Palau

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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