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Whipps Praises Australia as Key Partner in Palau’s Progress

Whipps Praises Australia as Key Partner in Palau’s Progress

Koror, Palau – President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau emphasized the value of long-standing partnerships with countries like Australia during a recent address, highlighting decades of collaboration in areas ranging from sports development to...

Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games sets a zero tolerance standard against abuse and harassment  

Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games sets a zero tolerance standard against abuse and harassment  

In a milestone for sport in the region, safeguarding is being integrated into every aspect of a Pacific Games for the first time, from pre-Games training to on-ground support during the event. This year’s Pacific Mini Games in Palau feature close...

Palauan Marine Returns Home for Koa Moana 25

Palauan Marine Returns Home for Koa Moana 25

Palau, a tropical archipelago in the Western Pacific Ocean, is composed of over 340 islands and renowned for its stunning biodiversity and rich cultural heritage. Like the bridges that connect its islands, Palau’s culture thrives on interconnected...

CaixaImpulse celebrates 10 years with a total of 232 health innovation projects

CaixaImpulse celebrates 10 years with a total of 232 health innovation projects

Financial support, mentoring and training A total of 232 biomedical and technological research projects promoted in Spain and Portugal, 50 spin-offs created, 4 innovation licences for companies and more than 19 clinical trials conducted. These are...

Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued

Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued

Palau's Health Ministry is asking everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Photo: Facebook / Office of the President, Republic of Palau Palau's Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned athletes and officials at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to...

Palau, Japan, Taiwan partner to develop pollution-free salt industry, wellness tourism

Palau, Japan, Taiwan partner to develop pollution-free salt industry, wellness tourism

MELEKEOK, Palau (June 26, 2025) — A delegation of Japanese and Taiwanese entrepreneurs is partnering with Palau to develop a pollution-free salt industry and promote sustainable wellness tourism, following the signing of a memorandum of...

Rising Palau Star Hits Overtime Game Winner in Front of Home Fans

Rising Palau Star Hits Overtime Game Winner in Front of Home Fans

KOROR (Palau) - Confidence is a powerful force, and for Akeelah Ngairakoranges of the Palau Women's U23 3x3 team, it showed on day two at the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania event when she delivered an unforgettable game-winning shot in an...

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...

21,000 undocumented Coloradans could lose Medicaid coverage under Trump tax bill

21,000 undocumented Coloradans could lose Medicaid coverage under Trump tax bill

More than 21,000 undocumented people in Colorado could lose Medicaid coverage if the Republicans’ bill to extend 2017 tax cuts makes it through the final gauntlet in Congress. H.R. 1, the legislation formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill...

Republic of Palau Hosts a WCO National Workshop on HS and Focuses on Strengthening Tariff Classification Work

A National Workshop on the Harmonized System (HS) was held in Koror, Palau, from 9 to 12 June 2025. The Workshop was organized jointly by the WCO and the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of Palau, with the sponsorship of the Customs...

Navy rescues crew, douses fire on Palau-flagged tanker in north Arabian Sea

Navy rescues crew, douses fire on Palau-flagged tanker in north Arabian Sea

Showing rapid operational readiness to ensure the safety of a merchant ship, a team from the Navy undertook a high-risk firefighting and rescue operation aboard the Palau-flagged tanker ‘MT Yi Cheng 6’ in the northern Arabian Sea. The operation...

Indian Navy Executes ‘High-Risk’ Rescue Operation On Palau-Flagged Tanker

Indian Navy Executes ‘High-Risk’ Rescue Operation On Palau-Flagged Tanker

Home India Indian Navy Executes ‘High-Risk’ Rescue Operation On Palau-Flagged Tanker On June 29, INS Tabar, on mission-based deployment, received a Mayday distress call from MT Yi Cheng 6, reporting a major engine room fire roughly 80 nautical...

India News | Indian Navy Carries out Firefighting, Rescue Operation on Palau-flagged Tanker in Arabian Sea

India News | Indian Navy Carries out Firefighting, Rescue Operation on Palau-flagged Tanker in Arabian Sea

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Indian Navy undertook a high-risk firefighting and rescue operation on board Palau-flagged tanker MT Yi Cheng 6 on June 29, ensuring the safety of 14 Indian crew members, the Defence Ministry said in a release. As...

The ”la Caixa” Foundation presents the celebration of the 10th anniversary of CaixaImpulse at Palau Macaya

The ”la Caixa” Foundation presents the celebration of the 10th anniversary of CaixaImpulse at Palau Macaya

Over the past decade, the call for grants for innovative health projects organised by the ”la Caixa” Foundation in collaboration with Criteria Bio Ventures has promoted health research projects in Spain and Portugal and brought them closer to the...

India News | Indian Navy Leads Critical Firefighting and Rescue Operations on Palau-flagged Tanker MT Yi Cheng 6

India News | Indian Navy Leads Critical Firefighting and Rescue Operations on Palau-flagged Tanker MT Yi Cheng 6

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Demonstrating rapid operational readiness and its unwavering commitment to seafarer safety, the Indian Navy undertook a high-risk firefighting and rescue operation on-board Palau-flagged tanker MT Yi Cheng 6 on 29...

Japanese volunteer nurses bolster Palau’s Medical team for Pacific Mini Games

Japanese volunteer nurses bolster Palau’s Medical team for Pacific Mini Games

KOROR, Palau — Fourteen volunteer nurses from Japan are lending their expertise to support Palau’s medical response during the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, reinforcing international cooperation and helping ensure athlete and spectator safety during...

Fresh Taiwanese eggs hit Palau shelves, cutting costs for consumers

Fresh Taiwanese eggs hit Palau shelves, cutting costs for consumers

By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — Taiwanese eggs hit grocery store shelves in Palau for the first time last Friday, offering consumers a more affordable alternative to U.S.-imported eggs, which have soared to over $10 per dozen. The...

Indian Navy contains fire on board Palau-flagged tanker with 14 Indian crew

Indian Navy contains fire on board Palau-flagged tanker with 14 Indian crew

Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Tabar takes part in a rescue mission as it responds to a distress call from Pulau flagged MT Yi Cheng 6, in the Gulf of Oman, which caught a fire in the engine room and total power failure onboard, on June 29,...

Koa Moana 25 U.S. Marines and Sailors Lifesaving Kits Empowering Palau in Time for Pacific Mini Games

Koa Moana 25 U.S. Marines and Sailors Lifesaving Kits Empowering Palau in Time for Pacific Mini Games

KOROR, Palau – On June 25, 2025, U.S. Marines and Sailors with Koa Moana 25 delivered 100 first aid kits to the Belau National Hospital in Palau. Koa Moana is a recurring exercise that fosters partnerships with Compact of Free Association nations...

INC Ransom group claims responsibility for health system cyberattack

INC Ransom group claims responsibility for health system cyberattack

A notorious ransomware group has claimed responsibility for crippling Tonga’s Health Ministry IT systems and leaking sample data. Two weeks after the National Health Information System outage, the INC Ransom gang published four sample documents on...

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