By Journal on November 17, 2015
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![RMI National Election tabulators at the ICC in Majuro count Rairok regular votes Tuesday morning 11-17-15 under the watchful eyes of police and poll watchers. Photo: Giff Johnson RMI Election Update Tuesday AM](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/election-ICC.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Tuesday morning, 11/17/15 update from the ICC national election headquarters: Tabulation of 2015 RMI national election in full swing at ICC in Majuro, Tuesday morning November 17, 2015. Multiple Majuro wards being counted now, with 5 of 13 regular ward counts complete. Jaluit absentee from Majuro just starting. First photo shows Jaluit poll watchers and […]
By Journal on November 15, 2015
drought, El Nino, ENSO, rain, RMI, typhoon, weather
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![The grounds at the Living Water Church at Rairok are feeling the result of little rain: Mostly brown grass with small patches of green. Photo: Brett Schellhase. Weather is ‘extreme and unusual’](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/el-nino-11-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The El Niño “pendulum” began its long swing back late last month, plunging Majuro and the RMI into the beginning stages of a drought. This does not mean RMI is safely out of the bad weather cycle that has surged around the country throughout the summer. But as the weather system shifts, the RMI has […]
By Journal on November 14, 2015
Dr. Transform Aqorau, Maurice Brownjohn, New Zealand, PNA, skipjack, tuna
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![The crew of a purse seiner unload skipjack tuna for transshipment to a carrier vessel in Majuro’s lagoon. Photo: Giff Johnson. Battle for Pacific tuna](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tuna-battle-11-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The visit to Majuro this week by a New Zealand team reviewing commercial tuna management schemes highlights a growing debate between the eight PNA members and distant water fishing nations. The conflict centers on whether “catch limits” are better than “effort limits,” which is what PNA uses to manage the skipjack tuna fishery. Effort limits […]
By Journal on November 13, 2015
energy, MEC, profit
Back In The Day
![MEC profits over $550,000 MEC profits over $550,000](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TW-front-11-13.jpg?resize=165%2C240&ssl=1)
Journal 11/5/1976 P3 Betelnut battle reigns in islands Two Micronesians who chew betelnut have come out in support of Guam Congressman Antonio Won Pat in his fight with US government officials in Washington over the recent betelnut ban. Palau District Administration Thomas Remengesau says the Guam Congressman should be awarded 1,000 betelnuts in recognition of […]
By Journal on November 13, 2015
Alvin Jacklick, David Paul, Election, Iroij Jurelang Zedkaia, Iroij Mike Kabua, Jeban Riklon, Nidel Lorak, Tomaki Juda, Tony deBrum
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![The Alwal, Rita area is a designated campaign sign area where candidates from council to senator are promoting their messages and photos. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Kwajalein is key battleground](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/campaign-11-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Elections here difficult to predict. While we’ve seen community discontent expressed in various ways concerning declining government services over the past few years, this discontent at the national level doesn’t necessarily translate to votes at the atoll level, which are usually according to family ties. Then there is a potentially huge offshore vote […]
By Journal on November 12, 2015
anti-corruption, Auditor General, Jaston Anjain, Junior Patrick, United Nation's Convention Against Corruption
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![Auditor General’s Investigations Chief Jaston Anjain spoke at the UN Convention Against Corruption conference last week in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. RMI seeking corruption cure](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/corruption-11-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The RMI government wants to ramp up anti-corruption efforts here, a member of the Auditor General’s office told a global meeting last week in Europe. Full engagement with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and its country review process has helped to develop the Marshall Islands government’s anti-corruption program, one of the nation’s UNCAC […]
By Journal on November 12, 2015
Andreas Nef, Dr. Trudy Peterson, Elsevier Foundation, Greenpeace, Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal, Municipal Archives of Girona Spain, SwissPeace
Feature Articles
![Third-year College of Marshall Islands student Brandon Jolbo Bartimues is assisting the Nuclear Claims Tribunal to digitize its records. Photo: Hilary Hosia Nuclear Tribunal records being preserved](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/F1-nuclear-11-13.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
The Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal was established in 1988 with the mandate “to render final determination upon all claims past, present and future, of the Government, citizens and nationals of the Marshall Islands which are based on, arise out of, or are in any way related to the Nuclear Testing Program.” During its more […]
By Journal on November 12, 2015
College of Marshall Islands, Mark Halliday, PK Harmon, University of Guam, What Island
Feature Articles
![What Island?](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/F2-what-island-11-13.jpg?resize=150%2C103&ssl=1)
“What Island,” a book of poems by former College of Marshall Islands instructor PK Harmon, is a great read for those interested in island-related thoughts. “PK Harmon meditates on the limits of the rational mind in its encounters with the mysteries of nature, chance and time,” said Mark Halliday in his foreword to the book. […]
By Journal on November 6, 2015
cancer, fish, Kwajalein, Moriana Phillip, US Army, USAKA
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![An aerial view of Kwajalein Island, headquarters of the Reagan Test Site, where Army environmental studies show fish is dangerously contaminated. Kwaj fish pose cancer risk](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Kwaj-11-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Reef fish throughout the Kwajalein lagoon are contaminated with toxic pollutants which sharply increase risks of cancer, learning disabilities and other health impacts on consumers, said the RMI EPA this week. Two key US Army draft reports presented to RMI late last year conclude that because Marshallese eat the “whole of fish,” and eat a […]
By Journal on November 6, 2015
Frederick Muller, Ma Ying-jeou, ROC
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![Pictured Ambassador Frederick Muller, left, and President Ma Ying-jeou. Muller meets ROC’s Ma](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Muller-Ma-11-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Marshall Islands Ambassador to Taiwan Frederick Muller presented his diplomatic credentials to ROC President Ma Ying-jeou late last month to officially launch his term as RMI envoy in Taipei. “I can say now that I finally am settled in Taipei after presenting my credentials to President Ma,” said Muller. Muller was RMI’s ambassador to Fiji […]