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A performance audit report for Ngarchelong State Government, covering the period from October 2000 to September 2006, revealed several deficiencies including the expenditure of funds on non-existent projects and without proper appropriation by the State L...
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Associate Justice Alexandra Foster on January 24 issued a judgment on the civil action filed by demoted Revenue and Taxation Chief Ricardo Bausoch against the national government, ordering the government to compensate Bausoch from February 8, 2010 to the ...
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After all these time, it seems that many people are still confused and/or unclear as to what transpired with the FY 2012 budget which was killed in the House. Most of the confused people seem to be either senior government employees or even some of our ...
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The 10th Peleliu State Legislature has adopted a resolution urging President Toribiong to extend to the state a six-month time limit for harvesting non-cultured sea cucumbers.The resolution states that with Palau’s economic downturn and the high cost of...
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Senators Tommy Remengesau Jr., Surangel Whipps Jr., Raynold Oilouch, Hokkons Baules and Camsek Chin requested documents from the minister of Finance with regard to the Republic’s $16 million loan from the Asian Development Bank.In a letter to Vice Presi...
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The Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection yesterday issued a reminder to the public about the rabbitfish closed season and green turtles open season.Commencing February 1 and until March 31, it is illegal for anyone to fish for, sell, receive, export, ...
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Vice President and Finance Min. Kerai Mariur yesterday wrote to the leadership of both houses in the Olbiil Era Kelulau, seeking advice on how to distribute the revenue from fishing license fees to the states.Mariur said that there is a sum of $828,331.87...
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North Korea plans a massive military parade including missiles and other weaponry to mark major anniversaries early this year after its leader's death, according to South Korean media reports.A large number of army, naval and air force troops have been pr...
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An Afghan immigrant couple and their son were found guilty in a Canadian court of first degree murder in the 2009 "honor killing" deaths of four female family members, and sentenced to 25 years in prison.The jury in Kingston, Ontario, deliberated for two ...
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Leaden winter skies lour on a coastguard boat as it cuts its way through the seas off Japan's tsunami-wrecked shores.Somewhere under these unforgiving grey waters lie hundreds, perhaps thousands of bodies; the unfound, unclaimed dead of one of the country...
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SEATTLE - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.The f...
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A trader accused of a $2.25 billion fraud at Swiss bank UBS is due to enter his plea in a London court on Monday.Kweku Adoboli, 31, is charged with two counts of fraud and two of false accounting between 2008 and September last year.{reg}He was due to app...
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GIGLIO, Italy — The cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said Sunday, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations.Officials called off both the start of operations...
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“All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man of woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that he be put to death. The only exception to this is for the...
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It was the final examination for an introductory Biology course at the local university. Like many such freshman courses, it was designed to weed out new students, having over 500 students in the class!The examination was two hours long, and exam booklets...
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Interpretations of nature from junior high, high school, and college test papers and essays submitted to science and health teachers (spelling errors preserved)...."When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire.""H2O is hot water, and C...
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• 11% of people are left handed• August has the highest percentage of births• unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it• the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes• a bear has 42 teeth• an ostrich's eye is b...
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A police officer, who was assigned as an executive security detail, has been placed on leave and disarmed after being involved in a shooting incident that took place last January 29.{reg} In a statement, BPS director Norvert Yano and Justice Minister John...
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After finding probable cause filed by the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Bureau of Public Safety four suspects have been arrested in connection with the series of armed robberies.{reg} In a statement, BPS director Norvert Yano and Justice Minis...
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Police officers rounded up several individuals who were involved in alcohol related incidents.{reg} Based on the blotter, on January 17 at around 4:53 a.m. Central station received a report of a PCC student drinking at the PCC Dorm and threatening other s...
