GIFF JOHNSON The death of Bethwel Henry in mid-December is truly the end of an era in the national development of the Federated States of Micronesia — and throughout the entire freely associated state area. While making a list can be troublesome — someone who should be on it is frequently left off — it […]
GIFF JOHNSON President David Kabua delivered a state of the nation address at Monday’s Nitijela opening ceremony, issuing a straightforward call for improvements in many areas of government operations.As is customary with ceremonial openings that do not involve the drama of an election, the chamber gallery evidenced many empty seats, save for the church singing […]
KAREN EARNSHAWJosie Howard, Program Director of Hawaii’s We Are Oceania (WAO) organization, is feeling extremely grateful that the US government’s Covid-19 relief bill will finally reinstate Medicaid eligibility to all Compact of Free Association citizens living in the United States.“I’ve been meeting with Senator Mazie Hirono and others on this and we are all moving […]
Journal 1/6/1984 P7 Pinho apartment building The old gas station owned by Kirt Pinho has been remodeled into four two-bedroom apartments for rent. It will be two bedrooms upstairs and two downstairs. P7 Office and hotel extension The old Ajidrik movie theater is now under construction, for a two-story building, which includes an office on […]
Churches from Rita to Laura were bursting with excitement as dozens of jeptas converged to celebrate Christmas Day in style. Who had more fun, the dancers or the audience members? Sometimes it was hard to tell, with the holiday spirit overflowing throughout the day and into the night.Journal photographer Wilmer Joel snapped this photo of […]
The Filipino Association of the Marshall Islands is set to launch a Majuro road improvement project.A team of FAMI officials met with Majuro Member of Nitijela Stephen Philip, and Works Minister Jiba Kabua and Secretary Catalino Kijiner to brief them on the plans for the “Bayanihan Road Reflectors Installation” to start in January 2021.“Bayanihan” means […]
GIFF JOHNSONThe Marshall Islands became the first independent nation in the Pacific region to begin Covid-19 vaccinations as a group of high-ranking Marshall Islands leaders joined with Ministry of Health doctors and nurses to be the first to receive the United States government-provided vaccines on Tuesday.The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) delivered to Majuro […]
Churches were the place to be Christmas Day as they came alive with amplified keyboard tunes and energetic biit dancing to celebrate Christmas…with some of the Christmas celebration spilling over into Saturday.Each year, the audiences remember one or more special jepta performances, outstanding in some way. Each year, the Marshalls Christian High School jepta from […]
Journal 12/23/1983 P1 Japan shelves plans for ocean dumping Japan has decided to build a big underground nuclear waste storage bunker on its own territory, which will put aside, at least temporarily, plans to dump waste in the Pacific. P12 Causeway receives preliminary approval At its first formal meeting held on Ebeye December 14, the […]
WILMER JOEL Christmas in Majuro wouldn’t be Christmas without the Christmas lighting hosted by the First Lady and the wives of the senators and ministers of the Nitijela.“Christ is born today,” said Speaker Kenneth Kedi during his remarks on behalf of the Nitijela and government. “Which is why we celebrate this moment, to light up […]
