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Kuartei blames Olbiil Era Kelulau for the delay in adopting a unified budget for Fiscal Year 2012Health Min. Stevension Kuartei yesterday disclosed that the national hospital will be running out of essential drugs because of the delay in approving the bud...
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Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism Min. Harry Fritz Wednesday adopted emergency regulation prohibiting the exportation of sea cucumbers.The emergency regulation states that effective January 1, 2012, it shall be unlawful for any person to export s...
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It is said that year 2012 is the year when the world will end. Mayan calendar, Nostradmus predictions, planetary alignments or the Book of Revelation are some of what people use to say that 2012 is the year of reckoning.Frankly, I do not know whether 20...
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As the holidays are being celebrated, the Belau National Hospital is seeing an increase in influenza (flu) and gastroenteritis cases. Since December 24, over 100 patients have been admitted with gastro and other flu-like symptoms. {reg}The public is urged...
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President Toribiong yesterday signed into law the Petroleum Act for the Republic of Palau.The new law, designated as RPPL No. 8-37, will govern the prospecting, exploration, exploitation, development and production of oil and gas resources, including mine...
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Nannette Diliaur Malsol returned home to Palau last week with the distinction of being the very first Pacific island woman to successfully complete an advance degree in Law of the Sea with a focus on Fisheries Policy.{reg}Malsol graduated with honors (dis...
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On December 20, Koror State Gov. Yositaka Adachi signed into law the bill increasing permit fees for Rock Island Use and visit to Jellyfish Lake.The new law, designated as K9-248-2011, which amended an existing law on permit fees, states that the Rock Isl...
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As the mercury plunges in Japan's disaster-hit northeast, thousands of people in temporary homes are digging in for what could be a long, hard and very cold winter.Snow and driving winds will add to the misery of tsunami survivors in a region where the te...
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An Australian infant was attacked by a python which wrapped itself around his body and attempted to suffocate him, his terrified mother said Thursday, recalling his "blood-curdling scream".The two-year-old boy was chasing a ball around his Port Douglas ba...
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A large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb, an official said."It was not a bomb explosion," the official said, though the cause of the bl...
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A large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb, an official said."It was not a bomb explosion," the official said, though the cause of the bl...
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From Spain's "indignados" protesters to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 was the year when people power, fueled by frustration at a deepening financial crisis, confronted the Western world's elites.Initially it was the drama in North Africa that gripped the world...
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From Spain's "indignados" protesters to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 was the year when people power, fueled by frustration at a deepening financial crisis, confronted the Western world's elites.Initially it was the drama in North Africa that gripped the world...
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President Raul Castro's unprecedented humanitarian pardons announced last week so far have benefited 2,991 inmates, official data show, including seven political prisoners, according to dissidents.Council of State decree number one, signed by the presiden...
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Turkish warplanes killed 30 people in an air strike in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border overnight, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants, a local official told Reuters on Thursday.Turkish warplanes strike m...
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Bahrain's rulers have pledged a policy of "zero tolerance" towards any abuse of political detainees, to reinstate all public workers sacked for dissent and to allow foreign media into the kingdom.The government said in a statement late Wednesday that the ...
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As the year comes to a close, Island Times will again revisit past issues that made it to the front page or made an impact to the public.Island Times published more than a hundred newspapers this year (104 to be exact, including today’s issue). From J...
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On New Year's Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living.{reg}Well, it was kind of embarrassing. ...
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On New Year's Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living.{reg}Well, it was kind of embarrassing. ...
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Spend more time with the family. Take more exercise - Get fit. {reg} Lose (loose!) weight. Give up smoking (again). Get out of dept. Learn a new skill, take up a new hobby. Put something into the community -help others. Get organized. Else buy shares in...
