News - Palau

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. 

MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The Marshall Islands and Palau feature in a new report, “Perceptions of Corruption in Seven Small Pacific Island Countries, issued by Transparency International in the middle of December. It is one of the first corruption reviews by Transparency International in these two U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands as well as the other five surveyed: Tuvalu, Niue, Tokelau (a territory of New Zealand), the Cook Islands and Nauru.

Palau-Singapore flights discussed; delegation travels to Taiwan President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. met with Barathan Pasupathi, CEO of Jetstar Asia Airways Pte. Ltd.; and Capt. Lui Geoffrey, chief pilot of the airline in...