People are so used to the convenience that our “one time use” products provide rather than trying to better our ways so we can protect our homes environment. Olilai Chilton, 18, is one of the young Palauans working towards a big change and a better future in Palau. She is working on big projects that […]
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Four Palauans receive TOCFL certificates
Four Palauans namely Janee Kloulchad, Paige Tutii, Jake Meltel and Dana Keibo received Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) Certificates from Ambassador Wallace M.G. Chow at the Taiwan Embassy on July 3, 2019. Ambassador Chow congratulated them for finishing “2018 Youth Chinese Language Training Project in the Pacific” and wished the training course […]
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Domestic violence cases double in March: BPS
4.5% of Palauan ever-pregnant women experienced physical partner violence. 37% were punched in the abdomen: MOH led 2014 study The number of domestic violence cases in a month went up to 8 in the month of March, said the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) report. The highest monthly number was 9 which was in September […]
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PPEF refund cut for Palauans, spouses gets senate committee nod
The Senate committee on tourism and development had recommended the passage of a bill that seeks to cut the $100 Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee (PPEF) refunds for Palauans and their spouses to $75. The senate committee, in its report dated April 9, stated that it believes that the proposed changes to the PPEF are “necessary […]
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Around 1,000 Palauans affected by Super Typhoon Yutu in NMI
Around 1,000 Palauans are estimated to have been affected by the Super Typhoon Yutu that devastated the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) as it made landfall on the United States Commonwealth on October 24. Vice President Raynold Oilouch, in a press conference on Wednesday, said that the government has received reports that most of Palauans’ homes […]
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Young Palauan engineers save $millions for Guam
Five former Palauan students nicknamed GPS (Great Palauan Students) who trained at North Carolina University under the KnowledgeWell Student Initiative from 2012 to 2013 are the only (SUE) Subsurface Utility Engineering professionals between Japan and Hawaii today. The five Courtney Higa, Vance Rideb, Suzan Rideb, Worthy Basilius, and the late Kenneth Ngirngemeusch, joined another Palauan […]