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Friday, June 27, 2008
| $101 million fiber deal signed The US Army has signed a $101 million contract with a Virginia-based company that will bring a fiber optic communications cable to the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein. The 10-year contract was awarded to TKC Technology Solutions on June 11, the Army said in a release. The new cable is scheduled to be operational by March 2010. Cox: Oz keen to help Pacific New Australian Ambassador Susan Cox made her first visit to the RMI this week, receiving a warm welcome from President Litokwa Tomeing, local non-government organizations and other officials. At the diplomatic credentials ceremony Monday, Tomeing praised new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for his strong support on climate change and environmental protection issues. State of emergency delayed for now The Cabinet deferred action last week on the RMI Disaster Committee’s proposal for a “state of emergency” declaration, asking the committee to develop additional information and recommendations. Minister in Assistance Chris Loeak told the Journal Wednesday that the Cabinet asked the Disaster Committee to do some additional work on the proposal. He said he expected it to go back to Cabinet later this week. “We asked them to quantify some of the information and come back to us,” he said. Turkey funds waste project Majuro’s and Ebeye’s waste situation is to receive a strong boost from the recent establishment of diplomatic ties between the RMI and Turkey. Turkey has approved a $475,000 grant to Majuro Atoll Waste Company to purchase urgently needed equipment for recycling operations that will support other solid waste improvements, MAWC Manager Roger Cooper said Thursday. |
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The Ejit chapter of Kora in Jiban Lolorjake Ejmuur (KIJLE) recently held a clean-up of their island. Pictured are Beney Kelen, Anita Bejiko, Josephine Matthew, Lily Bejiko, Rosabila Joel and Evelyn Wottokna.
Photo: Joe Wottokna.
Photo: Joe Wottokna.
USDA Rural Development officials praised local director Zed Zedkaia and the RMI for being aggressive in obtaining loans and grant funding for the Marshall Islands. Lorraine Shin, the Western Pacific Director, and other Rural Development officials visited Majuro last week to present grants and discuss future opportunities with leaders. Rural Development recently awarded three grants to “high-energy cost” areas, with two going to Hawaii projects and one to the Marshall Islands. “This shows the RMI is taking advantage of these opportunities by sending in grant applications,” Shin said. This was likely Shin’s final visit to RMI and the Micronesian region, since as a political appointee, she will resign from her post after a new US President is sworn into office next January. “For a population of 60,000, the RMI has received its fair share of grants,” said Hawaii area director Thao Khamoui, who has worked on numerous grant projects with the Rural Development and Marshall Islands Development Bank.
By SUZANNE CHUTARO
The Marshall Islands has lost out on $50 million in grant and scholarship opportunities in recent years, the new RMI Ambassador to the United Nations told a forum with local businesses on Monday. UN Ambassador Phillip Muller told the group that in past the RMI has lost out on millions of dollars available through the RMI’s relations with foreign governments because the RMI did not respond to opportunities. He said the new ambassadorial team and government are going to change that by being more aggressive in pursuing opportunities for the RMI. On Monday, Robert Reimers Enterprises hosted an impromptu ambassadors forum to give the private sector an opportunity to meet with RMI’s newly appointed ambassadors with the hope that it will lead to more open and direct dialog between the private sector and RMI diplomats while they are in their overseas posts. “I’m eager to see your sector succeed,” said Jiba Kabua. “When I’m (in Japan) I want to be there to represent you as well. I want to help promote the private sector and see it succeed.”
The Marshall Islands has lost out on $50 million in grant and scholarship opportunities in recent years, the new RMI Ambassador to the United Nations told a forum with local businesses on Monday. UN Ambassador Phillip Muller told the group that in past the RMI has lost out on millions of dollars available through the RMI’s relations with foreign governments because the RMI did not respond to opportunities. He said the new ambassadorial team and government are going to change that by being more aggressive in pursuing opportunities for the RMI. On Monday, Robert Reimers Enterprises hosted an impromptu ambassadors forum to give the private sector an opportunity to meet with RMI’s newly appointed ambassadors with the hope that it will lead to more open and direct dialog between the private sector and RMI diplomats while they are in their overseas posts. “I’m eager to see your sector succeed,” said Jiba Kabua. “When I’m (in Japan) I want to be there to represent you as well. I want to help promote the private sector and see it succeed.”
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