has filed suit in the Palau Supreme Court seeking to force Palau Public Utilities Corporation to vacate a water-tank site in Ngerkesoaol Hamlet, Koror State, after a lease on the property allegedly expired last year. In a verified complaint filed May 11, […]
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Doctor Sentenced, Ordered Out of Palau in Forgery Case
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (July 6, 2026) — A Filipino physician who admitted to forging a colleague’s signature on prescriptions for controlled painkillers has been sentenced to five years in prison, suspended, and ordered to leave Palau. Dr. Maria Lyza Gepty, formerly a practitioner at Belau Medical Clinic, pleaded guilty to two counts […]
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Jury Convicts Wenty on Meth Charges, Acquits Him on Firearm Counts
Verdict comes days after Palau enacted tougher anti-meth penalties that could dramatically affect sentencing. By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (May 11, 2026) — A jury has convicted Burton Wenty on two felony methamphetamine possession charges while acquitting him on multiple firearm and ammunition counts in a closely watched criminal case that could test the reach […]
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Court Rules PPUC’s 2025 Water Rate Hike Unlawful
Supreme Court says February 2025 increase was never valid; PPUC must follow old tariff while questions over refunds and future rate hikes remain open. By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (May 11, 2026) The Supreme Court of Palau has ruled that the Palau Public Utilities Corporation’s (PPUC) 2025 water and wastewater rate increase was never lawfully […]