The newly elected governor of Angaur, Natus Misech, finally threw up his hands and instead of closing the entire state government,…
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Palau sweeps 5 games versus Taiwan
Team Palau which just returned from nearly two-month training in Taiwan, swept all five games in the friendly baseball tournament against Taiwan visiting teams during the…
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32 students walk the stage for MHS 2025 Graduation
By ElilaiRengiil Ka’maluhia MHS Class of 2025 Cardinal Award Recipient Ngermaad Kendall Kanai Valedictorian Dawn Klong Rechemang Thirty-two students graduated…
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BMS celebrates 50th graduating high school class
By ElilaiRengiil BMS Class of 2025 with Commencement Speaker Director Sylvester Alonz (Photo credit: Sylvester Alonz) Friends, family, and guests…
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President announces three issues in RPPL No.12-1 to revisit
In another lengthy weekly press conference on Wednesday, President Surangel Whipps, Jr.though off-island in the Middle East, announced through his…
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President Whipps champions smarter disaster planing at UN risk platform
President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. held a bilateral meeting with the Honorable Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the United Nations…
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Balancing Environment and Economic Development
“The ultimate goal has been how do we optimize the use of our marine resources … for our people. And…
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𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨
On May 21, 2025, the Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) team traveled to Taipei to participate in the 2025 Taipei Tourism…
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PICRC Welcomes Jue Lalasas Coral Futures Supervisor
ThePalauInternationalCoralReefCenter(PICRC)ispleasedtowelcomeJueAlefAvanzadoLalasasthenewCoralFuturesSupervisorforthe Coral FuturesAcademy. TheCoralFutures Academy isa regional initiative carriedout in collaboration betweenPICRC,TheNatureConservancy(TNC),StanfordUniversity,theMarshallIslandsConservationSociety(MICS),andtheConservationSocietyofPohnpei(CSP).Theprojectaimstoscaleuptheidentification,protection,andlocalmanagementofclimate-resilientcoralreefsacrossMicronesiaanddevelopthefirstCoralFuturesAcademyandCoralRestorationTeamsstructureintheMarshallIslands,FederatedStatesofMicronesiaand Palau. OriginallyfromthePhilippines,Juebringsastrongbackgroundinmarinescience,withexpertiseincoralreefecologyandexperienceinrelatedfieldssuchasfisheries,marineprotectedareas,resourcemanagement,andbiodiversity.From2015to2021,heservedasaresearcherattheMarineScienceInstituteoftheUniversityofthePhilippines.HelaterbecamealectureratXavierUniversity–AteneodeCagayan,beforepursuinghisPhDinMarineandEnvironmentalSciencesattheUniversityoftheRyukyusinOkinawa,Japan.Whilecompletinghisdoctoralstudies,Juealsoworkedasaresearchassistantintheuniversity’sMolecularInvertebrateSystematicsandEcologyLab.Duringhispreviousworkassignments,Juehasgainedextensiveexposureworkingwithdiversegroups,includingthescientificcommunity,localcommunitiesacrossvariousregions,governmentagencies,andnonprofitorganizations,toadvancecoralreefmanagement through moreholisticapproaches. SincejoiningPICRCinFebruary2025,JuehasplayedakeyroleincoordinatingtheCoralFuturesAcademy.HeoverseeseffortsacrossMicronesia,collaboratingwithlocalteamleadersfromthedifferentjurisdictionsandscientistsfromStanfordUniversitytoidentifyheat-tolerantcoralspecies,coordinatefieldwork, andensurestrongcollaborationacrossprojectsites, effortsthat are…
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AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY KOROR & PALAU NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
NEW MEDIA CENTRE FOR 2025 PACIFIC MINI GAMES The Palau National Olympic Committee (PNOC) and the Australian Embassy are proud…
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