The Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) conducted a Gender Equity Workshop to discuss the importance of gender in the infrastructure sector on July 11, 2019. Participants included PPUC staff from each of the 10 departments. Participants raised mutual views on barriers of women in the labor force including stigma, culture, fear and work conditions among […]
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Grease found in sewers last year, PPUC suspects downtown restaurants
PPUC suspects restaurants in downtown Koror to have released grease found in sewers last year, however due to lack of evidence it remains to be a suspicion. PPUC Director of Administration Tmetuchl Baules said that the ideal way to dispose of the waste grease would be to pack it up in jars or containers and […]
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Road construction delayed by a year
The construction of roads after the installation of sewer pipes in Malakal remains incomplete as the Italian company given the contract to by PPUC in September of 2016 was supposed to wind up the project by last year’s August. The project which is a part of Koror-Airai Sanitation is given to two companies that won […]
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PPUC Board member contests allegation of theft
Mr. Telchalb Merep, a Board member of Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) contests the police report that alleges that he had stolen three empty oil drums from PPUC plant in Malakal. According to police blotter report of June 18, a person had walked into police central office to report that Mr. Telchalb, had ordered a […]
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Angaur Water Filtration Pilot Project
The PPUC Water Operations (WO) recently installed two water filters in response to the concerns about the quality of water which were raised during the Presidential state visit to Angaur last month. On the 24th of April, the WO manager David Dengokl and his crew traveled to Angaur to install the filter cartridges at the […]
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BPS bares PPUC official in alleged race using government vehicle
Representational Image The name of the official who allegedly used the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) vehicle to race with another vehicle in front of Bank of Hawaii has been revealed by BPS. The vehicle was allegedly used by Jasper Davis who is an official with the PPUC. The Public Relation Officer at PPUC said, […]