Journal 10/8/2025
P1 Kwaj talks continue
A second day of meetings in Washington, DC between Kwajalein landowners, RepMar and the US Defense Department has been completed without any announcement of the results. From reliable sources, the following picture emerges: The ending of the demonstration on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur Islands is a result of an agreement between the landowners and RepMar…to get substantive talks started. Landowners reportedly may remain on Mid-Corridor islands while the talks continue.
Journal 10/11/1991
P1 Chamber debates nutrition, tax law
It was the biggest turnout ever at a Majuro Chamber of Commerce meeting as 52 members and observers met at the Yacht Club last Thursday. President Jerry Kramer reported on the activities of the Nutrition and Children’s Council, a committee established by the Cabinet. “Less than 10 percent of kids here have normal nutrition, according to World Health Organization standards,” he said, “which causes, among other things, scarring of eye tissues because of Vitamin A deficiency. This condition affects 70 percent of Marshallese children…56 percent of school kids here are stunted in growth…Kids can’t wait until next month or next year to get proper food. An emergency program is needed.”
P12 Rongelap, Senator Anjain win prestigious award
Senator Jeton Anjain and the people of Rongelap have been chosen to share one of three “1991 Right Livelihood Awards” with two Polynesian anti-nuclear activists. The awards jury stated that it “honors their resolute efforts to expose opposition to French and US nuclear colonialism in the Pacific” and recognizes “the demands of Senator Anjain and his people that the US make full reparations for health problems caused by nuclear radiation and take all steps necessary to return the island of Rongelap to its people in a safe, habitable condition.”
Journal 10/14/2011
P1 Dismal results
Ministry of Education test results show academic achievement for sixth grade students was worse in 2011 than in 2010 for all four subjects tested. Among third graders, proficiency levels either stayed the same as 2010 or went down.
P4 Sending out smoke signals
The ticketing of more than 50 businesses in Majuro for selling cigarettes to minors has sent a strong message to local companies that police are now enforcing this national government law. While 53 out of 220 Majuro businesses were given citations for illegally selling tobacco products to youth under 18, this is a significant improvement. “We had a 75 percent compliance (with the law),” said Maybelline Ipil, the Projects Manager at Marshall Islands Epidemiology and Prevention Initiatives. “This was way better than in 2010 when we had a 75 percent violation rate.”
P9 Drip, drip, spark…
The overall condition of Majuro’s infrastructure is “marginal to poor,” said a US Army Corps of Engineers report released to the RMI government last week by US Ambassador Martha Campbell. Of the four categories surveyed (sewage, waste, electricity and trash) “only electricity was determined to be in moderate condition. Other systems were unable to support the existing population, presented a health risk, or were non-functioning,” the Army Corps report said.
P15 Population down on 18 islands
The population of nearly every outer island in the RMI went down from 1999 to this year, according to preliminary census statistics released by the government.