KOROR, Palau — More than three decades after it was built, Palau’s only hospital is firmly on a path toward replacement. President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. convened the first meeting of the Belau National Hospital Relocation Steering Committee on May 14, marking the start of what officials are calling the implementation phase of a project that many say is long overdue.
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Guam to get submarine maintenance facility
BY MAUREEN N. MARATITA
Journal Staff
Guam can look forward to a maintenance facility for submarines at Polaris Point.
Alexander Desroches, executive director of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility told the Journal that what is known as the Guam Detachment of the Hawaii shipyard and facility is moving full steam ahead.