GIFF JOHNSON Copra makers who have been waiting months for payment received some good news this week: The government released subsidy funding last week to Tobolar so it can clear off an estimated $300,000 backlog in payments due to copra makers. New R&D Minister Alfred Alfred, Jr. said the Cabinet worked with the Ministry of […]
By early March, RMI and US officials anticipate awarding a contract for repair work to begin at the ECC gym in Majuro. The contact will involve repairs to roof arch beams and stabilization of beams that cannot be repaired in place, according to US officials. The ECC work is being funded by the US. This means work […]
“It works!” This is the word from Riem Simon, project manager for Coastal Island Protection Service, a hands-on, get the job done program of improving shoreline barriers against encroaching ocean levels and general erosion. Simon was referring to Bikirin Island on the north shore of Majuro Atoll, where over a year ago, rocks enclosed in […]
The Ministry of Public Works was busy from Monday setting up water distribution facilities at Majuro elementary schools. On Monday morning, a team was at Rita Elementary installing pipes and spigots that will be attached to tanks for community water use. “We still have seven more to locate at Jenrok Village, Delap Park, Delap Elementary […]
Journal 2/8/1974 P1 Colorado River tour group completes two tours to Arno They needed something to do in the winter off-season, so Jack Currey, owner of Western River Expeditions, came out to Micronesia last June to check the place out for possibilities. Apparently he found them here in the Marshalls, for in the past two […]
President Dr. Hilda Heine addressed the nation last week as Nitijela reconvened, emphasizing the need for government offices to improve services to the public and promising that a constitutional convention will be held in the near future. This was the new President’s first opportunity to speak in Nitijela since being sworn in the previous week. […]
A project to harvest fresh water using simple and affordable equipment was this month officially handed over to the grateful community of Ailuk Atoll, which regularly suffers from drought conditions. In March and April last year, Dustin Langidrik, the University of the South Pacific’s Climate Change project coordinator worked with British environment researchers Andrew Tweedie […]
Former RMI Foreign Minister Tony deBrum was nominated last week for the Nobel Peace Prize, considered one of the most prestigious global recognition awards. DeBrum and the RMI government’s legal team from the US law firm Keller Rohrback were nominated for the prize by Norway-based Colin Archer, Secretary General of the International Peace Bureau. The […]
Journal 1/25/1974 P7 Dear Gabby by M. Gabby Keith I wrote my opinion of Rita Elementary School in the paper two weeks ago. Evidently, it stirred up a nest of sleeping sweethearts, because one individual wrote an unsigned letter to me. As my wife and I translate most of the letter to you, you can […]
A week-long Train the Trainer Seminar for service providers on human trafficking concluded at the ICC last Friday. The seminar provided hands on learning on how to tailor the outreach sessions to the needs and learning styles of the Marshall Islands. Participants included representatives from the Office of the Chief Secretary, Ministry of Health, Ministry […]
