Monday June 1st, 2020 marks the 39 years Palau has had elected Presidents. President’s Day celebrates the Presidents that have lead this country in its journey of independence under a constitutional government. One of the activities to celebrate this day will be the unveiling of the portraits of all the Presidents painted by late Dave […]
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Ex-President Jimmy Carter has black eye, stitches after fall
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter had a black eye and 14 stitches after falling Sunday at his Georgia home, but made it to an evening concert in Tennessee to rally volunteers ahead of his 36th home building project for Habitat for Humanity. The 39th president fell earlier in the day at his […]
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President Remengesau in New York to attend the 74th UNGA
President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. is currently in New York to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where over 90 heads of states are expected to participate. Remengesau left Palau on September 20 to attend the high-level an d is expected to be back after a week. Palau’s presidential office has […]
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Palau president slams allegations of shutting down ‘state of emergency’ for dengue problem
President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. slammed the allegations of shutting down a recommendation to declare a state of emergency (SOE) to solve dengue outbreak in Palau. During the press conference on Wednesday, Remengesau took a defensive stance that no one has ever shut down plans to declare SOE to address the dengue problem in the country. […]
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OEK sends $97-M budget to President, $4.7-M increase over President’s proposed budget
With 2 ½ weeks left of FY 2019 fiscal year, President Remengesau Jr. announced on Wednesday that he had just received the FY 2020 Unified Budget from Olbiil era Kelulau. In his statement to the press, Remengesau expressed that it will take them couple of days to review the budget before taking further action, noting […]
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September to be ‘Cancer Awareness’ month for Palau
As cancer remains continues to be the top three leading causes of death in Palau, the month of September has been declared as cancer awareness month by President Remengesau. World Cancer Day is observed on February 4 with ‘I am and I will’ as a theme, this theme will be adopted by Palau for the […]