KAREN EARNSHAW The report from team leader Jacque Spence is that “in just 10 days, the Canvasback Missions Ophthalmology team and Health Service nurses and staff accomplished an amazing amount of work.” From June 16 to 27, the “team worked tirelessly,” Jacque told the Journal. “They were led by Dr. Annie Chong Gum and Agnes […]
Palau’s National Olympic Committee, during a dinner in Palau last Sunday, praised Marshall Islands NOC President Tony Muller for a well-run Micronesian Games in 2024. During the Games Dinner attended by all 23 countries and territories competing in the Pacific Mini-Games in Palau for the past two weeks, NOC President and Minister of Natural Resources […]
KAREN EARNSHAW It is unlikely that any of the fisherfolk taking part in the 43rd Marshalls Billfish Club Annual Fishing Tournament had any patches of dry clothes or skin by the time they reached the clubhouse on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Between the two, the first day of fishing delivered the most punishment: “The […]
Journal 7/6/1982 P1 New plane for AMIPeople knew it was coming because of the numerous announcements but few expected it to fly past so quietly and quickly. It was the BAC 748 plane which is on loan to Air Marshall Islands until its own is completed in December this year. P1 Kwajalein occupation continuesThe Kwajalein […]
Sixteen Marshallese graduated last weekend in Majuro with the master’s degrees from a University of Hawaii program. This was the fourth group in the Pacific Master’s in Education program run by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The graduation was held at the USP Campus. The group of 16 included one from Jaluit, Tom Phillimon, […]
Author David Robie and Little Island Press is about to publish a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire, a first-hand account of the relocation of the Rongelap people by Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985. Robie joined what turned out to be the ill-fated voyage of the Rainbow Warrior from Hawaii across the Pacific, with […]
GIFF JOHNSON Dr. Yukiko Muller took over the reigns at the National Telecommunications Authority six weeks ago and is focused on a series of improvement projects. The new CEO updated the Journal about the many projects on the priority list for NTA in the coming months. Two of the upgrade projects are funded and in […]
GIFF JOHNSON Community complaints about a large group of fishermen living in an apartment building in the Batkan area of Majuro led to law enforcement raiding the building and removing the men from the location last week, first to the MIPD Uliga jail and later to the former Covid quarantine facilities at CMI’s Arrak Campus. […]
Journal 6/25/1982 P1 Protest growsA group of some 250 landowners of Kwajalein Atoll launched a protest invasion and occupation of several islands in the atoll on Saturday June 19. Marshall Islands President Amata Kabua was traveling in the Far East when the protest began, and he immediately cut short his journey and returned to Majuro […]
Nuclear test justice advocates Benetick Kabua Maddison and Glenn Alcalay met with Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United Nations John Silk in New York City last week. Benetick, who was recently in Majuro, is the executive director of the Marshallese Educational Initiative based in Springdale, Arkansas. Both Ambassador John and Glenn are NYC residents, Glenn […]
