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UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

The result of the vote to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is shown on the screens during an Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 12, 2025. The General Assembly,...

Dr. Shon Neyland Transitions after Six Years Leading Portland Church

Dr. Shon Neyland Transitions after Six Years Leading Portland Church

Community honors Neylands at farewell banquet Dr. Shon Neyland, Senior Pastor of Highland Christian Center and his wife, First Lady, Madeline Neyland (Photo Courtesy of Highland Christian Center) Dr. Shon Neyland, Senior Pastor of Highland...

House takes lead on FY 2026 Budget, Senate calls for unified numbers

House takes lead on FY 2026 Budget, Senate calls for unified numbers

KOROR, Palau (July 9, 2025) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. has submitted a $152.4 million proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 to the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), prioritizing wage increases, social security reform, and cybersecurity—while also...

Accountability, no one should have to beg for it

The quest by one man to seek accountability on the use of the $1 million district grant has reached the court. A matai from the village of Vaitoomuli, Palauli, wants to know what the Palauli No.3 district council has done with the $3 million that...

PPR welcomes back Peter Bonini as Director of Human Resources

PPR welcomes back Peter Bonini as Director of Human Resources

Koror, Palau – [July 10 2025] – Palau Pacific Resort is pleased to announce the return of Peter Bonini as Director of Human Resources. Peter brings over 40 years of international leadership experience across luxury hotel operations, workforce...

SSA Board Faces Scrutiny over Rising Travel costs, justifies benefits to Investment Oversight

SSA Board Faces Scrutiny over Rising Travel costs, justifies benefits to Investment Oversight

KOROR, Palau (July 10, 2025) — The Social Security Administration’s Board of Trustees is under scrutiny from the Senate of the 12th Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) over a sharp increase in travel spending, raising questions about the use of public funds...

Kenya on spot over missed tobacco taxation targets

Kenya on spot over missed tobacco taxation targets

Kenya is among the countries that have failed to maintain best-practice tobacco tax levels, missing a critical opportunity to reduce tobacco use, save lives and unlock new revenue for health financing. A report by the World Health Organisation...

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...

Agoda: Indian travel to Southeast Asia surges with eased visas

Agoda: Indian travel to Southeast Asia surges with eased visas

Eased visa rules in Southeast Asia spark sharp rise in Indian travel interest, with Malaysia, Palau, and Philippines leading gains. SINGAPORE – The landscape of international travel for Indian passport holders is undergoing a transformation,...

CHCC hosts immunization program regional meeting

CHCC hosts immunization program regional meeting

(CHCC) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Division of Public Health Services proudly hosted the first in a series of regional meetings for immunization programs across the nation, in collaboration with the Association of Immunization...

Introducing Spear’s Magazine: Issue 96

Introducing Spear’s Magazine: Issue 96

Going anywhere nice this summer? I expect you are. Not only that, I’d venture your plan for the season is a tissue of carefully considered decisions, based on some combination of tradition, experience, research, innovation and curiosity. I’m not...

Amazing finish for an amazing team

Amazing finish for an amazing team

(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...

USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands

USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands

In February, the ambassadors to the United States of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau met with U.S. officials to raise concerns about the rush of executive actions since U.S. President Donald Trump took office...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025 

Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025 

Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 1, Stop 6: Fiji Finish Top of Both Tables Headed into Semi-Finals

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 1, Stop 6: Fiji Finish Top of Both Tables Headed into Semi-Finals

KOROR (Palau) - With the semi-finals of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania just around the corner, every team came out with a point to prove at Stop 6. Teams were particularly hungry in the men’s competition, with the first-place spot...

OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism

OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating blow to the tourism industry in Micronesia, decimating visitor arrivals and crippling economies that rely heavily on this sector. Now, as the global travel industry regains momentum, Micronesia must...

Samoa’s nbs Weightlifting Golden Girl Wins 3 Gold for Samoa, Sets New Oceania and Pacific Games Records

Samoa’s nbs Weightlifting Golden Girl Wins 3 Gold for Samoa, Sets New Oceania and Pacific Games Records

GOLD & SILVER for Samoa in the Women’s 77kg Weightlifting at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Samoa’s Golden Girl in Weightlifting, Seine Stowers, has won 3 GOLD medals for Samoa in the Women’s 77kg Weightlifting while Avatu Opeloge secured 3...

Whipps Outlines Legislative agenda in brief meeting with OEK

Whipps Outlines Legislative agenda in brief meeting with OEK

KOROR, Palau (July 8, 2025) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. met with members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) yesterday to present his legislative agenda for the upcoming regular session of Congress, highlighting both new and ongoing priorities....

US Sanctions Iraqi-British National for Smuggling Iranian Oil

By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions targeting networks involved in transporting and purchasing Iranian oil, including a group of companies led by Iraqi businessman...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double

KOROR (Palau) - The competition was fierce at Stop 5 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2, with almost every match-up proving to be a close contest. The Tongan teams came out strong once again at stop five, looking to...

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