By: Laurel Marewibuel KOROR, Palau (Monday, Dec. 15, 2025) — Clearing the Helmet Wreck took JMAS -Japan Mine Action Service divers seven grueling years and hauled more than 80 tons of deteriorating World War II depth charges from Palau’s coastal waters — many already leaking toxic picric acid into the sea. President Surangel Whipps Jr. […]
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What Leaders Should Do: Lessons from the Bai
Dear Editor, What Leaders Should Do: Lessons from the Bai As 2025 closes, our leaders must be reminded of what they should do and not what they complain about. Too often, we hear endless criticism of PPUC and its services, yet little action to provide the resources needed for quality service. Complaining without giving resources […]
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Palau Unveils Facility for Medically Cleared Patients Who Need Temporary Housing
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau (December 11, 2025) — “We often have patients who are already medically cleared but continue to occupy beds because the hospital has no alternative placement,” Public Health Director Sher Madraisau said this week, as the Belau National Hospital opened its long-awaited Transition Facility — a new service and dedicated building […]
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A Grand Design: Foundations of Journalism program wins Gold at Australian Good Design Awards
Locally led. Accessible. Designed for newsrooms. Why ABCID’s Foundations of Journalism has been recognised with a Gold Award for Service Design. SYDNEY, 11 DECEMBER 2025 (ABC)—How do you design a journalism training programme that works across multiple countries, languages and newsrooms, in places where access to formal training is often limited? For ABC International Development, […]
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Transforming infrastructure and training Palau’s workforce
8th Theater Sustainment Command CAMP KATUU, Palau (Dec. 01, 2025)— The Civic Action Team Palau 84-10 is once again at work in the Republic of Palau. These U.S. Army servicemembers are not just completing construction projects, they are investing in the future of an entire community.CAT Palau operates under the U.S. military’s civic action program, […]
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“Minister of State Gustav N. Aitaro Represents Palau at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention”
Geneva, Switzerland – The Honorable Gustav N. Aitaro, Minister of State, represented the Republic of Palau at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the States Parties (22MSP) to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, held from 1–5 December 2025 at the Palais des Nations […]