HILARY HOSIA The 2020 New Year’s Block Party Committee will be sending one lucky winner on a round trip to Hawaii following what is anticipated to be the “mother of all parties” kicking off New Year’s Eve in downtown Uliga — all for the price of a dollar-raffle ticket. In addition, Power 103.5FM will be […]
HILARY HOSIA Three breadfruits. These were the last gifts Mark Antakbon provided his family before his untimely death Monday morning from what health officials say was an electrocution accident at Batkan. His wife Jumita witnessed Mark’s final moments: from where she was standing inside her house, Jumita saw Mark making his way down from the […]
GIFF JOHNSON Over 200 people evacuated their homes in the capital of the Marshall Islands as big waves caused ocean inundation around the atoll November 27. The ocean flooding was caused by high waves that combined with an otherwise unremarkable high tide twice Wednesday, with ongoing, but smaller inundations Thursday and Friday before the tides […]
These are the final, unofficial election results for Nitijela and mayor contests provided by the RMI Electoral Administration. The final unofficial results were issued November 30, triggering a two-week period for candidates to call for recounts or contest results. They will become final results on December 15, 2019. (Note: all Nitijela races are single seats […]
Journal 11/30/1982 P2 Outer islands update The Lae airfield should be ready by Friday. The first landing on Rongelap should be next Monday. The next atoll after Lae to get an airfield should be Ujae. P2 Seventh Day Adventist honor roll first quarter Linda Laupepa, Jelina Rilometo, Ginger Alik, Joann Tadeo, Vivanna Velasco, Linda Allen, […]
GIFF JOHNSON Nearly four years after the 2015 election, the RMI Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in former Mayor Mudge Samuel’s lawsuit attempting to overturn Ladie Jack’s election victory. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision, which confirmed the correctness of Jack’s election. The Supreme Court panel said the High Court’s ruling “leaves […]
GIFF JOHNSON Unofficial election results released this week show that the balance of power has shifted from President Hilda Heine’s government to the opposition. The opposition now appears to have an outright majority of 17, and possibly more as the country awaits the announcement of the complete unofficial vote tabulation results that start a two-week […]
GIFF JOHNSON Three rental generators have stabilized Ebeye Island’s power situation as the island waits for four new generators to be installed over the next several months. Two new generators arrived last month and their installation is waiting on the arrival of two new alternators. In the meantime, two additional complete generator sets — including […]
HILARY HOSIA The College of Marshall Islands is preparing to combat the spread of cocaine and methamphetamine following a survey indicating some college students are using illicit drugs. The survey of 326 students shows 12 percent have tried cocaine while 13 percent have experienced methamphetamine (also known as “ice”). One third of the students who […]
Journal 11/23/1982 P2 Ebb and Flow Can you believe it? There is a beer shortage on Ebeye. P3 It’s a big and expensive job to run a large funeral Running a funeral and burial for an irooj is a big job. In the case of Manini Kabua, there were two groups with resources and experience […]
