Koror- The Palau Supreme Court yesterday ruled yesterday that Minister of Public Infrastructure, Industries, and Commerce Charles Obichang complied with the Open Government Act when he made available copies of requested documents to the Palau National Congress, instead of delivering them to the individual senators or their counsel. Associate Justice Kathleen Salii ruled that because each of the plaintiffs – senate minority bloc – is a current senator, the requested documents

Koror- Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. on Thursday rebuked five members of the Senate who earlier initiated a lawsuit questioning a provision of the Open Government Act pertaining to the government’s transaction with Japanese firms regarding the planned airport expansion project. In a letter to Sens. Regis Akitaya, Camsek Chin, Rukebai Inabo, J. Uduch Senior and Mason Whipps, Remengesau blasted the senators for backpedaling on their support of the airport expansion proj

Koror, Palau -Members of Palau Senate “minority” bloc filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Infrastructure, Industries and Commerce (MPIIC) and its Minister for violation of the Open Government Act for refusing to disclose information and release government documents pertaining the airport expansion agreement with Japan Airport Terminal. Civil Action 18-025 filed on January 29 before the Palau Supreme Court, is the first legal case brought forward under the Open Government