Super smart ajri in Majel

Super smart ajri in Majel

Journal 4/23/1982 P1 Japan, Marshalls sign bridge agreementJapan and the Marshall Islands on April 20 exchanged diplomatic notes providing for Japanese grant/aid to construct a bridge and small boat channel on Majuro Atoll. President Amata Kabua, who signed for the Marshall Islands, hailed the event for the international recognition it gives the nation. Hideo Tsuji, […]

Majuro’s fabulous murals

Majuro’s fabulous murals

Have you seen all the fabulous murals featuring children and nutrition themes cropping up all around town? They are at schools, like this one painted on the side of the Majuro Cooperative High School building, and on numerous stores around the island. This is a UNICEF-supported venture to promote awareness of children and their needs. […]

Deep sea mapping in RMI

Deep sea mapping in RMI

GIFF JOHNSON A deep sea mapping project will focus on the Marshall Islands as one of several islands in the region to have their ocean floors mapped later this year. The Ocean Exploration Trust is partnering with the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority on the upcoming visit of its vessel Nautilus. In addition to partnering […]

UNICEF backs school gardens

UNICEF backs school gardens

The Public School System celebrated a significant boost to its existing Learning Garden initiative through its partnership with UNICEF. As part of a broader Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project titled “Environment Resilient and Gender Responsive WASH Action for Vulnerable School Children and Adolescents in RMI,” UNICEF’s support will directly enhance educational opportunities and promote […]

Rainbow Warrior winds up visit

Rainbow Warrior winds up visit

Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is winding up its extended visit to the Marshall Islands. It completed visits to Mejatto Island in Kwajalein, Enewetak, Bikini, and Rongelap over the past month. The vessel visited Wotje last week, the last outer atoll on its tour of RMI. “The scientists will be continuing their work, collecting the DNA […]

Baby head case a mystery

Baby head case a mystery

Journal 4/16/1982 P1 Ground broken for katsuobushi factoryDocuments for the construction of the Nankatsu Corporation, a Japanese-Marshallese katsuobushi company, were signed today at Tomiki’s place between Nankatsu Corp., RepMar and J&P Company, the local construction company. Irooj Joba Kabua and Toej Jamore are involved in the ownership of the company. President Amata Kabua, Foreign Secretary […]

Red Cross meets Carlos

Red Cross meets Carlos

The Marshall Islands Red Cross Society held a refresher community engagement course with the community at Carlos Island (Enelapkan) on Kwajalein Atoll recently. The project is part of MIRCS’s community outreach with the same end goal for each community to be prepared and equipped to face droughts. MIRCS member from Majuro Wutmi Hermios was accompanied […]

Tony honored by fishing tourney

Tony honored by fishing tourney

Iroojlaplap Michael Kabua was up bright an early Saturday morning to welcome anglers to the Marshalls Billfish Club and make comments about his long-time colleague and friend Tony deBrum, who was honored by the day’s special sailfish tournament. According to a fishing results release, Billfish Club co-founder Wally Milne had suggested the club start a […]

Girls nail it at WAM

Girls nail it at WAM

GIFF JOHNSON Twenty-five Marshallese young people are mid-way through a life-changing training program — following a path that hundreds more have followed in recent past years. The Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) program operates a six-month life- and vocational-skills training program that is unlike any other in the Marshall Islands. For […]