By Journal on May 24, 2018
FV Lomalo, Glory Pacific No. 8, Karen Stewart, Pan Pacific Foods, US Coast Guard
Feature Articles

United States Ambassador to Marshall Islands Karen Stewart awarded the US Coast Guard’s Meritorious Public Service Award to the captain and crew of FV Lomalo last week at the Marshall Islands Resort for a rescue mission in 2015 that saved 36 fishermen from FV Glory Pacific No. 8 north of American Samoa. Pan Pacific Foods […]
By Journal on May 24, 2018
Air Niugini, Hilda Heine, PALM 8, Papua New Guinea, Peter O'Neill
News Archive

A historic moment in the relationship between the Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea was realized in Japan over the weekend with the signing of an Air Service Agreement between the two governments. The signing was held at the Spa Resort Hawaiians-Hotel Hawaiians in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This was the venue of the eighth Pacific […]
By Journal on May 18, 2018
Kwajalein, missile testing, US Army
Back In The Day

Journal 5/15/1981 P9 2,000 apply for housing aid About 2,000 applications were received by the Housing Division, Social Services Department, for the $1.5 million community development block grant as part of the recovery program from the late 1979 high waves that struck DUD area. P12 AMI looking to the future The Airline of the Marshall […]
By Journal on May 18, 2018
Dashina Mojetin, Samantha Antibas
Feature Articles

Ten percent of public schools on the outer islands have 20 or fewer students, according the Public School System’s enrollment report for the current school year. Eight of 81 schools are in the 20 or fewer student category. Overall public school enrollment for all 81 public schools is 8,819. There are a few more boys […]
By Journal on May 17, 2018
ack Chong Gum, Marshalls Energy Company, Pielstik
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The Marshalls Energy Company has initiatives in progress that aim to solve problems at the power plant, with its fuel storage tanks and its power distribution system. In a briefing with the Journal, MEC CEO Jack Chong Gum said these initiatives include: • A loan application to the US Rural Utilities Service for funding to […]
By Journal on May 17, 2018
Francyne Wase-Jacklick, Kalani Kaneko, Mailynn Lang, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Paul Alee
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HILARY HOSIA The Ministry of Health and Human Services is set to roll out a mass TB and leprosy screening program on Majuro starting the first week of June — which is why hospital administrators have been hosting meetings with traditional leaders, the local government, NGOs and government heads the past two weeks. In a […]
By Journal on May 17, 2018
Hideyuki Mitsuoka, Japan Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project, Joseph Batol, Tony Muller
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HILARY HOSIA For more than 20 years, Majuro Water and Sewer Company (MWSC) has been a beneficiary of the people and government of Japan through the Japan Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project. This support ranges from a project to provide a public water supply in 1998 to a handover ceremony of two excavators […]
By Journal on May 11, 2018
Jon Beavers, Kwajalein Liaison Officer, Mejit, rocket, rocket debris
Back In The Day

Journal 5/9/1970 P1 April weather 2.87 inches of rain — Least since initial record started, 1955. P1 Rocket debris falls on Mejit Reports circulating about Maujro concerning parts of a missile falling in and around Mejit Island have been verified. The people of Mejit reported seeing a bright flash of light during the night night […]
By Journal on May 10, 2018
39th Constitution Day, Alee Jetton, Belle Jorbelle, Helzy Zedkaia, Johnny Langbon, Julynn George, Matthew Naisher, Paul Nemra
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KELLY LORENNIJ It was an “all outer islands” contest at the 39th Constitution Day high school debate competition last Friday at the International Conference Center — with Jaluit High School’s team knocking off students from Northern Islands High on Wotje to win. Schools participating in the Marshallese language debate included Laura High School, Assumption High […]
By Journal on May 10, 2018
Kibedikdik Room, National Nuclear Commission, Rhea Moss-Christian, RRE
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This week the National Nuclear Commission (NNC) convened the first of a series of workshops to develop a strategic communications plan as part of its mandate. The plan will be used to guide the NNC and other departments and organizations in the Marshall Islands in communicating key messages about the nuclear weapons test legacy. The […]