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Entertaiment News

We have new babies
17/06/2013 | Administrator


For weeks a six-year old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house.

One day the mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn [ ... ]


Ponderings
17/06/2013 | Administrator

Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Are p [ ... ]


Interesting Facts...
17/06/2013 | Administrator

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices a [ ... ]


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PSA announces swim camps, adult water aerobics PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:13

PSA is pleased to inform the public that a new learn to swim camp will begin March 2 – April 2. All classes will be offered twice a week for a total of 10 lessons per series. Included in this session will be:

• Introduction I – for young children 3-5 years of age with their mothers or other caregivers; this will be a morning class starting at 8:30am.

• Introduction II – for children 3-5 years of age who are comfortable in the water and ready to learn basic stroke skills; children of this age must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver; this will be an afternoon class starting at 3pm.

• Beginner’s – for children who are at least 5 years of age and comfortable in the water; children will learn the fundamentals of freestyle and back stroke.

• Advanced beginners for children who have mastered the fundamentals of freestyle and backstroke but need to improve their stroke skills and stamina.

• Intermediates – focus on breaststroke and butterfly.

Please contact the Palau National Swimming Pool between the hours of 3-7pm to register interest in this camp series. Children may come to the pool between 3 and 7pm to be tested for correct placement.

PSA also announces that Frieda Loftis, a well-known local sportswoman and aerobics instructor will begin to offer water aerobics at the pool between 6-7am two mornings a week. This class will be for adults only and will be limited initially to seven participants. To register, please contact the Palau National Swimming Pool between 3 and 7pm.

 

Sports News

Sam’s Kryptonite wins WNBL title
17/06/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua
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Team Sam’s Kryptonite showed their lethal form as they went on to beat team Money, 77-71 to win the 2013 Surangel and Sons Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) played Thursday night at the Pa [ ... ]


Nationals halt Spoilers, 83-72 in IP&E NBL 2013
17/06/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua

The Nationals 19 and Under squad kept their winning streak alive as beat the FR Spoilers, 83-72 Friday night in the ongoing 2013 season of the Shell IP&E National Basketball League (NBL) played at the [ ... ]


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Regional News

Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU
17/06/2013 | Administrator

BEIJING   — Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave a [ ... ]


China pressured NYU to make him leave, dissident says
17/06/2013 | Administrator

NEW YORK  - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrel [ ... ]


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World News

Obama, Putin face tough talks on Syria at G8 summit
17/06/2013 | Administrator

LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland   - President Barack Obama will seek the help on Monday of Russia's Vladimir Putin, Syria's most powerful ally, to bring Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table and end [ ... ]


Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest
17/06/2013 | Administrator

ISTANBUL — Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday [ ... ]


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