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Palauan’s weigh impact of goods and Services Tax two years in
Island Times
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August 5, 2025
By: Laurel Marewibuel Koror, Palau — More than two years after the Palau Goods and Services Tax (PGST) took effect, citizens across different sectors are offering mixed reactions, revealing a growing divide between small business owners and...
Japanese officials Appeal to Palau for expansion of Fishing Zone
Island Times
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August 5, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (Aug. 3, 2025) — Representatives of Japan’s fishing industry, led by Okinawan tuna fleets, are urging Palau to expand its Domestic Fishing Zone from 20% to 50% of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone...
Koa Moana 25 Sailors Provide Medical Aid to Palau
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 4, 2025
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Syed Hussain, an emergency medicine physician with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks about his medical team's impact during Koa Moana 25 in Palau, July 24, 2025. Koa...
Hamamatsu-Born Technology Used for Fly Control in Palau; Company Wants to Develop ‘Fruit Fly Forecast’
The Japan News
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August 3, 2025
The Yomiuri Shimbun Akinori Tsuchiya, who aims to develop a “fruit fly forecast,” points to a monitor. By Kazuya Nakajima / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 14:23 JST, August 3, 2025 A technology for quality inspection developed by a Hamamatsu-based...
Palau Wrestling Team Grapples Their Way to Glory
Island Times
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August 1, 2025
From early struggles to podium triumphs, Palau’s wrestling champions share their journey of grit, sacrifice, and national pride. By: Faith Chen In an electrifying display of perseverance and talent, the Palau wrestling team brought home an...
UN meeting closes with no moratorium on deep-sea mining; groups lament
Mongabay
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August 1, 2025
Civil groups expressed dismay as the 30th International Seabed Authority (ISA) session recently ended in Jamaica without a moratorium on deep-sea mining, a process of extracting minerals from the seafloor, which experts say can damage marine...
From Preamble to Practice
Island Times
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August 5, 2025
Dear Editor, “In exercising our inherent sovereignty, We the people of Palau proclaim and reaffirm our immemorial right to be supreme in these islands of Palau, our homeland…” These words, etched into the opening lines of Palau’s Constitution, are...
US rollbacks imperil global plastic treaty
China Daily Global
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A general view of the assembly hall at the start of plastics treaty negotiations at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on Aug 5, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] GENEVA — Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have...
Airai Marina upgrades with help from New Zealand, becomes Regional Hub for boaters
Island Times
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August 5, 2025
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — A newly completed floating dock in Ngetkib, Airai State is bringing safer and more accessible maritime access to the community, thanks to a grant from New Zealand’s North Pacific Development Fund. The project,...
USP’s cool shift to ocean energy
The Fiji Times
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July 31, 2025
THE University of the South Pacific( USP) has embarked on a pioneering project to integrate ocean-based renewable energy systems into its infrastructure. It is specifically the Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) system combined with desalination,...
Palauan Youth Dive into culture, conservation, and dive certifications
Island Times
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July 29, 2025
Koror, Palau – July 21-26, 2025, 12 young Palauans earned their PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water certifications through the Palau Pledge Dive Camp, a week-long program combining scuba training with hands-on science and cultural learning....
A sales-pitch pivot brings deep-sea mining closer to reality
Mongabay
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July 31, 2025
Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as a crucial resource for electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies, positioning them as a solution to the accelerating climate crisis....
FLNKS to debate decolonisation deal
Islands Business
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August 5, 2025
DURING August 1945, in the last days of World War II, US bombers flew from the Micronesian island of Tinian to drop atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now, on the 80th anniversary of the bombings, the United States is again readying Tinian...
Netflix Ratchets Up Colombian Production With 10 Upcoming Titles (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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July 31, 2025
Netflix is revving up production in Colombia as it revels in the success of its mega-budget series “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” In the lead up to Season 2 of the series adaptation debuting next year, Netflix is unveiling nine other titles,...
Most Sunscreens Harm Reefs and Wildlife — Use These Eco-Friendly Options Instead
Rolling Stone
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August 5, 2025
Before your next vacation, swap out your current SPF for one of these natural, reef-safe sunscreens If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission....
Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July
Pacific News Service
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As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the 07-31 March meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority...
TMC the metals company (TMC) Sheds 11.3% on Investor Caution Over Deep-Sea Mining
Yahoo Finance
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We recently published Massive Drop Alert: These 10 Stocks Take a Beating. TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) is one of the worst-performing stocks on Tuesday. TMC fell for a third day on Tuesday, losing 11.28 percent to end at $6.61 apiece,...
Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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July 29, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...
Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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Focus and Integrity
Island Times
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August 5, 2025
Dear Editor, In recent months, as the war in Gaza has intensified and the death toll surpasses 60,000 lives, most of them women and children, the world watches in horror. The destruction is biblical in scale, but so is the silence of many nations....