Koror- Palau Vice President Raynold Oilouch is scheduled to leave this weekend for Pohnpei, FSM, to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Aug. 5, 2019. Pompeo who will be traveling to the Federated States of Micronesia following a visit to Thailand and Australia as part of his tour of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In Pohnpei, Vice President Oilouch will join FSM President David Panuelo and the Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine in meeting with Pompeo. Palau Pre

Koror- President Tommy Remengesau Jr. on Wednesday expressed support to striking down the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage saying he believes in full equality. Remengesau, speaking to local reporters, branded as discriminatory the constitutional provision that bans same-sex marriage. “Those who are different doesn’t mean that they should be outcast, second class citizens, or that they can’t contribute to the community. So I want to make it clear that I don’t believe in