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 […]
ISAAC MARTY The $800,000 school lunch program that was budgeted by the RMI for fiscal year 2016 commenced late last month. Laura Elementary School, Rairok Elementary School, Majuro Middle School, and Marshall Islands High School (MIHS) were the first of 15 public schools (including kindergarten, elementary, high school, and special education) on Majuro to receive […]
Efforts by the Marshallese and Micronesian community to get the Oregon State Legislature to extend health care services to citizens of the freely associated states took a step forward in January, when the Legislative Council endorsed the draft legislation and assigned it a bill number. This follows an initiative started last year, in which the […]
The new members of the President Hilda Heine’s Cabinet took the oath of office Monday during a swearing-in ceremony administered by District Court Presiding Judge Milton Zackios at the International Conference Center. The ceremony took place following President Heine’s submission of nominations to Speaker Kenneth Kedi for appointment as Ministers of the Cabinet, pursuant to […]
They got game and they’re traveling to Marshall Islands to prove it. This photo, taken by Marshallese Educational Initiative’s Dr. April Brown recently, shows the Northwest Arkansas basketball dream team with their organizers at Springdale, Arkansas. Following intensive elimination tryouts, the team finally named their players who will compete during the Constitution Day frenzy in […]
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications Division of Maritime Safety through its Port State Control Program collaborated with the Office of the Maritime Administrator (RMI ship registry) and the RMI EPA to host and conduct an advance training to facilitate the implementation of national and international rules on the prevention of pollution from ships. Participants […]
The Marshall Islands is one of 10 countries suspended from voting at the United Nations because it has not paid its membership fees for a number of years. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon sent a letter to the RMI and nine other nations Friday informing them that until they bring their membership dues current, they […]
