Public Safety Director Aloysius Alonz stressed out especially to high school students here in Palau that taking college education abroad will be hard for them if they are caught and convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol. “The worst thing about DUI, once you get DUI, you cannot leave Palau, that’s the hard […]
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BPS Director sheds light on car tinting law confusion
Public Safety Director Alloysius Alonz clarified in an interview with Island Times on Wednesday that the amendment being pushed in the congress on car tinting law is still on the process and that the current law still applies. According to Alonz, some vehicle operators are already starting to fix their car according to the talk […]
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Palau’s top leaders express disappointment on Hillbroom case outcome
Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. and Vice President and Justice Minister Raynold Oilouch both expressed their disappointment on the recent outcome of DHL Heir Larry Imeong Hillbroom’s drug trafficking case. Remengesau, during a press conference on Wednesday, July 4, said that the plea agreement between the court and defendant Hillbroom on the Conspiracy to Traffic […]
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Kayangel eyed to be fully powered by renewable energy in 2019
Palau is now on the move to hitting its 45% renewable energy target by 2025 by starting off with Kayangel Island, the northernmost state of the country, and making it generate and utilize 100% renewable energy by the end of 2019. Kayangel State, which has a land area of about 1.4 km2 and a population of […]
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Palau signs up for IOM membership
Vice President and Justice Minister Raynold Oilouch is in Geneva to represent Palau in the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sessions and for its 2nd Special Council slated this June 29 at the Conference Room 1 of the Centre International de Conferences in Geneva where Palau’s application for membership will be voted on. IOM, which […]
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Remengesau urges belt-tightening measures, cuts OEK and Mechesil Belau budgets
President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. signed the FY 2018 Supplemental Budget into law yesterday during a leadership meeting, calling for spending restrain citing possible increase in government operating costs in near future due to increase in fuel prices and scheduled step-down of direct economic assistance through the Compact of Free Association. Remengesau, in signing the […]