Journal 1/25/1985 P4 Around Town Peter Coleman, former American Samoa Governor, was in Majuro last week for a brief stop on his way to the Northern Marianas. He visited with Chief Secretary Oscar deBrum among other government officials. P11 New hospital administrators The Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic health group, will manage the new hospital […]
Girls dominate Marshall Islands High School’s latest honor roll list. In only one class are there more boys on the honor roll than girls.The list shows that there are 102 students from pre-nine to 12th grade on the honor list. Seventy-seven of these are girls, or three quarters of the total honor students.Only in 10th […]
Representatives of Namdrik joined in a soft handover ceremony with the US Embassy for a container-full of solar units.Among those present was Namdrik Nitijela Member Wisely Zackhras and Mayor Clarence Luther. Luther presented US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral with two beautiful jakis (mats) during the program in thanks for the US government funding that supported purchase […]
GIFF JOHNSON A once in one thousand year natural disaster in Tonga last weekend broke its submarine fiber cable in two places, severing Tonga’s communication links to the outside world. Majuro, this week, also experienced a severing of links to the outside world in a different way. A man-made disaster in the form of lack […]
EVE BURNS The first ever recipient of a loan from the new Kora im an Kil Fund (Kora Fund) was recognized last Thursday. The Kora Fund is a Taiwan funded small loan program to support women entrepreneurs in the Marshall Islands. The idea for the fund came from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and President Hilda […]
Journal 1/18/1985 P1 Bikinians move to Maui opposed A public hearing was held in Maui December 13 to discuss the proposed move of the Bikini people to Waihee area of Maui. According to the Maui News, the residents of Waihee “seemed unanimously opposed” to the idea “although they expressed sympathy with the plight of the […]
Marshall Islands High School students want to go to school.The school’s policy of locking the front entrance gate after 8am to prevent entry of students who are late has not deterred some students. Some dedicated students who arrive after 8am to find the front gate locked head to the ocean side reef to get into […]
Late last week and early this week, Nitijela covered a wide range of territory in the daily sessions.Among topics addressed:• President David Kabua is concerned about heavy out-migration to the US by Marshallese. In comments to Nitijela last Thursday, the President pointed out the latest census shows that every populated island in the RMI has seen […]
Taiwan Ambassador Jeffrey SC Hsiao, on behalf of the Taipei City government and Chiayi County government, handed over a reconditioned fire truck and garbage truck to the Majuro Atoll Local Government late last month.In addition, the ambassador donated six new firefighter suits to MALGov’s fire department on behalf of the the Rotary D-3470 Club of […]
After years of being a cell phone “dead zone,” the Batkan area in Majuro is soon to get relief. This new tower is being installed on the ocean side near Jim McLean’s house. “Batkan is one of the blind spots for cell reception, which is why we are putting up the tower,” said NTA General […]
