The fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 Enra payments were distributed last week starting Thursday. MISSA, as it has in the past, used the ECC gym to distribute checks to those who didn’t sign up for direct deposits to their bank accounts. The ECC distribution ran from Thursday to Saturday. There were far fewer checks for […]
Journal 8/19/1983 P1 Compact is called the best last hopeThe Compact of Free Association is the best last hope for the people of the Marshall Islands to be included in the American political family, President Amata Kabua said in his address to the Marshallese people at Nitijela’s meeting last Friday. Journal 8/21/1992 P1 PRC garment […]
A full-scale emergency exercise took place Tuesday in Majuro challenging first responders to deal with a mock lagoon airplane crash scenario. The exercise brought together RMI Ports Authority, Marshall Islands Police Department, Majuro Atoll Local Government, Sea Patrol, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Marshall Islands Red Cross Society, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Environmental […]
Drug runners are taking a page out of the purse seine industry’s playbook. For decades, commercial fishing boats have used fish aggregation devices (FADs) to increase their fish catches. The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority has installed dozens of FADs around the nation to assist local fishermen with improving their catches. But technological advances in […]
The RMI Embassy in Taiwan recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a sister museum partnership between the Alele Museum and Public Library and the Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology of New Taipei City. The MOU was signed during the opening ceremony of the 2026 New Taipei City Austronesian Cultural Festival, one […]
The Republic of the Marshall Islands Public School System (PSS) has begun a nationwide initiative to assess the climate and environmental resilience of public schools, with an initial focus on schools in the neighboring islands. This initiative is one of the strategies to address climate change identified in the National Adaptation Plan. The assessments are […]
Journal 8/12/1983 P1 Nitijela asks questions of MIATLP lawyerIn a long Nitijela committee meeting, citizens listened to Marshall Islands Atomic Testing Litigation Project lawyer Richard Gerry being questioned for over five hours as Nitijela members asked questions ranging from the 177 Section to the MIATLP case to his and his staff salaries. Gerry answered questions […]
Why push a stroller when you can tie a tow line to it and pull it over rocks, holes, bumps, mud and other obstacles? Definitely more fun this way. This team was spotted outside the ICC last Friday making slow but steady progress through the obstacle course that purports to be a roadway between the […]
Japan Embassy staff gave great meaning to the word “grassroots” in their Grassroots Grant Program by traveling to Namo Atoll to deliver a new boat to the local government. A handover ceremony for “The Project for the Improvement of Maritime Transportation in Namo Atoll” was held with local government officials on Namo. Through Japan’s Grant […]
An incredible concert capped off a week of celebrations in Majuro for Pacific International Inc.’s 50th anniversary. The August 8 concert at Delap Park saw over a thousand music fans of all ages flock to watch big music stars rock the stage. Six9Too Productions and its Power 103.5FM radio station organized the event with sponsorship […]
