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PAPA airline to suspend flights

Palau Asia Pacific Air Inc. will be suspending its thrice a week flights between Palau and Macau beginning this August 31st according to its press release issued yesterday.  The notice also said that the airline plans to resume services either in September or October or within 30 to 40 days. The airline cites changes to […]

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SDA and PMA visit the PICRC

On August 25, 2019, a group of 28 teachers, staff and community members from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Elementary School, and Palau Mission Academy (PMA), visited the Palau International Coral Reef Center. Every August since 2015, a group of teachers from SDA and PMA have been visiting the PICRC. This year the group was […]

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Japan gives new school bus to MOE

The Japanese government has yet again donated a brand new school bus to the Ministry of Education (MOE) to improve ease of transportation of Palauan students. The handover ceremony was attended by the Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan Kentaro Sonoura, Japan Ambassador to Palau Akira Karasawa, House of Representatives member Kosaburo Nishime, and […]

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Key agencies lay out plans for implementation of $7.5-M disaster resilience project

The key agencies tasked to execute the $7.5 million disaster resilience project in Palau that is funded by the Japan government through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had met to lay out plans for the implementation of the project yesterday, August 26 at the Penthouse Hotel Conference room. Government officials from the NEMO, the […]

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Japan PM’s Special Advisor visits Palau for tourism, fisheries talks

Japan Prime Minister’s Special Advisor Kentaro Sonoura visited Palau for the second time this year to meet with the local officials and discuss some cooperation in the areas of tourism and fisheries. In an interview with the Times, Sonoura said that he had an engagement with President Tommy Remengesau, Jr., Vice President Raynold Oilouch, State […]

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