Marshall Islands Chess Federation made its debut on the international stage earlier this month during the BugHouse Chess competition in Philippines. BugHouse is a unique chess game where two players face off against two other players — what is eliminated from other chess boards gets to be used in your teammates’ chess boardThe game is […]
Ten teams took part in the twenty-second Lazarus Andrike memorial tournament, which was combined with the Total Pounds Sailfish Marshalls Billfish Club carry-over fishing tournament and the Total Qualifying Pounds competition. Captain Kyle Aliven and Team Nali grabbed the spotlight on the dock for winning the TQ tourney with 191 pounds of potential sashimi and […]
GIFF JOHNSON Landfill work ongoing between Katoj Park and the airport terminal is to create space for a new parking lot at the airport and also to realign the road. The land reclamation by Pacific International Inc. at the lagoon side of the approach to the airport dovetails with the work that was launched two […]
Of all of the US jurisdictions in the Pacific Islands, the RMI is the only so-called “non-State” to be rated as meeting the expectations for Special Education compliance. “In fact,” said RMI Education Commissioner Dr. Natalie Nimmer, “we are the only one in the Pacific, even if you count Hawaii, Guam, etc.” A US Department of […]
Journal 6/17/1983 P1 Marshall Islands Fishing TournamentThe members of the winning billfish boat in the First Marshall Islands Fishing Tournament posed with their trophies following the awards ceremony Monday night. The team members were: Mobe Lorennij, Maikili Tunivambea, Nokko Kabua, and Wally Milne. P1 President Kabua to endorse the Compact todayPresident Amata Kabua will make […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Wearing their brown gowns and big smiles were four representatives of extraordinary Marshallese at the University of the South Pacific graduation, presided over by King Tupou VI of Tonga. This special quartet of graduates, who are all Public School System employees, earned their Master’s in Education in School Leadership. Commissioner of Education Dr. […]
SARA MUIR* Partners from the Freely Associated States of Micronesia, the US Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, and Australian Maritime Security Advisers under the Pacific Maritime Security Program concluded the 13-day Operation Irensia 2026 security exercise last week. The law enforcement training program brought together patrol boat crews from the Federated States of Micronesia, the […]
The Australian Defense Vessel (ADV) Reliant traveled 1,300 nautical miles across the Marshall Islands from 20 May to 3 June to deliver more than 120 tons of water infrastructure cargo to four remote atolls in support of the UNDP-delivered Addressing Climate Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA+) project managed by the RMI Environmental Protection Authority. […]
The most tuna transshipments since January 2024 happened last month in Majuro, with 28 purse seiners moving their tuna catches through Port Majuro. But the even better news is that the first week of June may have set a record with 24 transshipments, nearly as many as the monthly totals for April and May this […]
Journal 6/7/1983 P1 MCHS has outer island settingThe Marshall Islands oldest post-elementary school, Marshalls Christian High School, held its graduation June 4 in the chapel packed to overflowing with parents, relatives and guests. Rongrong, as the school is popularly called, is tucked away in the northwest corner of Majuro Atoll, accessible only by a 40-minute […]
