Author: TMC Palau
By: Laurel Marewibuel KOROR, Palau — “I got to meet with some elderly at the old age center and got to spend some time with them. Hearing their stories was so inspiring.” For Taiwanese youth ambassador Corayne, those conversations with Palau’s elders were among the experiences that made a two-week cultural exchange in Palau memorable. […]The post Taiwan Youth Ambassadors Discover Palau’s Culture, People and Natural Beauty During Two-Week Visit appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
By: Laurel Marewibuel KOROR, Palau — A New York-born engineer and four-time founder is urging Palau to pursue an unprecedented economic transformation: becoming the world’s 13th country capable of launching rockets into space. Eric Adolphe, founder of Forward Edge-AI, said the proposal is advancing through the Palau Senate, with a public hearing expected in October. […]The post Palau Could Become World’s 13th Rocket Launch Nation, Entrepreneur Tells Students appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
Graves of Cook Islander soldiers vandalised in RarotongaA historic cemetery in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, has been vandalised devastating families and local community members.An Australian-based researcher, who has led the restoration project at the Nikao Cemetery in Rarotonga for ten years, says those responsible for vandalising the headstones need to be prosecuted.It was reported this week that a number of headstones were knocked over, including the headstone of researcher Cate Walker’s mother.Walker was notified by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation this week, who sent pictures of the damaged headstones.Speaking to Pacific Waves, Walker said the vandalism was something she never expected…
Throughout the 2026-27 season, peace will resonate on many occasions, in a diversity of forms, voices, styles and composers, at the Palau de la Música Catalana. But we want this cry for peace, which is so necessary at the moment, to cross borders, as Pau Casals said, because “music […] transcends the borders of language, politics and nations. It goes directly to the soul”. That is why the Palau de la Música Catalana continues with the aim of arousing this desire in the public with a broad and diverse programme that includes great international bands and performers, along with the…
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (Sept. 10, 2026) — Palau’s Ministry of State is seeking $130,000 in the proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget to pay rent arrears owed by its embassy in Taipei and the apartment housing Palau’s ambassador. The unpaid rent was disclosed during Senate oversight hearings in August as the Senate Committee […]The post Palau Seeks $130,000 to Clear Taipei Embassy Rent Arrears appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
The Pacific is more than a distant ocean or geopolitical theatre. The EU is part of the Pacific landscape, through territory and maritime space, treaty commitments and increasingly direct geopolitical and geoeconomic interests. That’s why last week’s 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM55) in Palau deserves more European attention than a passing glance at a headlines about the recent Chinese missile test or Taiwan’s attendance. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) used its principal political gathering to advance a much broader agenda, spanning climate resilience, oceans, economic security, digital governance and the region’s right to choose its own…
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (September 10, 2026) — Palau Community College will continue under the leadership of President Dr. Patrick U. Tellei for another two years, with the college’s Board of Trustees extending his tenure through April 2029. The board announced that it has entered into an agreement with Tellei to continue leading the […]The post PCC extends President Tellei’s tenure through 2029 appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 9, 2026) — Palau Ambassador Gaafar J. Uherbelau formally presented his Letters of Credence to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Sept. 9, marking the start of his diplomatic assignment and reaffirming the longstanding relationship between Palau and Taiwan. The ceremony was held at Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building and […]The post Palau Ambassador Uherbelau Presents Credentials to Taiwan President Lai appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters did not consult Cabinet before making a commitment to host the Pacific Islands Forum in 2027, according to the Treasury.Budget 2026 committed $20 million for this year and the next to host the annual PIF summit in New Zealand, with Peters making the offer at a Forum Foreign Ministers meeting in August of last year.But advice to Finance Minister Nicola Willis in March, which recommended excluding a NZ$30m funding proposal to cover the hosting costs in September 2027, said that The “Cabinet approval was not sought before announcement of the hosting…
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Sept. 9, 2026) — “We had $25 million before and it was gone in four years. This money for the port is not a lot,” Koror Gov. Eyos Rudimch said, stressing that the state must take a more disciplined approach to managing the approximately $29.1 million it expects to receive […]The post Koror governor urges discipline over $29.1M port proceeds appeared first on Island Times News. Source link