By Journal on September 5, 2025
Pacific Tuna Forum, PNA, Transform Aqorau
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Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flowMarshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer deRoburt stopped in Majuro this week. He reported that the permit for the Aqua Bar (at the Eastern Gateway […]
By Journal on September 5, 2025
Ailinglaplap, Air Marshall Islands, Christopher Loeak, Hilda Heine, Iroojlaplap Christopher Loeak, Tommy Kijiner Jr., Uliga Church
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The remains of the late Iroojlaplap and President Christopher Loeak was returned to Majuro, on a charter flight in the afternoon of August 28. His casket was accompanied by family members. They were met at the airport by an honor guard of RMI national policemen who provided an escort to Uliga Church for the state […]
By Journal on September 4, 2025
Canvasback Missions, Ebeye Hospital, Jacque Spence, Kate Cannon, Matthew Cannon, Sterling Spence, US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll
News

GIFF JOHNSON Canvasback Missions combined eye and dental team provided services to several hundred Ebeye residents during a six-day visit last month. Canvasback’s visit was the first it has made to Ebeye since 2019, prior to Covid and border closures preventing their teams from entering for about three years. Demonstrating high demand and need for […]
By Journal on September 4, 2025
Antone "Tony" Greubel, Bobby Muller, Charles Paul, Compact Trust Fund Committee, enra, Giff Johnson, Gillian Chia-Chen Hu, Jerrod Mason, John Brewer, Marshall Islands Trust Fund, Tony Greubel
News

GIFF JOHNSON After two years of discussion, arguments and debates, two major funding streams under the Compact of Free Association have been approved for distribution later this year. The US-RMI Trust Fund Committee has endorsed releasing $27.7 million for the Individual Support Distribution (otherwise known as the Enra program) and $19.9 million for the Extraordinary […]
By Journal on September 4, 2025
Brenson Wase, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Jack Ading, Kalani Kaneko, Nitijela, Pacific International Inc.
News

GIFF JOHNSON The day after last week Tuesday’s fire consumed Nitijela, parliament staff were already setting up the ICC conference hall as a temporary Nitijela meeting space. Monday this week, the Appropriations Committee, with Chairman Jack Ading at the helm, completed the final series of FY2026 budget hearings from the ICC meeting location. Nitijela staff […]
By Journal on August 29, 2025
Nitijela Bill 93, RMI domestic violence Bill
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Journal 8/31/1982 P1 Cat and mouse antics amuse journalistIt’s easy to get to the camps of the Kwajalein landowners occupying their land on the main island of the Kwajalein Missile Range. Just go to the Ebeye dock and hop on the first boat. It’s a comfortable 10-15 minute ride in a typical outboard boat. Bilimon […]
By Journal on August 29, 2025
Arno Atoll, Arno Atoll Local Government, Bikarej, Pacific International Inc., RMI Ministry of Public Works, Ulien, US Department of Interior
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Pacific International Inc. (PII) mobilized for a significant outer island construction project earlier this month. A PII construction crew has set up shop at Bikarej Island in Arno Atoll to begin construction of a long-awaited boat channel project. Bikarej, which sits at the northwest corner of one of the biggest atolls in RMI, is a […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Jerry Kramer, Joe Lomae, Nitijela, Nitijela fire, Pacific International Inc., RMI Cabinet, Wilmer Joel, Wisely Zackhras
News

GIFF JOHNSON Tuesday morning, while the fire still burned at Nitijela, the RMI Cabinet held an emergency meeting at the MIMRA headquarters conference room to discuss its response. By mid-afternoon, President Hilda Heine had issued a short statement posted to the President’s Office Facebook page describing the situation and the government’s next steps. President Heine […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Hank Liu, Kalani Kaneko, Republic of China, Taiwan
News

Republic of China (Taiwan) Chargé d’Affaires Hank Liu presented a check for $7,240,455 to Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko on August 22. The funding is Budgetary Support to the RMI government for 2025 under the annual financial assistance from the government Taiwan to the Marshall Islands. At the presentation, Chargé Liu reiterated Taiwan’s longtime commitment to […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Bruce Loeak, Central Union Church, Christopher Jorebon Loeak, Hilda Heine, Honolulu, Iroojlaplap Christopher Loeak, Tommy Kijiner Jr., UCC Uliga Church
News

Six Marshallese pallbearers carried the casket of Iroojlaplap Christopher Jorebon Loeak into historic Central Union Church in Honolulu, where a memorial service was held last Saturday for the former President. Hundreds of Marshallese packed the church for the service, including current President Hilda Heine and First Gentleman Tommy Kijiner, Jr. The remains of the late President […]