By Journal on January 31, 2025
Billy Roberts, Majuro generators, Marshalls Energy Company, PM&O Lines
Back In The Day
![Generators are on island Generators are on island](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/twF-1-31-25.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Journal 1/22/1982 P1 Chutaro wins MiliChuji Chutaro won a narrow and still unofficial victory over Alee Alik in last week’s court-ordered election for Mili’s Nitijela seat and said that when he is certified the winner he will try to bring Mili people together to work for the good of the atoll. Chutaro, who lost by […]
By Journal on January 31, 2025
Alex Pinano, Divine Waiti, Dr. Alex Pinano, Erika Peter, Hilary Hosia, Marshall Islands Red Cross Society
Feature Articles
![The new Red Cross headquarters building was officially opened January 24 in the Uliga area of Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Red Cross gets new home](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FL-mircs-1-31.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA The Marshall Islands Red Cross Society celebrated the opening of its official headquarters in Majuro last Friday. The new headquarters sits between the United Church of Christ and the Courthouse in Uliga. The MIRCS was initially housed at the Marshall Islands Resort since the government enacted the MIRCS Act in November of 2013. […]
By Journal on January 30, 2025
ACWA Project, Green Climate Fund, Mejatto Island, UNDP-funded
News
![A church on Mejatto now has a new water catchment system thanks to the United Nations Development Program-funded project that is focused on water harvesting and collection systems throughout the RMI. Water storage for remote islands](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/UNDP-1-31.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The first training session for local carpenters and plumbers was successfully completed on Mejatto Island as part of the Addressing Climate Change Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) project. This project, led by the United Nations Development Program, aims to help the people of the Marshall Islands better cope with the effects of climate change, […]
By Journal on January 30, 2025
David Asiea, Majuro polluters, Moriana Phillip, RMI EPA
News
![RMI EPA’s David Asiea and Louie Salinas inspect a purse seiner. EPA warns polluters](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/biz-EPA-1-31.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
RMI EPA General Manager Moriana Phillip warned would-be polluters of Majuro lagoon that EPA is focused on monitoring and enforcement of fines for polluters. In a social media post that included photos of EPA staff checking fishing-related vessels anchored in the lagoon and the lagoon generally, Phillip underlined the point that “EPA maintains presence in […]
By Journal on January 30, 2025
Bikar Atoll, Bokak Atoll, Boklon Zackious, Glen Joseph, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Hiroshi Yamamura, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Melissa Saimon, MIMRA, Reimaanlok, Reimaanlok Framework, RMI's marine sanctuary, Tony Muller
News
![At the signing ceremony establishing the RMI’s first marine sanctuary, from left: Iroojlaplap Bokloñ Zackious, President Hilda Heine, Minister Tony Muller, Nitijela Member Hiroshi Yamamura, and Hiroshi’s wife, Melissa Saimon. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Huge marine sanctuary established](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MIMRA-1-31.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The RMI’s first national marine sanctuary was officially established Tuesday evening at a signing ceremony at the International Conference Center. President Hilda C. Heine joined with Iroojlaplap Boklon Zackious, Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce Tony Muller, Utrok Nitijela Member Hiroshi Yamamura, and Utrok Mayor Tobin Kaiko in signing documents to establish the RMI’s first […]
By Journal on January 24, 2025
Blue Island Hatchery, Giant clams, Handleson Chutaro, Marshall Islands Aquatics, Neal Skinner
Back In The Day
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Journal 1/19/1982 P7 Kendall: Marshall Islands fully capable of self-governmentActing President Wilfred Kendall told visiting US Congressmen of the Marshalls’ “hope for true self-government in the best ideals of your own people, and that means an early end to the United Nations Trusteeship over our islands.” Later, Kendall added: “We hope you will carry back […]
By Journal on January 24, 2025
Jam Matias, Leilani Macquinn, Miss Pacific, Moemoana Schwenke, Pat Poquita, Power 103.5FM, Six9Too, Yokwe TV
Feature Articles
![Pictured at the farewell party for Miss Pacific Moemoana Schwenke at the Marshall Islands Resort are Six9Too Productions/Power 103.5FM staff, from left: Jam Matias, DJ Pat Poquita and Leilani Macquinn. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Yokwe TV grabs viewers](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FL-Miss-Pacific-farewell-1-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Yokwe TV has been garnering a large following judging by the latest viewership data despite only recently returning to streaming original content that is being watched online by people in RMI and across the Marshallese diaspora in the US. Managing a TV news outlet is no walk in the park but that does not mean […]
By Journal on January 23, 2025
Belle Jorbelle, Hilary Hosia, Majuro Atoll Local Government, RMI Ports Authority
News
![Majuro Atoll Local Government and Marshall Islands Ports Authority officials at the launch of new maritime safety rules and boat registration. Photo: Belle Jorbelle Boat safety effort ramps up](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MALGov-boating-1-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA Majuro Atoll Local Government is launching a mandatory maritime safety course for all small boats operating within Majuro lagoon and in and out of Majuro Atoll. Satisfactory completion of the safety course will result in the issuance of the boat’s license. Boats operating without a license will subjected to penalty by MALGov. The […]
By Journal on January 23, 2025
Chewy Lin, Claret Chong Gum, Eskella Joseph, Hilary Hosia, Kimber Rilometo, Lori Muller deBrum, Marshall Islands Resort, Maryjane McKibbin Schwenke, Miss Pacific Islands, Moemoana Schwenke
News
![Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana Schwenke speaking during the farewell dinner in her honor at the Marshall Islands Resort. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Miss Pacific wraps happy RMI visit](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Miss-Pacific-1-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana Schwenke and her small entourage were serenaded with a night of entertainment filled with hugs and plates full of food on her last day in the Marshall Islands with a farewell in her honor at the Marshall Islands Resort last Friday. Miss Pacific said she was filled with immense […]
By Journal on January 23, 2025
Asian Development Bank, Damian Capelle, Hilary Hosia, Majuro Water and Sewer Company, US Department of Agriculture
News Archive
![US and RMI government leaders and landowners broke ground for a new Majuro Water and Sewer Company warehouse at the airport reservoir — the launch of a nearly $15 million project focused on fixing the long-damaged sewage outfall system in downtown Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Decades old problem to get fix](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MWSC-1-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA A decades long problem for the Majuro Water and Sewer Company — and the 20,000 residents of Majuro Atoll — is about to be eliminated following the injection of $14.9 million in US funding to replace the sewer outfall located oceanside of the MWSC headquarters in Delap. News of the long-awaited dream was […]