President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. signs the Global Pledge with children from Koror Elementary yesterday in commemoration of the 30th Year the Convention of the Rights of Child was adopted. The signing of the Global Pledge is to demonstrate a continued and renewed commitment to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Child […]
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Ngaraard State Assembly visits resident of burned house
Members of the 10th Olbetibel era Ngaraard during their Session on Tuesday night, November 12, at the State compound in Ngebuked County approved a $500 monetary assistance to a resident of a house that burned to the ground on the early morning of November 5th at Ulimang County of Ngaraard State. According to the Assembly […]
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Jesse Edward work to be revoked
Motion to revoke former employee of PPUC Jesse Edward’s work release was filed this November 4, 2019 after he violated conditions of his work release program at the Koror Jail by smuggling marijuana into jail. Mr. Edward was found guilty of stealing money from PPUC on July 10, 2019 when utility payments from Peliliu State entrusted […]
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Koror Ngara Maibrel donates to MOJ
The Ngara Maibrel women’s group of Koror visited the Ministry of Justice’s Division of Corrections on November 20, 2019 and donated five cases of 22#s chicken, five sacks of 50# rice and a sack of onions for the prisoners. Koror Maibrel has been doing this humanitarian gesture for many years and usually at this time […]
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Ngeruangel Marine Reserve has more and bigger fish, according to a new PICRC study
A new study released this month by researchers at Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) shows Ngeruangel Marine Reserve as an effective conservation area with high fish abundance and biomass. The PICRC research team was led by Marine Gouezo and include researchers E. Ikelau Otto, Randa Jonathan, Geory Mereb, Victor Nestor, Dawnette Olsudong, and Anna […]
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PICRC outreach staff utilize various hands-on and interactive activities to teach about clams to Airai’s Head Start class
Palau International Coral Reef Center’s (PICRC) outreach team was welcomed into Airai’s Head Start classroom on Monday, November 18, 2019, to deliver a lesson on clams. With a series of activities that included, sing along, storytelling, and coloring, students were able to learn about clams, their habitat, characteristics and importance within the marine ecosystem. Likewise, […]