Author: TMC Palau

The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to branch out across the West Pacific with new prepositioning sites as the force continues to shape its force design and long term planning goals around restricted mobility and a lack of hardened supply chains, according to documents published by the service last month. Two new sites are being proposed in Palau in Australia following the format of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Philippines (MCPP-PHIL) which reached its initial operational capability in the second quarter of FY2025. Full operational capability is planned for FY2026. MCPP-PHIL, located in a warehouse in Subic Bay outside the capital…

Overview: State government finance personnel from across Palau have successfully completed the second graduation of the “QuickBooks Desktop 2024 Execution Course,” strengthening financial management capacity and improving accountability across public offices. The training marks another step toward modernizing government accounting systems and enhancing efficiency in fiscal reporting. Officials gain hands-on accounting and reconciliation skills to improve government transparency KOROR, Palau — State government financial staff from across Palau have completed the second graduation of the “QuickBooks Desktop 2024 Execution Course,” a five-day program aimed at strengthening public financial management systems and improving accountability across state governments. The course, which ran…

The Suva High Court has refused an application by former Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica to permanently halt criminal proceedings against him, ruling that the case must proceed to trial. Kamikamica is charged with perjury, alongside an alternative count of providing false information to a public servant. The charges stem from evidence he gave under oath during a Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner. It is alleged that between December 2024 and March 2025, Kamikamica falsely stated he had no involvement in the appointment of former FICAC Commissioner Barbara Malimali, despite allegedly…

Miles Davis (1926–1991). He changed the history of music—not just jazz—several times. His influence is still everywhere today. We listen to his records and watch his video recordings with devotion, and the history of the Barcelona Jazz Festival is also enriched by anecdotes and experiences lived by his side. Marcus Miller, an essential collaborator in Miles’s return during the 1980s, surrounds himself with a team that includes other key former disciples of Miles—Bill Evans and Mike Stern—as well as Miller’s regular collaborators (Mino Cinelu, Russell Gunn, Brett Williams and Anwar Marshall) to celebrate the centenary of one of the pivotal…

Overview: Palau is strengthening its response to diseases that can spread from animals to people, with new focus on farm safety, early reporting and coordination. Officials say farmers play a key role in protecting both animal and human health. Workshop highlights farm safety, early detection and stronger national response By: Telbakes Yano KOROR, Palau (April 2026) — Palau is stepping up efforts to protect farmers, families and communities from diseases that can pass from animals to people. From April 20 to 23, the Bureau of Agriculture joined national partners in a workshop focused on zoonotic diseases — illnesses that spread…

A 26-year-old man has been remanded at the Vaturekuka Remand Centre following the death of a 55-year-old man in Labasa over the weekend. Ananaisa Ono appeared before Magistrate Amelia Korodrau at the Labasa Magistrates Court this afternoon, charged with one count of murder. It is alleged that he stabbed a Labasa businessman, the late Prem Chand during an argument at a complex along Rara Avenue in Labasa in the early hours of Sunday, May 3. The victim sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Labasa Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition before passing away on Monday, May…

Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil. Photo: UN Photo / Manuel Elías Palau’s leader says the world needs to be working toward reducing emissions and “not dropping targets”, in response to New Zealand slashing its methane reduction goals. Last month, the New Zealand government announced it would cut biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. The previous target was a reduction of 24-47 percent. Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr, who is in Brazil for the annual United Nations climate change conference,…

Tonga Police is investigating the incident on 23 April. Photo: Facebook / Tonga Police A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual threatened the journalist at the Kele’a Publications office in Nuku’alofa 12 days ago (23 April), is under investigation by police. Kele’a Publications manager Teisa Cokanasiga told RNZ Pacific that the man featured in the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent documentary had plans to set up a chapter of the Comanchero,…

Overview: A legal challenge is now underway over a controversial land deal in Peleliu. Some of the state’s traditional leaders are asking the court to void the transfer of public lands to the national government—lands intended for U.S. military use—raising serious questions about legality, transparency and who controls the island’s future. Lawsuit claims transfer of public lands to national government violated constitution and bypassed public process By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — A group of traditional leaders and residents from Peleliu has filed a lawsuit in the Palau Supreme Court seeking to overturn a land deal that transferred dozens of…

[Source:AAP] Exciting fullback Jahream Bula has signed a four-year extension that will keep him at Wests Tigers until the end of the 2030 NRL season. It is great news for the Tigers, who are sitting in fifth place on the ladder with five wins from their eight games this season. After making his NRL debut in 2023, Bula has played 64 games for the Tigers, scoring 28 tries and establishing himself as a key member of coach Benji Marshall’s spine. Currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, the 2023 Kelly-Barnes Medal winner has a return of five tries, five try assists,…