HILARY HOSIA Christmas came early for Majuro Atoll Waste Company (MAWC). With just a push of a button, the bottle compressor machine went to work and converted eight barrels of aluminum cans and plastic bottles into a perfect rectangle similar to a giant Popsicle. The machine, along with a metal compressor, two hand lifters, and […]
Journal 12/3/1976 P5 About Edward Doane by Mary Browning The following was published in The Missionary Herald, a publication of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, February 1859, concerning the early months of mission work at Ebon. It will be remembered that Messrs. Doane and Pierson, with their wives, were left at Ebon […]
The International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) will provide a $4 million loan for a new Home Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project for the Marshall Islands. The aim is to assist local residents replace the use of fossil fuels with renewable energy. The agreement was signed by TaiwanICDF Secretary General Ambassador Weber VB Shih […]
Ten new RISU-brand math tablets were distributed to Ajeltake Elementary School (AES), Woja Elementary School (WES) and Rairok Elementary School (RRES) following a presentation ceremony held at RRES recently. There are now a total of 14 RISU tablets on island. The RISU tablet is a tool designed to provide math for kindergarten to high school […]
The Marshall Islands has joined with 46 nations pledging to have all their energy needs generated by renewable sources by 2050. This was among developments at the climate summit held last week in Morocco attended by President Hilda Heine, Minister in Assistance Mattlan Zackhras and a large delegation of RMI representatives. The 47 nations are […]
The burial site of the nation’s founding father, first President of the Marshall Islands and paramount chief Amata Kabua, is rarely visited by the public, and only can be visited by invitation — such was the scene last Thursday during the commemoration of President’s Day. During the occasion, which was attended by government officials, families […]
Journal 11/18/1977 P1 US courts reject Kwajalein case Marshall Islanders will get no help from the US Supreme Court in their claim that the Navy took Roi-Namur island from them without adequate payment for use in the Kwajalein Missile Range. The court declined to review a decision by the US Court of Claims, which found […]
GIFF JOHNSON Marshall Islands students are currently studying at United World College high schools in England, China, Singapore, Germany, and Hong Kong — with a new scholarship up for grabs to UWC’s newly opened school in Japan for the school year starting in August 2017. Previously, RMI students have studied at and graduated from UWC […]
Two separate car accidents over the weekend resulted in the death of a child and left a teenager confined in a bed at the surgical ward in Majuro hospital. Hospital records said a vehicle struck 10-year old Billy Bunglick at the Jable road in Rairok. The boy was considered “DOA” (dead on arrival) upon arriving […]
A new Japan-funded classroom building on Mejrirok Island, Jaluit Atoll was the focus of a handover ceremony earlier this month. Japan Ambassador Hideyuki Mitsuoka joined with national and local government officials at the event to officially handover the school. The project was funded through the Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The […]
