Maverick, innovator, entrepreneur, environmentalist and sheer force of nature, Francis Toribiong would have been a unique and significant individual no matter where he was born. As it turns out, he was born in the islands of Palau, in the Western Pacific, at just the right time to apply his special set of skills and attributes to the task of helping his fledgling country find its place in the world.
Over a period of around 20 years at the end of the
