Journal 5/27/1983 P1 President visits KwajaleinPresident Amata Kabua is on Kwajalein. Kabua’s trip coincides with a visit to the Kwajalein Missile Range by Deputy Under Secretary of the Army John W. Shannon. P1 Balos says new 177 worse than old oneBikini Senator Henchi Balos told the United Nations Trusteeship Council last week that the present […]
As hundreds of Marshallese high school students graduate from schools in Majuro, Kwajalein, Wotje and Jaluit over the next couple of weeks, three Marshallese are graduating from schools far from the RMI or the United States. Of course, many dozens of Marshallese teenagers living in the US have been or are graduating this month. Three […]
Earlier this month, President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet held a one-day summit on drugs and security with local government mayors, traditional leaders and community representatives. Now, there is a regional call for a summit to be held next year to tackle the drug crisis impacting many islands in the Pacific. “The Pacific region is […]
GIFF JOHNSON As Air Marshall Islands new Cessna SkyCourier goes into regular service soon, it will be limited by one major factor: The lack of paved runways on the outer islands. It will be able to service Kwajalein, of course, and Jaluit and likely Wotje. But until more runways are paved, the plane’s service will […]
Just about every major news agency in the US and around the world is reporting on what could be one of the worst-ever El Niño weather conditions later this year. For the Marshall Islands, an El Niño year usually causes an extended drought as well warming ocean water at the equator pushing tuna into RMI […]
Journal 5/20/1983 P1 New Japan-Marshalls fishing agreement on per boat basisA new fishing agreement is now in effect between the Marshall Islands and Japan’s tuna fishing association. The agreement was signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Tony deBrum after the Cabinet approved it on April 15. The new one-year agreement provides payments to the Marshall Islands […]
GIFF JOHNSON Statistics tell us one story about the Canvasback ear-nose-throat (ENT) team visit that wrapped up this week at Majuro hospital. The numbers show the demand for ENT services: The visiting team of doctors, nurses and administrators saw 213 patients in the first week, dispensed 30 hearing aids, completed 15 surgeries and scheduled another […]
The roof support structure has been going up on the Nitijela building since last week. The prefabricated roof, which arrived from the US by ship earlier this month, will be installed by the PII construction crews as soon as the roof support beams are all in place. Construction is under immense time constraints with Pacific […]
Two months after President Hilda Heine joined with the presidents of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia to urge the US government to exempt freely associated state citizens from a new US directive limiting issuance of commercial drivers licenses, the US government last last week issued the exemption. This outcome was the result of […]
GIFF JOHNSON The May distribution of Enra funds will happen next week, according to the Marshall Islands Social Security Administration, which handles the quarterly payments. The bigger news is that next week’s payment will be larger than the March distribution due to President Hilda Heine’s advocacy to increase money going out to citizens during a […]
