About 12 various types of firearms recently brought into Palau via container at the Malakal Port was reportedly declared by the unknown owner disclosed Director of the Bureau of Public Safety. BPS Director Ismael Aguon told OTV that these firearms, various rifles and handguns including some ammunition, are currently in the Bureau’s custody while officials read more... ...
A vacant secretarial position in the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ cabinet has finally been filled after more than a year of vacancy. This past Thursday, RMI’s Public Service Commission confirmed Julia Alfred as the nation’s new permanent Secretary of Health reports the Marshall Islands Journal. Alfred’s appointment for this position was previously announced by read more... ...
In the world of Internet connectivity, the Federated States of Micronesia through the FSM Telecommunications Corporation (or FSMTC) has signed the nation’s second deal with O3b for the State of Chuuk. This agreement, which follows a similar arrangement entered into for Yap State, seeks to provide faster Internet services to Chuuk and it’s outer islands. read more... ...
United Airlines has arranged with the Yap Visitors Bureau and confirmed a special flight from Palau to Yap to support Yap’s Annual Homecoming Festival on June 21, 2014. Tickets for this special flight are available at the Palau City Ticket office starting at $390. The special flight will begin on Thursday, June 19, departing Palau read more... ...
On Wednesday May 15, 2014 President Tommy Remengesau Junior signed the supplemental budget for fiscal year 2014 into law. This budget will cover expenses of the national government until the end of the fiscal year in September. During his weekly press conference, the President signed the supplemental budget along with two other legislations recently passed read more... ...
The Republic of Palau is currently undergoing negotiations with Papua New Guinea to allow for a shorter travel distance and time for guests attending the 45th Pacific Islands Forum hosted by this north Pacific island nation later this year. Olkeriil Kazuo, Deputy Press Secretary for the President’s Office confirmed to OTV that the Air Services read more... ...
The return of Kayangel State’s local residents is reportedly delayed due to the non-assembly of housing. More than a dozen prefabricated housing units were donated by the Republic of China to Palau to provide housing to those who were displaced by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. However, reports indicate that since the housing units read more... ...
The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) last week raided two local establishments in an operation using informants. OTV contacted BPS Director Ismael Aguon who confirmed the raids on the Encounter Restaurant KTV and Venus Restaurant KTV both located in Koror. Director Aguon could not disclose why police organized the raids citing, “I cannot discuss details read more... ...
Two vehicles were vandalized on Lebuu Street on early morning Monday May 5, 2014. At least two vehicles parked along the Lebuu Street next to Sun’s Flower shop were vandalized. Both vehicles, one Nissan SUV and a Honda, one white and the other silver in color had their back windows smashed. Robert Scaria, the new read more... ...
The Marshall Islands’ top prosecutor is claiming that the lawsuits against the Nuclear Armed States filed by the nation are in fact quote “illegal”. According to the Marshall Islands Journal, Acting Attorney General Jack Jorbon claims the lawsuits filed on behalf of the island nation are “illegal” and not authorized by the RMI. On April read more... ...
The wreckage of an unknown aircraft that was found in the waters of Ngebad, Peleliu on Tuesday April 29, 2014 has been identified as a Japanese military plane from World War II. OTV visited the site to take pictures of the wreck for identification. They discovered several nameplates on the wreckage that were in old read more... ...
A wreckage of an unknown aircraft was found in the waters of Ngebad, Peleliu on Tuesday April 29, 2014. The aircraft was originally believed to be the Cessna airplane that went missing along with two local police officers and an American pilot in 2012. The aircraft, according to the responding police officer, is large in read more... ...
Eight Vietnamese fishermen who were found poaching in the waters of Kayangel received a one-year suspended jail sentence as part of their plea agreement. The fishermen were originally facing several criminal charges including aiding and abetting illegal fishing without a permit, aiding and abetting attempted illegal fishing without a permit and conspiracy to commit unlawful read more... ...
The President has signed a legislation that seeks to invest in a skilled Palauan workforce. This newly approved legislation calls on the creation of a vocation certification program at the Palau Community College, and to also create a tax incentive for businesses that hires vocationally certified citizens. This legislation was among one of the first read more... ...
A local resident is facing serious criminal charges in Palau’s Supreme Court. Yoshiwo Tadashi, a resident of Ngerkesoaol Hamlet has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a Palau High School student. Tadashi was charged with four counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree for the sexual attack. The charges were filed before the Palau read more... ...
The Republic of Palau garnered top awards at the recently concluded 22nd Marine Diving Fair held in Tokyo, Japan. More than 50,000 people visited the fair held from April 4 to the 6th with various Pacific Island countries represented at the Pacific Islands Center. The Japan office for the Marshall Islands Visitors Authority and various read more... ...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has filed historic lawsuits against the Nuclear Armed States in the International Court of Justice. The lawsuits filed on April 24, 2014 against the nine Nuclear Armed States is intended to hold these states accountable for “flagrant violations” of international law with respect to their nuclear disarmament obligations under read more... ...
The case concerning five police officers that are accused of bribery have not reached the courtroom yet. According to information from the Ministry of Justice, the five police officers in question have resigned from their positions as intended. However the case according to Acting Attorney General Perry Kendall Junior is still under investigation. The read more... ...
On April 24, 2014, during the President’s second State of the Republic Address, new Minister of Education Sinton Soalablai was officially sworn in to position. Soalablai fills in the remaining vacancy in the President’s cabinet. It took just about a week from the time President Remengesau appointed Soalablai to the Minister of Education position before read more... ...
In delivering his 2nd State of the Republic Address on April 24, 2014, President Tommy Remengesau Junior highlighted the national government’s progress and challenges in the past year, and in moving forward. In opening his address, the President expressed the Republic was “in the doldrums” last year being faced by a number of challenges. Working read more... ...