GIFF JOIHNSON Two new Japan International Cooperation Agency volunteers who arrived earlier this month in Majuro bring to 17 the total number of Japanese volunteers working on Majuro and Ebeye. Sachiko Kutsuma, a Japanese language teacher, and Yasuhiro Fukuda, a food processing and manufacturing specialist, are mid-way through their orientation program before heading to their […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The seventh and eighth graders at Wotje Elementary School are starting to prepare their introductory words that they will use to welcome virtually the Oregon students who created the miniboat Panda Express which sailed into their atoll a couple of days after Christmas. Principal of the school, Lokjen Emos, told the Journal that […]
GIFF JOHNSON Eight years ago, following passage by Nitijela of container deposit legislation, Majuro Atoll Waste Company launched recycling of aluminum cans, and plastic and glass bottles. Now it’s embarking on a new pilot project to improve and expand its recycling and export program and is asking for community support to make it happen. The […]
Journal 1/21/1983 P1 Foreign Secretary deBrum: Marshalls’ quest for freedom threatenedThe Untied States is holding the Marshallese people hostage in trying to impose a 30-year military regime on the Marshall Islands at the expense of that nation’s freedoms, Marshallese Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum said January 19. DeBrum said the US is calling for Marshallese sacrifice […]
The United World College National Committee of the Marshall Islands has been offering scholarships to Marshallese high school students to attend UWC international schools around the world since 2012. They got together for their annual “selection day” program at the College of the Marshall Islands conference room last week with six students from four high […]
We stopped by the Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) program in Delap the other day to find master canoe builder and trainer Binton Daniel making “ekwal,” the rope made from coconut fiber that traditionally was used for the lashings of outrigger canoes. We got into a brief discussion and we asked […]
President Hilda C. Heine met Monday with top US government officials who visited Majuro briefly before heading to the FSM. Heine and Cabinet members met with with Assistant Secretary of State Michael DeSombre and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Hague at the Cabinet Conference Room, as part of ongoing high-level engagement under the […]
KAREN EARNSHAW An old friend of the Marshall Islands visited our waters on Saturday, January 17. The friend is the Neptune Pacific Direct Line, which used to bring container vessels into Majuro, quit the route in 2020 but in 2026 is bringing Majuro back into its ocean loop. According to Pacific Shipping Inc. Chief Operations […]
Journal 1/14/1983 P1 MCAA to run major new job programA new job training program will begin operation here February 7 run by the Marshalls Community Action Agency. It will focus on providing skill training and work experiences to currently unemployed individuals. Two staff, Ione Heine, coordinator, and Ringo Betti, employment specialist, will be handling the […]
Two new MIMRA vessels donated by Japan, the MV Bokak and MV Bikar, were dedicated and christened during a ceremony last Friday at the dock by Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority HQ. MIMRA crew for the two vessels underwent training in December. Now that they have been christened, they will be put into service for […]
