By Journal on January 24, 2019
Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Dartmouth, Summer Cody, The Music Man, Tyler Malbareaux
News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Every year, Dartmouth Professor Emeritus Andrew Garrod brings his decades of theater experience and a Herculean level of energy to Majuro to direct a theater production. This year is no exception. He is currently several weeks into directing the musical The Music Man — described in a theater review as a “musical masterpiece.”
By Journal on January 24, 2019
Hilda Heine, Japan-RMI, JICA, Kentaro Sonoura, Norio Saito
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A bilateral meeting was held last Thursday with President Hilda Heine and members of Cabinet with the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan Kentaro Sonoura. Ambassador of Japan Norio Saito led Sonoura and his delegation to the Cabinet conference room.
By Journal on January 18, 2019
Bikini, Enewetak, Nitijela, nuclear weapons testing, Rongelap, thyroid tumors, Tom Kijiner
Back In The Day

Journal 1/19/1982 P6 Rep Seiberling hopes for Compact in ’83 US Representative John Seiberling told the welcoming crowd at the Majuro airport that 1982 is too early for completion of a Compact of Free Association. He added that he hoped the matter would be placed on the 1983 congressional agenda. Seiberling is chairman of the […]
By Journal on January 18, 2019
Andrew Garrod, Carnie Reimers, Dartmouth, Duke Gaston, Harold Hill, Jobud Silk, Magdalene Johnson, Marian Paroo, Music Man, Summer Cody, Tyler Malbareaux, Youth Bridge Global
Feature Articles

The countdown for Youth Bridge Global’s production of the Music Man is underway with seven weeks left on the clock. That said, Professor Andrew Garrod and Dartmouth team of Summer Cody and Tyler Malbareaux announced who made what role following the first day of practice last week at Marshall Islands High School.
By Journal on January 17, 2019
ADB, Asian Development Bank, Carmela Locsin, Jack Chong Gum, Michael Trainor, Shahid Mahmoud
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding an Energy Security Project which will boost energy security and clean energy in the Marshall Islands, mainly focused on the Marshalls Energy Company.
By Journal on January 17, 2019
Chinese-flagged, Ou Ya Leng No. 6, Taka Atoll
News Archive

Since a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel grounded at Taka Atoll two weeks ago, the RMI government has taken steps to identify and deal with the environmental effects caused by the stranded 308-foot vessel. Ou Ya Leng No. 6 hit the reef at Taka, an uninhabited atoll next to Utrok, on January 3 and remains stuck on […]
By Journal on January 17, 2019
Hilda Heine, Marshall Islands Holdings, Patrick Chen, Ralik Ratak Fishing Company
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The Ralik Ratak Fishing Company celebrated arrival of its new longline fishing vessel Wednesday at Uliga Dock. A line up of top RMI VIPs, led by President Hilda Heine, were on hand for speeches, dances, and food.
By Journal on January 11, 2019
Bush Administration, Gerald Zackios, Jeff Bingaman, Marc Grossman, nuclear, nuclear petition, nuclear test, nuclear victims
Back In The Day

Journal 1/6/1982 P1 Majuro prepared but no waves Thousands of people left the capital early New Year’s morning, looking for shelter in Laura as wave threat warnings were being broadcast over radio station WSZO.
By Journal on January 11, 2019
adoptions, civilbeat.com
News Archive

Trends in case filings in the RMI High Court show customary adoptions escalating while international adoptions declined to a many-year low in 2018.
By Journal on January 10, 2019
Canvasback, Dilia Mares, Kyle Bing, red cross, Roger Muller, Samuel Hanchor, Wellness Center
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KELLY LORENNIJ Canvasback Wellness Center and Marshall Islands Red Cross Society signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week Thursday that bring in two Red Cross volunteers to train as farmer-instructors who will manage gardening classes for public elementary schools.