Palau

A historic $15 million financing agreement has been signed with Saudi Arabia, marking a shift in how Palua's National Development Bank will now operate, as the loan will be directly invested into building affordable housing

A swine reproduction training program led by Dr. Kevin Lee of the Taiwan Technical Mission is enhancing pig farmers' breeding skills to increase piglet production and reduce reliance on imports through artificial insemination and farrowing management

4.600 Palauan will receive tax refunds as part of the government’s PGST relief program, with payments set for Feb. 24–25 at the Palau Community College cafeteria; additional assistance will include a $600 senior citizens subsidy scheduled for March

Legislator Marie A. Nabeyama was selected as Speaker of the 13th Legislature, becoming the first woman to hold the position in Koror State’s history

The Compass Point Institute, Palau's first locally based think tank, has been launched, marking a milestone in the efforts to promote evidence-based policymaking and civic dialogue

Inmate was set on fire at Koror Prison when he was alone in his cell, suffering non-life-threatening burns; authorities are probing how gasoline entered the premises

For over three months, families and small businesses across Palau have been unable to ship packages through the mail, sidelined by a U.S. executive order that ended duty-free treatment for low-value imports

First-of-its-kind Transition Facility has been opened at Belau National Hospital for discharged patients who can’t yet return home; it aims to ease hospital overcrowding while providing dignified, short-term recovering care in a home-like setting

Selling online is not automatically legal and without proper license activities can be fined; the warn comes from Bureau of Revenue & Taxation that sanctioned an individual with over $5.000 for operating an unregistered online business on Facebook

An undersea mountain was discovered 400km north of Palau, rising 4.400 meters from the seafloor, its peak just 240 meters below the surface; the finding was made by Beyond the Blue expedition, mapping unexplored deep-waters of National Marine Sanctuary

The 'Palau Paradise Express', the direct flight between Brisbane and Koror, Palau's capital, will be extended for another year following the success of the route started in December 2024