We know election season is around the corner with “signs” of the election erected in almost every corner of Majuro. After a drive from one edge of Majuro to the other, we find the following: Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack’s banner sits at the furthest end of Majuro in Laura while Rita council hopeful Carlson Domnick […]
KELLY LORENNIJ Among the important topics discussed by Pacific Island Forum leaders in Tuvalu last month was the issue of nuclear contamination in the region, a long-standing concern stated in previous Forum meetings and official communique statements, as well as health and security issues related to World War II wrecks and unexploded ordnance. This year […]
A big turnout of anglers is anticipated for this weekend’s 27th Budweiser All-Micronesia Fishing Tournament. A total of 26 teams confirmed their participation in the two-day earlier this week. “Teams from as far as Japan in the North to Australia in the South” are expected, said Marshalls Billfish Club President Larry Hernandez, Jr. Team Tahiti […]
Women are representing the Marshall Islands at the premier global basketball event happening in China since last Saturday: The FIBA Basketball World Cup, where 32 of the best teams in the world are competing for bragging rights and a birth at the Olympic Games in Japan in 2020. Marshall Islands Basketball Federation (MIBF) President Candice […]
Journal 8/27/1982 P3 Discover the Pacific with Air Nauru (ad) Nobody flies to more of it than we do. And, with our all-Boeing fleet, we can move you in the kind of comfort and superb style that you have come to expect from the largest of the world airlines: Melbourne, Auckland, Noumea, Port Vila, Tonga, […]
Friends of Library of Hawaii donated over 20,000 books and educational DVDs to the Marshall Islands Library Association earlier this month. Matson and Hawaii Senator Glenn Wakai shipped the assorted books via a large Matson container, which was opened for initial inspection by local librarians at the College of Marshall Islands, members of the Public […]
A hearing scheduled for this week in the High Court for two lawsuits seeking to restore voting by postal ballots for off-island Marshallese was cancelled as the judge sent the dispute to the RMI Supreme Court. The two lawsuits had been scheduled for their first hearing in the High Court August 27. Although the plaintiffs […]
While Marshall Islands prepares for a “zero emission” nation by 2050, $4 million dollars is being injected into the country by the Republic of China, Taiwan to be used for loans through the Marshall Islands Development Bank to fund home solar equipment. The grant would enable homeowners in Majuro, Ebeye, Jaluit and Wotje to purchase […]
GIFF JOHNSON In response to the first laboratory-confirmed case of dengue fever in Majuro last Friday, the Ministry of Health and Human Services late Friday curtailed passenger travel to remote outer islands. The government is attempting to prevent the spread of the virus to outer islands by halting air and ship passenger travel. “The goal […]
Journal 8/20/1982 P1 MIFCB to reopen Monday The Marshall Islands First Commercial Bank is due to reopen on August 23, according to Manager Jeffery Yieh. The bank was closed for over a week due to a run on the bank and delays in cash transfers. P1 Nitijela passes plebiscite resolution Mili Senator Chuji Chutaro at […]
