A former Palau politician and compact review ambassador is calling for the removal of the Peleliu State Governor from his position in the Palau National Olympic Committee (PNOC). In his letter addressed to PNOC President Delegate Frank Kyota, former politician and compact ambassador Joshua Koshiba is calling for the removal of Peleliu Governor Temmy Shmull as Vice read more... ...
United States President Barack Obama has submitted a $678 million dollar budget for the Office of Insular Affairs for fiscal year 2015. The budget request includes $92.2 million dollars in annual appropriations and $585.9 million dollars in permanent and indefinite appropriations of fiscal payments to U.S. Territories and the three Freely Associated States of Palau, read more... ...
Former Airai State Delegate Tmewang Rengulbai led candidates for the gubernatorial position for Airai State. On March 3, 2014, Airai State held it’s 7th State General Election seeking a new Governor, nine legislator at-large and six hamlet legislators. See the unofficial results below released by the Palau Election Commission on March 4, 2014. ...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has declared a national state of emergency following a flooding disaster this week caused by king tides. Although high tides is expected at this time of the year, Tony deBrum, the President’s Minister-In-Assistance told reporters that the tides is far from normal. Water from the lagoon and the ocean read more... ...
The Republic of Palau’s Pacific Islands Forum Organizing Committee is in full gear as members begin to finalize details, venues and accommodations for this year’s leaders meeting. With less than four months left in preparations, the Committee has so far secured a total of 446 rooms for Forum members and their delegations. All hotels in read more... ...
March 3, 2014 PRESS RELEASE On Monday March 3, 2014, Palau National Communications Corporation interrupted the broadcast of OTV and OTV er Kid until 7p. OTV was airing political programs and ads dealing with the Airai election. OTV had contacted legal counsel and the Attorney General prior to Airai Election Day to make sure read more... ...
Guam Police Department has located a 14-year-old Kosraen girl, who was reported missing last week. Lindre Sue Charley of Kosrae State in the Federated States of Micronesia is safe and unharmed, and in police custody for now. Hagatna Precinct Commander Lieutenant Donald Flickinger told Guam Pacific Daily News that police are interviewing the girl before read more... ...
A local woman has pled guilty in thea local woman has pled guilty in the Supreme Court of Palau for the death of her police officer husband. Last week, Madeline Ngireblekluu entered a guilty plea to one charge of voluntary manslaughter for the death of her late husband police officer Raynold Raymond Rebluud. Ngireblekuu originally read more... ...
A Federated States of Micronesia citizen connected to a tragic vehicular accident that killed his toddler in 2012 has entered a guilty plea in Guam’s Superior Court. On February 21, 2014, Marco Nelson entered a guilty plea to vehicular homicide while intoxicated, a first-degree felony charge. In 2012, Nelson, then 28-years-old, was arrested by Guam read more... ...
Oceania Television Network Oceania Television Network Shows News OTV Schedule About OTV Advertise OTV Shop FSM Youth Group Sets Out To Address Negative Stereotyping In Guam Posted on February 24, 2014 by Oceania TV News A youth group composed of young Federated States of Micronesia citizens is helping to address negative stereotyping as well as promote tolerance in Guam. Natewined is a youth group...
A lawsuit has been filed in the Supreme Court of Palau to stop the construction of a septic tank inside the Long Island Park, Koror State’s most popular park. The construction of the septic tank was approved for the soon-to-be Palau Vacation Hotel under construction in Malakal. According to reports, the Environmental Quality Protection Board read more... ...
The Republic of Palau has significantly improved its ratings allowing for ease of business, reports World Bank’s 2014 Doing Business report. Palau previously ranked at 114 in 2013 however this year the island nation moved up to 100 just below Vietnam and the Solomon Islands. Palau improved its ranking through the secured transactions act, which read more... ...
By Ekei-Lalii Remengesau The dates for the 45th Pacific Islands forum have been confirmed after consultations between the Government of the Republic of Palau, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and Forum members. The meeting is expected to bring more than 400 people including leaders, government officials and the media. The 45th Pacific Islands Forum dates read more... ...
By Ekei-Lalii Remengesau The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has selected Palau to host the 4th Pacific Media Summit in February 2016. Palau should expect up to 200 delegates including north and south pacific media professionals, academics, development partners, technical experts, as well as young and upcoming journalists. Olkeriil Kazuo Deputy Press Secretary to President read more... ...
Two local individuals are facing serious criminal charges in relation to an assault and battery incident back in March of 2012. Ashley Ngiraremiang aka Ashley Oleuachel and Florencio “Polch” Ngiraremiang are each facing criminal charges before the Supreme Court. According to court documents, Florencio is facing one count of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of read more... ...
Five police officers are due to resign from their positions immediately, following an internal investigation into police bribery allegations. Last month, the internal investigation launched by the Bureau of Public Safety through the Division of Criminal Investigations when allegations of police officers accepting bribes surfaced. Police officers were allegedly accepting bribes from foreign workers...
The Ministry of Justice and the Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC) has launched an investigation to identify an individual or group of individuals responsible for damaging communication wires to two of Palau’s outlying states. All forms of communication to Peleliu and Angaur States including cable, telephone and Internet services were out of service in the read more... ...
The Supreme Court of Palau allowed one of the defendants of a major human trafficking and prostitution case to travel off-island. Associate Justice Kathleen Salii granted Richard Huang aka Feng-Jui Huang, a defendant of the Shangri-la human trafficking and prostitution case to travel back to his homeland of the Republic of China-Taiwan. On January 7, read more... ...
A Palauan man is facing criminal charges in the Republic’s first child sexual abuse case of the New Year. Fix K. Edwight is facing two counts of sexual assault of a 12-year local girl from Peleliu, an outlying island state of Palau. Defendant lived with the victim and her family. In fact, she was allegedly read more... ...
Palau’s Senate Judiciary and Government Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing on the Ministry of Justice last week. At that time, Palau’s Attorney General, Victoria Roe, presented to the Committee the US Department of State “Trafficking In Persons Report” which classifies Palau as a Tier 2 country. This report is significant because if Palau becomes read more... ...