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SINGAPORE – The search for two divers, including a Singaporean man, who went missing during a dive in Palau on Sept 7 has been called off after five days, local media reported.The search for the pair, identified as Singaporean Tan Soon Liang, 62, and Chinese national Xiaoxi Wu, 43, ended on Sept 11 without a successful recovery, Palauan news outlet Island Times reported on Sept 14.The five-day search involved national marine law enforcement search-and-rescue personnel, Peleliu state rangers, the US Coast Guard Joint Rescue Sub-Center in Guam and private boat operators, the report said.Tan and Wu – who were part…
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang Koror, Palau — Forty-eight percent (48%) of the prescription drugs, medical supplies and laboratory materials required by Palau’s public health system are currently unavailable, the Ministry of Health and Human Services has reported. During a Senate hearing last month on the FY 2026–27 budget, Director of Hospital Services Clarette Matlab told […]The post Nearly half of Palau’s essential medicines out of stock as global supply chain strains bite appeared first on Island Times News. Source link
Palau has called off its search for two divers, including a 62-year-old Singaporean man, who went missing during a dive on Sept 7.The search for Singaporean Tan Soon Liang, 62, and Chinese national Xiaoxi Wu, 43, ended on Sept 11, Palauan news outlet Island Times reported on Monday (Sept 14). The five-day search, which involved national marine law enforcement search-and-rescue personnel, Peleliu state rangers, the US Coast Guard Joint Rescue Sub-Center in Guam and private boat operators, yielded no results.Tan and Wu began their dive at Peleliu Wall at about 7.45am local time on Sept 7 with a group of divers…
Tarragona will bring together nearly 1,600 athletes with intellectual disabilities at the Special Olympics 2026. The city will host this international sports event from October 9 to 12, 2026, according to information from the Tarragona City Council. The presentation took place this Tuesday at the Palau Robert in Barcelona. Four days of sport, city, and excitement; because when an agenda has a figure like this, it is no longer just any event. An international event that already has dates in Tarragona What are the Special Olympics Tarragona 2026? The Special Olympics Tarragona 2026 is an international sports event that will…
Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona is a concert hall where architecture and music share the stage, a Catalan Modernisme building that treats daylight as part of every performance. Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner in the early twentieth century, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català choral society and soon gained international recognition as a masterwork of Art Nouveau in Catalonia.A Modernisme palace built for a choirPalau de la Musica Catalana stands in the historic Sant Pere neighbourhood, just north of Barcelona’s old merchant streets, and belongs to the movement known as Catalan Modernisme,…
Fiji’s Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka says people travelling to the island for tourism purposes, such as from Australia and New Zealand, know that HIV is a “global phenomenon”.Gavoka, who is a deputy prime minister, was responding to questions from local reporters about concerns from tourists who are worried about their travel plans to Fiji after the country declared a national HIV emergency this week.Tourism is Fiji’s main driver of the economy, contributing around 40 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The sector directly and indirectly supports more than 150,000 jobs, with nearly one in every three Fijians relying…
SINGAPORE – The search for two divers, including a Singaporean man, who went missing during a dive in Palau on Sept 7 has been called off after five days, local media reported.The search for the pair, identified as Singaporean Tan Soon Liang, 62, and Chinese national Xiaowi Wu, 43, ended on Sept 11 without a successful recovery, Palauan news outlet Island Times reported on Sept 14.The five-day search involved national marine law enforcement search-and-rescue personnel, Peleliu state rangers, the US Coast Guard Joint Rescue Sub-Center in Guam and private boat operators, the report said.Tan and Wu – who were part…
With an election looming and political parties in campaign mode, the Fijian government has hinted that a new constitution could be in place by Christmas Eve.The move has been described by a local civil society organisation as a “grave threat” to democracy and the rule of law, while one of the minor parties in the Sitiveni Rabuka-led coalition government has distanced itself from “any attempt to rush constitutional reform”.In a statement on Wednesday, the Fijian government said Cabinet had endorsed the Constitution Review Commission’s (CRC) report to be presented in parliament and had supported a request for a special sitting…
Tonga and Samoa have qualified for an invitation to the Netball World Cup.Tonga Tala defeated Fiji 72-60 on Thursday to claim their third win at the Oceania Netball Championship in Nuku’alofa.Tifaimoana Samoa beat the Cook Islands 72-50 in what was also their third win.The final round of matches will be held on Friday, with the clash between Samoa and Tonga to decide the Oceania champion.The Fiji Pearls also plays Papua New Guinea Pepes on Friday in a dead rubber.World Netball’s head of events Kate Agnew said the invite means the teams have qualified in terms of results, but documentation still…
Government officials have officially called off the search for two missing scuba divers who were diving the Peleliu Wall off Palau. Local media identified the divers as Tan Soon Liang, 62 years old from Singapore, and Xiaxi Wu from China, 43 years old. Liang has been missing since September 7th, and local media subsequently reported that Wu had also gone missing. The Search The search involved Peleliu state rangers, the US Coast Guard rescue center in Guam, private boat owners and Palau national marine search and rescue crews. It lasted five days, but officials officially called it off this week.…