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Student-led project preserves Palauan Legends in Native Language
Island Times
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March 21, 2025
KOROR, Palau — A new book featuring Palauan legends written in the Palauan language offers young readers an opportunity to learn traditional stories while strengthening their native language skills. Funded by the Sasakawa Foundation, the Palau...
Our resolve strengthened despite Plastic treaty setback: AOSIS
Pacific News Service
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The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has expressed deep concern and disappointment that the plastics treaty negotiations have failed to deliver the binding commitments that science, justice, and island communities urgently demand to end...
DoD team meets with Palau leaders; provides updates on design of Malakal Wharf improvement project
DVIDS - Georgia
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March 21, 2025
KOROR, Palau – A Department of Defense (DoD) design team, consisting of representatives from Joint Task Force-Micronesia (JTF-M) and Naval Facilities Engineering and Systems Command (NAVFAC) Marianas, hosted a two-day meeting in Koror State in the...
PICRC partners with Pacific RISA to implement climate change adaptation in Palau
Island Times
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March 21, 2025
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) has signed a project award of $269,535 funded by the US Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the project titled, “Supporting WMO Region V and the...
The Pacific diving paradise of Palau wants travelers to explore its cultural depths, too
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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March 19, 2025
KOROR, Palau — While researching an upcoming trip to Palau, a tiny island nation dotting Micronesia’s western edge, I found endless information about its famed mushroom-shaped Rock Islands and spectacular diving sites, including over 50 World War...
UOG researcher contributes to global plant study, highlighting cultural significance of endangered håyun lågu tree
The Guam Daily Post
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A University of Guam researcher recently contributed to an international study that expands understanding of an endangered native tree with deep cultural roots in Micronesia. Else Demeulenaere, Ph.D., associate director for natural resources at...
Taiwanese business leader Stan Shih named Senior Economic Advisor to Palau
Island Times
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March 18, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — Taiwanese engineer, businessman, and philanthropist Stan Shih was recently appointed by President Whipps as his senior economic advisor, according to the President’s Office social media post. “As...
PH, Palau sign deal on trade, fisheries
Manila Standard
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March 16, 2025
The Philippines and Palau signed a landmark agreement to promote sustainable fisheries, boost trade and investment and enhance technical cooperation. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
Philippines signs sustainable fisheries management deal with Palau
Business World
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March 16, 2025
THE PHILIPPINES and Palau have signed an agreement to manage their fisheries more sustainably, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. The parties to the agreement — the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Palau’s Ministry of...
UOG: Demeulenaere's håyun lagu research part of plant classification study
Pacific Daily News
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University of Guam associate director Else Demeulenaere, Ph.D., has contributed to research that reclassified Caesalpinioidea, a group of plants that includes the critically endangered Serianthes, known as håyun lågu on Guam. Recently published in...
Philippines, Palau strengthen ties on fisheries
Manila Bulletin
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March 15, 2025
The Philippines has entered into an agreement with Palau to enhance bilateral relations in the fisheries sector, covering mutual trade and investment, sustainable practices, and technical cooperation, according to the Department of Agriculture...
PICRC Researchers collect valuable reproductive and age information on commercially-important reef fish
Island Times
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March 14, 2025
Over the past two years, the research team at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) have been sampling melangmud (longnose emperor) as part of a larger project, which looks at the reproductive activity of this species. More recently,...
Snorkel With Me To Understand Climate Change, Palau President Tells Trump
International Business Times
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March 12, 2025
The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death" caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday. "I think it's good if we go snorkelling and look...
Palauan students thrive at UH Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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December 18, 2024
Reading time: 2 minutesShuri Chibana from Palau sits in reflection outside Hawaiʻi Hall. In 2022, Shuri Chibana had her associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Palau Community College in hand and was pondering her future as she worked in...
Palau launches First E-Payment System for Customs and Tax Payments
Island Times
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December 17, 2024
KOROR, Palau – Paying customs duties for goods arriving at Palau’s ports, post office, and airport is now possible from the comfort of home or office, thanks to the launch of the country’s first e-payment system by the Bureau of Customs and Border...
How Women Are Changing The Tech World
Grazia
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Charismatic, determined and with a clear vision of the future, Cristina Caricato is the face of communications for one of the world's most influential technology companies. From PR Manager for Italy to Head of PR for Xiaomi Western Europe, her...
Palau’s president invites Donald Trump to ‘visit the Pacific’ to see...
Pacific News Service
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Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting United States President-elect Donald Trump to “visit the Pacific” to see firsthand the impacts of the climate crisis. Palau is set to host the largest annual Pacific leaders meeting in 2026, and the...
Sasao joins the Palau Aquarium as Junior Researcher
Island Times
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February 25, 2025
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is excited to welcome Mengiau Sasao, Palauan, as Junior Researcher for the Palau Aquarium. Mengiau is no stranger to PICRC: she previously worked as a Sales Associate at the Palau Aquarium’s Giant...
Unprecedented pressure and resilience in Pacific media sector, new research reveals
Pacific News Service
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Despite progress in the Pacific’s media sector, new research reveals it remains fragile due to digital disruption and continued loss of advertising revenue following the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of the Media: Pacific research study involved...
Research vessel E/V Nautilus spots multiple nautiluses for the first time
Mongabay
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December 12, 2024
The crew of the research vessel E/V Nautilus erupted in excited chatter as they watched live video from a remotely operated vehicle traversing the German Channel in the Pacific island state of Palau. “It’s finally happened!” someone could be heard...