The Extraordinary Needs Distribution (END) Committee has officially initiated the new development program funding stream with a launch ceremony last week Friday at Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room. This new program, established through the Compact of Free Association by the US and RMI governments, is specifically designed to deliver needed support in addressing the continuing […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshalls Energy Company signed a deal earlier this month with its diesel fuel supplier that’s going to bring less expensive gasoline prices to the Marshall Islands, the company said in a statement. This is going to “especially (help) our outer island communities who have been paying around $10 to $18 per gallon,” […]
Journal 12/24/1982 P1 AMI 748 arriving Christmas EveAir Marshall Islands own BAC748 aircraft is scheduled to arrive December 24 (there was no room for Santa Claus because it is filled with spare parts). An official handover ceremony at the airport for the 48-seat turbo-prop plane will be held soon after arrival. The first revenue flight […]
Take a look at these happy faces of Enewetak children and adults. They are standing with some of the Christmas largesse that fell on them from the sky December 9, courtesy of the US-Japan-S. Korea-Canada-Australia-sponsored Operation Christmas Drop. If we needed some further visual evidence that the annual Christmas Drop was a great thing, well […]
GIFF JOHNSON The RMI EPA has won $29 million in damages for the grounding of a ship on Taka Atoll near Utrok in 2019 — but can it collect from the company and its insurer? High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram ruled late last month in the RMI EPA’s favor against Ningbo Eurasian Ocean Fishing […]
Three cheers for Team Kirtake for weighing in a 332-pound marlin, a 13-pound tuna, a 34-pound wahoo, and a 26-pound barracuda making a total of 410 pounds. According to a release from the Marshalls Billfish Club about the Budweiser Catch 5 fishing Tournament held on Saturday, Kirtake (Captain Ronnie Reimers) took home the Budweiser special […]
The annual Christmas parade happened Saturday and, perhaps reflecting the distracting times we live in, the parade was smaller in terms of number of participating floats compared to past years. The parade was organized by the Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce, and went from Alwal Rita to the end of Laura. A small number of […]
Journal 12/8/1982 P1 Dancing with joyThe Rongelap airfield was opened this Monday by an Air Marshall Islands flight. Rongelap people prepared a welcome including dancing. Journal 12/13/1991 P1 ADB $7 million to develop fisheriesA $7 minion loan and technical assistance package to develop a locally based fishing industry in the Marshall Islands has been successfully […]
Personally, we like Mondays. A lot of people complain about blue Monday and so on, but for us it’s just another day to move around and see what’s happening in town. Further to this blue Monday thing, workers at government offices are often criticized for showing up late to work etc. So there we were, […]
The RMI government together with the German-funded Low Carbon Sea Transport Project implemented by GIZ, successfully concluded a three-day regional workshop bringing together government institutions, vessel operators, technical experts, regional organizations, and international partners. The workshop marked an important milestone in advancing the RMI’s maritime decarbonization agenda and strengthening cooperation for the next phase of […]
