Palau

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Prince Albert of Monaco begins Pacific Tour in Palau next week

OCEANIA TV

KOROR, Palau ---- The Royal Prince of Monaco Prince Albert II will visit the Republic of Palau next week as part of his Pacific tour, reports Oceania TV.

Marshall Islands struggles with TB, leprosy control

MAJURO, Marshall Islands ---- The Marshall Islands continues to struggle in its effort to reduce high rates of tuberculosis and Hansen’s Disease.

In shadow of China, Uighurs released from Guantanamo languish on Pacific island

KOROR, Palau --- Ahmat Abdulahad can’t help but laugh at the irony of his predicament.

Pacific's Palau looks at commercial fishing ban

KOROR, Palau -- Palau's president has proposed banning all commercial fishing in the Pacific nation's waters to create one of the world's largest marine reserves, covering an area roughly the size of France.

Palau’s infrastructure relief efforts put on hold

OCEANIA TV NEWS

KOROR, Palau ---- The Bopha Relief Committee has put infrastructure relief efforts on hold pending the completion of homes for typhoon victims in the eastern side of Babeldaob, Palau’s main island and two outlying states.

Japanese team to remove Palau bombs

RADIO AUSTRALIA

KOROR, Palau ---- A team of munitions disposal experts from Japan is in Palau to remove unexploded bombs lying dormant since World War Two.

April 2013

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Monaco’s prince willing to help Palau

Palau’s President Tommy Remengesau Jr. is considering a ban on all commercial fishing in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), but will not implement that unless there are alternative sources to replace lost revenues.

November 2012

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Pensioners file lawsuit against Toribiong

Bernadette

Another lawsuit has been filed against Palau President, Johnson Toribiong, this time by the Palau Civil Service Pension Plan Board of Trustees.

August 2012

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Toribiong vying for presidency again

Bernadette Carreon

A general elections will be held in Palau on November 6 with three formally declaring their bid for the presidency while four are running for the vice-president’s slot.

Drugs danger in Oceania

Davendra Sharma

A resurgence of use of cannabis in Fiji and three American Pacific islands territories has the United Nations alarmed and looking for solutions.

July 2012

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Palau court orders govt to return alien registration fee

Bernadette H. Carreon

Palau Supreme Court Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong on May 3, ordered the return of over US$130,000 collected by the government from foreign workers.

July 2011

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Walking the talk

David Sheppard

That message is ringing loud and clear on many different levels.