HILARY HOSIA Toasts were exchanged between Acting Foreign Minister David Paul and Japan Ambassador Soma Hirohisa in honor of Emperor Naruhito’s birthday last Friday at the Marshall Islands Resort. Emperor Naruhito turned 65 this year. The Marshall Islands has been celebrating the imperial event since the establishment of the bilateral relationship with Japan in 1988. In […]
HILARY HOSIA The International Conference Center showcased exceptional works of art and student creativity during the Social Citizenship and Education/Science Fair on Tuesday. It was refreshing to see young students glued in while Chellynn Jelke from Rita Elementary School explained how pollution affects the community. The sixth grader was animated and well-versed in her topic […]
GIFF JOHNSON For decades, the Marshall Islands and other Pacific Islands struggled with how to generate more revenue from the commercial tuna industry. Now, a three-nation agreement signed Monday in Honiara, Solomon Islands, could be the latest game-changer for Pacific fisheries cooperation. Beginning in the 1980s, island nations for the first time began selling licenses […]
Journal 2/23/1982 P1 Liktanur II calls againIf the mythical Marshallese woman Liktañur was alive today, she’d be proud of Liktañur II, the Department of Energy ship that bears her name. Liktañur II is the funny looking ship that is chartered by DOE and the Brookhaven National Laboratory to treat the 200 1954 Marshallese fallout victims […]
Tobolar Copra Processing Authority promoted its range of beauty products for Valentine’s Day last week. The staff put up a booth next to the processing facility and had varieties of coconut soap and coconut oil on sale. Of note is the improved labeling and packaging of the products that made them perfect as gifts for […]
HILARY HOSIA A massive project to fix the drainage system in Majuro is underway following a groundbreaking ceremony in Rita on Tuesday this week. Local company AC Construction has been awarded the contract for the project, which is projected to take 140 days to complete. The work will be concentrated on the drainage system on […]
The FISH4ACP project is working with tuna industry partners in the Marshall Islands to increase sustainability of water and energy used in fish processing as part of this nation’s action to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 that centers around sustainable marine resource use. Energy and water assessments by the FISH4ACP project of four tuna […]
The tiny RMI passport office is soon to get a new home. President Hilda Heine told the Journal that the government has approved renovating the former cafe and grocery store that sits between ELM Motors and Majuro Water and Sewer Company in order to turn it into an office for the passport program. “It’s a […]
Journal 2/12/1982 P1 Budget contains $10.4m for MarshallsThe Marshalls will be about $10.4 million from President Reagan’s $757.6 billion 1983 budget, according to Pacific Daily News. The Marshalls figure is about six percent above that for 1982. P1 Zeder sailing through hearingsUS Compact negotiator Fred Zeder sailed through confirmation hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations […]
The end of January saw the presence of multiple tuna carrier vessels in Majuro lagoon, a sure sign of an uptick in transshipment activity. Last year was one of the slowest for tuna transshipments, with only 160 total transshipments compared to the 294 in 2023. There appeared to be five carrier vessels in lagoon Friday […]
