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'Chip in with Taiwan' for Global Peace and Prosperity
The Baltic Times
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Today, the world faces mounting uncertainties and challenges—from prolonged conflicts and democratic backsliding to economic coercion and disinformation campaigns. Authoritarian regimes increasingly employ gray-zone tactics that undermine the...
US to rehabilitate postwar dock in Palau to boost military readiness in the region
The Pacific Island Times
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August 15, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Peleliu—The U.S. Department of Defense proposes to rehabilitate an 80-year-old dock in Palau to enhance the U.S. military forces’ capabilities in the region. According to Joint Task Force Micronesia, the $12...
4 new JICA volunteers arrived in Palau
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
On the 24th of July, 4 new JICA Volunteers arrived in Palau. The four volunteers are, Mr. SUZUKI Satoshi assigned to Belau Modekngei School for Science Education Kume Kokoro assigned to Palau Community Action Agency (PCAA) for Nutrition. KITAYAMA...
US Sides with Nauru on Deep-Sea Mining, Splitting Pacific Leaders
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon NAURU – The United States has thrown its weight behind Nauru’s push to fast-track deep-sea mining, backing a Canadian partner’s bid despite warnings from other Pacific nations about risks to fragile ocean ecosystems. The...
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...
ELE|NA appoints Ni Made Yani Kartini as Assistant Vice President
Hotelier Maldives
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September 1, 2025
ELE|NA, the wellness lifestyle brand recognised for redefining hospitality through nature-inspired healing and transformative guest experiences, has announced the promotion of Ni Made Yani Kartini to the position of Assistant Vice President –...
Q&A: Palau pledges cleanup of abuse-riddled ship-flagging system
Context
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President Surangel Whipps speaks with Context about the challenges Palau faces in regulating ships that sail under its flag. NICE, France - The leader of the island nation of Palau, whose ship registration system has come under fire for allowing...
How shipping's flags of convenience endanger seafarers
Context
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What’s the context? Abuses are more likely on vessels that fly the flags of countries other than where the owners are based, rights groups find. A loophole in global maritime law enables shipowners to sidestep labor protections and safety rules by...
56 Years of Service: Palau, U.S. Mark Civic Action Team Handover
Island Times
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August 12, 2025
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — Palau and the United States marked 56 years of partnership Friday during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center, as the outgoing Navy Civic Action Team (CAT) 133-32 formally handed over...
New Wine, Old Wineskins: Palau’s xall for a new Industry and a New Mindset
Island Times
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August 12, 2025
Dear Editor, In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says, “No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.” This powerful teaching is not just spiritual, it’s deeply...
Satellite and AI study finds most marine reserves free of industrial fishing, despite enforcement fears
The Pacific Island Times
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August 11, 2025
“There is a catch-22 in ocean conservation,” said Dr. Jennifer Raynor. “The better fish recover inside protected areas, the more attractive they become to poachers.” That paradox drove Raynor and her colleagues to ask a hard question: Are marine...
The Daily View: A new sheriff in town
Lloyd's List
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September 2, 2025
THE ubiquity of fake ship registers and illusory insurance is such that it is now difficult for governments to tell the difference between the endemic lack of regulatory oversight from the worst ship registers, and entirely fictional flags. Baltic...
Punching above its weight, Pacific pushes for ship polluters to pay
Pacific News Service
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By Robert Iroga in London Punching above our weight has been the statement echoed in London this week to describe the tiny Pacific’s bold push against some of the global heavyweights to have polluters (ship) pay-up for their pollution. This...
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...
Bulk Carrier Damaged In Black Sea Blast Near Odesa
gCaptain
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August 31, 2025
Palau-flagged bulk carrier Aroyat and general cargo vessel Resilient Africa arrive to the sea port of Chornomorsk for loading with grain, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Odesa, Ukraine September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer KYIV, Aug 31...
$12M Peleliu dock upgrade strengthens the US military’s Pacific defense network
The Guam Daily Post
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The U.S. military's $12 million rehabilitation of Palau's Peleliu South Dock represents a key component in strengthening America's distributed defense strategy across the Pacific, as regional tensions prompt officials to reduce reliance on Guam's...
The U.S. wants to mine the ocean floor. Can anyone stop them?
Landscape News
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September 1, 2025
On the dark, pressurized floor of our planet’s oceans, life is going on as usual – though we still have a lot to learn about what that looks like. Two kilometers beneath the sea surface, underwater vents thrum with astonishing biodiversity,...
Tatmadaw regains control of Nawnghkio-Ummathi-Hokho-Mogok and the PyinOoLwin-Kyaukme Lay-Thanbo-Hokho road sections
Eleven Myanmar
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The Tatmadaw has regained control of the Nawnghkio-Ummathi-Hokho-Mogok road section and the PyinOoLwin-Kyaukme Lay-Thanbo-Hokho road section. The Tatmadaw has recaptured and controlled Nawnghkio town, which was temporarily under the control of the...
Taiwan, Boosting Its Defense Spending Amid Threats From Communist China, Is on Freedom’s Front Line
The New York Sun
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September 1, 2025
The world faces mounting uncertainties and challenges — from prolonged conflicts and democratic backsliding to economic coercion and disinformation campaigns. Authoritarian regimes increasingly employ gray-zone tactics that undermine the...