Speaker Brenson Wase signed confirmation Wednesday this week that six of seven constitutional amendments were approved by Marshall Islands voters during a national referendum on April 25. He was joined by Minister of Culture and Internal Affairs Jess Gasper, Jr. and RMI and Nitijela officials.
The College of the Marshall Islands graduation ceremony last week saw the largest number of students to ever graduate from the Majuro school. A total of 233 CMI students graduated during the ceremony. In addition to the large number graduating, a number of students obtained either associate of science degrees or certificates in fields for […]
GIFF JOHNSON There is so much going on at Waan Aelon in Majel that you may be forgiven for wondering if you wandered into a time warp locating you in another country or time period. On any given day, you may find 25 young people learning and hands-on practicing English and math, carpentry skills, sailing […]
A program using basketball development as a platform for health awareness among young people aged eight to 15 has been ongoing in Majuro and ran its second of three clinics last weekend at the ECC gym in Delap. Called Sisterhoops4Health, the program is a three-part event that utilizes basketball as a platform to raise awareness […]
Fourteen students and three team leaders from the Marshall Islands departed Majuro on May 15 to participate in a two-week educational exchange program in Washington, DC, New York City, and Philadelphia. The delegation joins peers and educators from across Micronesia and the United States as part of the annual Close-Up Program, a renowned civic education […]
RMI Ambassador to Taiwan Anjanette Kattil hosted a commemorative reception at the Shangri-La Far Eastern Hotel in Taipei earlier this month to honor the 46th Constitution Day. Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-Khim, and Secretary-General of the National Security Council Joseph Juashieh Wu delivered remarks on behalf of Taiwan, congratulating the RMI on the 46th independence […]
WILMER JOEL Ground was broken for a new “resilient” multi-functional facility on Tuesday at the Mokeo Weto where NTA headquarters is located. The facility is part of the Urban Resilience Project funded by the World Bank. The World Bank’s Resident Representative for the North Pacific, Omar Lyasse, said the project will house “critical components of […]
During the extended visit of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior III in the Marshall Islands, the organization featured many Marshall Islands-related stories and photos on its website, greenpeace.org/. It also posted brief items on “Six Marshallese women activists who are changing the world.” The feature was written by Zabeena Buksh, the digital campaigner for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. […]
Journal 5/25/1982 P1 Zeder and deBrum reported ‘eyeball to eyeball’US Ambassador Fred Zeder said Thursday’s he’s “eyeball to eyeball” with Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum in negotiations on the political status of the islands, according to a story in Pacific Daily News. Zeder, suffering from the flue and a 103-degree temperature, quickly left the […]
Journal 5/18/1982 P1 Young vandals break into bottling plantThe TASC bottling plant was broken into May 16 around 10am. The perpetrators were aged from eight to 12 and they caused a great deal of mayhem before the back door of the plant was nailed shut. The police were called and they said they would come […]
