Author: TMC Palau
Palau d’Esports L’Illa in Benidorm hosted the 14th annual Christmas Sports, Leisure, and Recreation Fair this morning. This event, aimed at 6th-grade students from all the municipality’s schools, took place before the Christmas holidays and was attended by nearly a thousand students aged 10 and 11. The fair began at 9:30 a.m. and continued until 1:00 p.m., during which time the students enjoyed a wide variety of recreational and sporting activities. Benidorm City Council’s Sports Councillor, Javier Jordá, and the Education Councillor, Maite Moreno, travelled to Palau along with other members of the local government to support the students in…
Australia has stepped in with $48 million in targeted budget support to help Fiji manage rising fuel costs and supply pressures, as global energy markets remain volatile. Speaking at a press briefing in Suva, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the funding is aimed at easing the immediate impact of fuel price shocks while strengthening Fiji’s role as a regional fuel hub. She acknowledged that Fiji and the wider Pacific are being disproportionately affected by global disruptions, particularly due to tensions in the Middle East. “Australia will provide 30 million Australian dollars in targeted budget support to assist with Fiji’s…
Next Friday 10 October at 8.30pm, the Palau Blaugrana will open its doors for the first official game of the 2025/26, a EuroLeague clash with Valencia Basket.To celebrate the return, members, season-ticket holders and fans will have the chance to enjoy a unique experience. The club is organising a knockout tournament that promises a thrilling day packed with excitement. How it works The tournament will begin at 5.00pm outside the Sala París and features 16 teams of three players, with the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals all taking place before tip-off in the EuroLeague clash, while the grand final…
November 3, 2023, Brazil. In this photo illustration, the Starlink logo is displayed on a smartphone screen Photo: 123RF Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea’s chief ombudsman says they will appeal the decision to allow Starlink to operate in the country. The satellite-based internet service was officially allowed last week. Starlink has been trying to break into the PNG market for more than three years. The Ombudsman Commission kept the government tied up in court for most of it, making them unable to grant operating licenses – until this week. But local media reports Commissioner Richard Pagen saying that given…
[Source:Bula FC/Facebook] Fiji’s Bula FC carries momentum into the Leaders Group of the OFC Pro League and the closing stages of the season after a successful home round in Ba. Coach Stephane Auvray says it’s been good and it’s only going to get better for them. He says they’re happy to be in the top three and now it’s a new competition, the regular season is done, and moving to the play-offs, they’ll do their best and see what happens. They may have been the only Melanesian side to qualify for the Leaders Group, but Bula FC have the tools to…
The celebration of the centenary of John Coltrane, born on September 23, 1926, is the starting point for the meeting of two iconic figures of contemporary jazz: Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves. The saxophonist and the vocalist have taken as their reference a very special recording in Coltrane’s discography, the one he co-starred in with vocalist Johnny Hartman (1963). It is undoubtedly not one of the saxophonist’s canonical albums like A Love Supreme, but it is the unquestionable soundtrack for many people who have sought comfort more than once in the tenderness of Hartman’s voice alongside Coltrane. The challenge for…
[Photo: FILE] Work must never cost a person their peace of mind, their dignity, their health, or their life. That is the stark warning from Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary Muniappa Goundar, who says workplaces across the country are ignoring a growing mental health crisis. Goundar says psychosocial safety is not a slogan; it is a cry for justice and a call to action. He warns that while attention is given to physical safety, the real damage is often invisible.Article continues after advertisement “Stress, burnout, bullying, job insecurity, and emotional exhaustion are what we call the hidden injuries of modern…
Two days before leaving Palau at the end of their mission in July, Elder Scott Lieber and Sister Kristin Lieber experienced an event they describe as nothing short of miraculous.The foundation of the event began over 40 years ago, when Elder Lieber served as a young missionary on Palau.An aerial view of Koror in Palau, which is part of Micronesia. | Mindaugas Dulinskas – stock.adobe.com Found in the western Pacific Ocean, the small island country of Palau consists of over 300 coral and volcanic islands and nearly 22,000 people. Palau has one branch, the Koror Branch, and 421 Latter-day Saints.…
[Photo: FILE] Preliminary information into the fire at Zamzam Restaurant in Samabula yesterday suggests the fire may have started while a technician was repairing a gas line valve, says the National Fire Authority. According to the NFA, when fire crews arrived at the restaurant, they found a 180kg blue gas cylinder on fire. Five individuals, including two females and three males, were attended to by NFA paramedics and transported to the hospital for further medical assessment. NFA Chief Executive Puamau Sowane described the incident as a serious reminder of the dangers associated with liquefied petroleum gas when safety procedures are…
The inaugural pro league’s regular season wrapped up in Fiji last month with Auckland City at the top of the leaderboard. Photo: OFC Pro League Fiji’s Bula FC will meet New Zealand’s South Island United in Auckland on Wednesday to open the final round of the 2026 OFC Pro League. The inaugural pro league’s regular season wrapped up in Fiji last month with Auckland City at the top of the leaderboard. The eight teams now split into two with the top four in the Leaders Group and the bottom four teams in a Challengers group. Within their two groups the…