News - Palau

Chief negotiators for Palau and the U.S. sat side by side at Palau’s capitol, Ngerulmud, and initialed the Compact Review Agreement on May 17.
 

KOROR, Palau — Serial entrepreneur Alan Seid has his sights set on a new project that utilizes new technology in a way that he hopes will lead to other larger projects in the island nation and the region. 

GSI-Pond JV LLC (listed as of Flemington, New Jersey where GSI’s North America office is), was awarded an $11,78 million firm-fixed-price task order as part of a multiple award construction contract, with three offers received for the work at Defense Fuel Support Point Guam at Andersen Air Force Base.

MALAKAL, Palau — Palau is striving to rebuild its economy, aiming for additional airlines and routes to enter the market, like Air Niugini’s flight from Brisbane in Australia to Palau via Papua New Guinea. The country also has mainstays like the United Airlines flights to Guam and the Philippines, and the fully-booked China Airlines flights between Palau and Taiwan.

Joel Ehrendreich “a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of counselor, currently serves as Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State,” and is the nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Palau, according to a March 20 release from the White House.

As the island nation of Palau works to rebuild an economy devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitni Kekerelchad Joseph and Clint Moore are two entrepreneurs hoping they’ll make a positive impact.