Oceania Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. is seeking to appoint a non-Palauan as Director of the Office of Public Security
Oceania Palau Australia-Palau connecting flight landed at Palau International Airport on 28/02, welcomed by local dancers, Vice President Uduch Sengebau-Senior, Australian Ambassador Ritchelle Turner to commemorate this historic occasion
Oceania Palau In their letter sent on 16 February 2023 to President Surangel Whipps Jr., the Council of Chiefs called on behalf of the people to maintain and support the integrity and full protection of the territorial waters of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary
Oceania Palau Palau will be home to the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, if the Micronesian group's request to the Pacific Islands Forum is granted
Oceania Palau The Palau International Coral Reef Centre celebrated its 22nd anniversary with a gala fundraising dinner, which raised $88.000
Oceania Palau The proposed increase in labour taxes raised concern about growing costs among entrepreneurs, who expressed their doubts during the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment hearing attended by over 20 Palau entrepreneurs
Oceania Palau Koror State Government received two trucks for collecting rubbish from Taiwan; the government collects waste from all households free of charge, separates and recycles it, and what cannot be recycled is taken to the national solid waste site in Aimeliik
Oceania Palau Construction of Independent Power Producer solar/battery project in Palau to be completed by April 2023; Solar Pacific Energy Corporation won tender to become first independent power producer to supply solar power to Palau Public Utilities Corporation
Oceania Palau Palau was equipped with a state-of-the-art intensive care isolation unit on the occasion of its official handover by Japanese government: a prefabricated, fully equipped facility containing 4 beds and fully installed and ready-to-use medical equipment
Oceania Palau Students from Palau High School and Ibobang High School participated in an event to end violence against women; 1 in 4 women in Palau experience domestic abuse and 1 in 10 some form of sexual violence in their lifetime
Oceania Palau A new eight-storey resort and villa opened its doors on 30 November 2022 in Ngerkebesang, Koror
Oceania Palau Akira Karasawa, Japan's ambassador to Palau, was recognised in a joint resolution by the Palau National Congress for his exemplary service as ambassador to Palau, greatly helping the people during the pandemic
Oceania Palau 121 teachers and headmasters expressed great concern in a letter sent to Ministry of Education in September 2022 for new initiatives not aligned with Education Master Plan; Minister stated that the situation is now resolved