GIFF JOHNSON An observation about summer youth camps organized by Jo-Jikum’s Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and Milan Loeak: Both of these young women are are expanding their horizons, getting out of their “comfort zones” to offer local young people numerous opportunities to express themselves in creative ways. But it’s more than providing the right environment for young […]
Following five weeks of morning sessions at Alele Museum in Majuro, five police officers from Majuro Atoll Local Government received certificates of achievement for completing the Basic Computer and Microsoft Application course. The group is the second batch of local police officers to undergo the course. Alele staffers Tarlos Larron and Angeline deBrum conducted the […]
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GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands is participating in the region’s first study checking the levels of mercury in local residents. Cook Islander Imogen Ingram, who is conducting the survey in at least five Pacific nations, was here last month working with WUTMI to take hair samples of 30 women that will be laboratory tested for […]
Journal 9/2/1977 P1 From Yap with love The people of Yap District want the unity of Micronesia “at any cost,” Senator Jon Mangefel told the Senate August 26. P5 Enewetak: Radioactive junk yard for next 25,000 years Military infighting over monitoring radioactive “hot” junk for the next 25,000 years has sent ripples through the Enewetak […]
The Onetox band from the Solomon Islands washed through Majuro like a typhoon over the weekend causing a buzz of excitement for local residents. The band was the highlight of the great Summer Jam concert organized by Power 103.5FM and its head honcho, Daniel Kramer. And how could the visit not have been superb, with […]
GIFF JOHNSON A plan for a mass screening of people on Ebeye for tuberculosis (TB) is anticipated for later this year as a first step in a new effort to reduce the level of TB in the Marshall Islands. With the TB problem continuing at high rates for many years, health officials are looking at […]
ISAAC MARTY New students entering College of the Marshall Islands (CMI) is but one of many new things happening at CMI. Narose Jorren shows that you need a new ID card. Without it, you can’t get your school materials at the bookstore, meals at the on-campus takeout, internet access with the IT Department, and other […]
HILARY HOSIA Jakmis Kabot lays motionless on his hospital bed at the surgical ward in Majuro hospital Wednesday morning, six days after his entire body caught on fire at Uliga Dock. “I feel a burning sensation inside me,” he said. “I wish to be transferred out of here. The fire got me most on my […]
ISAAC MARTY Knowing how to respond to distressing situations such as saving a person from choking or knowing how to deal with someone who is unconscious is the goal for Majuro Atoll Local Government (MALGov). A group of 25 MALGov police officers were certified with first aid recognition from the Marshall Islands Red Cross Society […]
