Author: TMC Palau

It’s a significant week for the Tokelauan community in Aotearoa New Zealand as they celebrate Te Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau – Tokelau Language Week.This year’s language week coincides with the centenary of Tokelau’s relationship with New Zealand.There are 9822 tagata Tokelau living in New Zealand based on the 2023 Census, with a majority of those living in the greater Wellington region.Gagana Tokelau is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO.Tokelau Aotearoa advisory group chairman Reverend Tui Sopoaga admits the Tokelauan language is on the decline.”Even though our language is on the decline but we are still trying our best because…

By Staff Sgt. Denzel Brown and Maj. Todd Vlazny/8th Theater Sustainment Command/U.S. Army Key Takeaways: In July 2026 Palauan officials reported an unapproved entry by a Chinese government oceanographic vessel, similar to the Xiang Yang Hong-01, into Palau’s exclusive economic zone shortly after a Chinese ballistic-missile test in the Pacific. Under UNCLOS Articles 246 and 248, marine scientific research in another state’s EEZ requires prior consent and six months’ notice; the absence of such authorization would render bathymetric mapping or sensor deployment unlawful, distinct from the right of mere navigation. The pattern of dual-use Chinese research vessels loitering near undersea…

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is defending a party ad blaming the sinking of a navy ship on “woke b……t'”, but is at odds with his own candidate.Peters says it’s “clear as daylight” the captain of the ship was hired through a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programme.The ad, posted to social media, shows party candidate and former defence minister Ron Mark saying “woke b……t of diversity, equity and inclusiveness” had gone “too far” and the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui off the coast of Samoa was “evidence of that”.It also comes as the New Zealand First leader has…

On the occasion of Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence, the government formulated a 20-year roadmap called Roadmap for Economic Sustainability and Enabling Transformation (RESET)@50 to accelerate inclusive and sustainable progress, and to build a state that serves its people with integrity and gives them opportunity. The Australian National University–University of PNG Partnership was invited by the government’s Reset team to prepare some policy papers. This article gives an overview of the submission on RESET@50’s “Big Bet 4b: how the government could enable internet access for all”. Information and communication technology (ICT) development in PNG dates back to 1955,…

Papua New Guinea’s West New Britain province governor Sasindran Muthuvel says the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed robberies and other violent crime.Sasindran Muthuvel’s comment comes after police confirmed the death of 12 men who they say staged an armed robbery at a tradestore in West New Britain’s capital Kimbe on Monday.Muthuvel told RNZ Pacific it was unfortunate that lives were lost, but noted the group fired on police while trying to flee the scene.The governor said people of the province are frustrated at the surge in activity by criminal groups of so-called ‘raskols’.”A lot of genuine people are…

Your Excellency, members of the Government of the Republic of Palau Ungil Tutau It is with great pleasure that I have the honour of presenting my credentials as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second’s Ambassador to Palau. May I take this opportunity to congratulate you and the people of Palau as you mark the 20th year of independence. Your country is no longer a teenager but an established and prospering nation. The distance between the UK and Palau is 7,570 miles. But that distance has not made us distant friends. We have a great deal in common. We are both…

AI-translated content The cuisine that looks back does not necessarily live in the past. Stews, techniques, and recipes inherited over the centuries remain very present in kitchens around the world, but they also evolve and open the door to new ways of understanding gastronomy. Because, as Pep Palau, content director of Gastronomic Forum Barcelona, reminds us, “tradition that stagnates dies”.With this idea as a common thread, this year’s edition of the fair, which will be held from November 2 to 4 at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue, will be dedicated to exploring how culinary heritage can inspire the cuisine…

APIA, 26 OCTOBER 2026 (PMN) — Climate scientists indicate El Niño conditions are strengthening across the central Pacific, raising concerns about below-normal rainfall, higher temperatures and increased drought risk in many island nations. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer […]The post El Niño tightens grip on Pacific as authorities warn of drought and extreme weather appeared first on Island Times News. Source link

By: L.N. Reklai ANGAUR, Palau (Oct. 24, 2026) — “You don’t know how many years I have been dreaming of a bike and finally my dream has come true,” one Angaur Elementary School student wrote in a thank-you letter after receiving a donated bicycle Saturday, Oct. 24. The student was among 21 recipients of bicycles […]The post Bicycles bring joy, healthier habits and new opportunities to Angaur schoolchildren  appeared first on Island Times News. Source link

Flippers first, I splash into the year 2100. I’m snorkeling with coral ecologist Hannah Barkley in blue-green Nikko Bay, where limestone mushrooms jut from the water to form the kind of terrain you’d expect around a Bond villain’s lair. Here in the Rock Islands of Palau, natural conditions offer a glimpse into the Pacific Ocean expected by the end of this century—when it’s acidified by dissolved carbon dioxide from an overladen atmosphere. By all rights we should see a dire, climate-changed wasteland.But the corals here look fine. Reefs link Palau’s striking Rock Islands. Better than fine. It’s gorgeous, an explosion…