By Journal on July 20, 2017
BECA, Beca International, Leo A. Daly, RMI capital, William Reiher
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What to do with the RMI capital building is back on the government’s agenda three years after all workers abandoned the four-story facility for replacement offices. The engineering firm Beca has won the bid to develop three options for the government to consider, said William Reiher, who heads Public Works’ Project Management Unit that oversees […]
By Journal on July 20, 2017
Isaac Marty, MIEPI, NCD, RMI NCD
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ISAAC MARTY The number one killer of Marshallese is non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Existing prevention programs trying to halt or curve the NCD trend now have question marks hanging over them. Are they doing a good job? The best answer is that authorities need information in order to evaluate both NCD levels and response programs. For […]
By Journal on July 20, 2017
Czech Republic, Hilda Heine, Jaroslav Olsa Jr., Jerry Kramer, John Silk, Karen Earnshaw, Ray Sabio
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KAREN EARNSHAW Pacific International Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Jerry Kramer is the new the Honorary Consul for the Czech Republic, lifting the number of Honorary Consuls in the Marshall Islands to seven. The Czech Ambassador to the Marshall Islands Jaroslav Olsa, Jr. was in town and met with President Hilda Heine and attended the opening […]
By Journal on July 14, 2017
chickens, poultry, rmi poultry project
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Journal 7/18/1975 P4 What They’ve Said/About the Bikinians — Again By Mary Browning. Power. The US, as a nation, has quite a lot of it. All of us, individually, have some in some circumstances and less in others. People separately and in groups use power with varying degrees of wisdom. But, one thing seems certain: […]
By Journal on July 14, 2017
Janek Hemos, MIHS, Rosie Edward, Selina Chinoska
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Five hundred and sixty students graduated this year from public and private schools in the Marshall Islands. According to graduation data provided by the Public School System and individual private schools, slightly more girls graduated this year than boys. Girls accounted for 289 — 52 percent — of this year’s graduates, while there were 271 […]
By Journal on July 13, 2017
Alele Museum, Amelia Earhart, CNN, Fred Noonan, Jaluit, Koshu Maru, Matt Holly, Rieko Hayakawa
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GIFF JOHNSON Local historian Matt Holly found the source of the photo of the Jabor, Jaluit dock which went viral around the world last week, after a US-based researcher claimed the photo was taken in July 1937 and included lost aviator Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan on the Jabor dock, and their aircraft […]
By Journal on July 13, 2017
Bina Mylon, Darlene Korok, Debbie Shutz, Isidore Robert, Julia Alfred, Kalani Kaneko, Majuro Hospital, Mineko Mista, Ruthann George, Sylintina Gallen
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HILARY HOSIA It was business as usual at Majuro hospital Tuesday: Procurement Director Isidore Robert made his usual inventory; Cold Chain nurses Bina Mylon and Mineko Mista tended to patients at the children’s ward; patient Debbie Schutz received her dose of AB blood at the ER ward; Nurse Sylintina Gallen gave newborn Ruthann George her […]
By Journal on July 13, 2017
Bill Capelle, Damien Milne, Danny Paul, Kottar Ta, Kyle Aliven, Marah, Marshalls Billfish Club, Myra, Wally Milne
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Danny Paul caught the biggest marlin in last weekend’s 35th Annual Marshalls Billfish Club Tournament, setting the pace for a competition that saw 15 marlin caught and nine tagged and released over two days of fishing. Paul, fishing on Lotujo, caught 377 pound and 125 pound marlins. Bill Capelle on Jojo Lele caught a 321 […]
By Journal on July 7, 2017
Ebeye, Edward Capelle, Giff Johnson, Joseph Capelle, Likiep, Majuro
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Journal 7/11/1975 P1 No decision yet as deadline nears With the announcement last week by the Marianas delegation to the Micronesian Constitutional convention that they would indeed participate in the ConCon, the question of the Marshalls delegation suddenly became a more spotlighted arena. On July 7, Representative Ataji Balos said in Majuro that no final […]
By Journal on July 7, 2017
coral, Kosrae, Marston Luckymis, Peter Houk, Pohnpei, Selino Maxin, Steven Palik
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Many people don’t realize that corals are animals living in partnership with tiny plants embedded in their body. These algae are too tiny to see without a microscope, but they provide corals with the colors we see when swimming around, and most important, they provide food for the coral to live. This unique partnership allows […]