The Japan Coast Guard vessel Itsukushima visited Majuro at the end of last week. Japan Coast Guard officers engaged with RMI law enforcement authorities in training for ways to safely secure and remove an injured person from a vessel at sea. The vessel also held a reception on board for VIPs Monday evening this week […]
GIFF JOHNSON A new report on the US nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of United States study into important health concerns voiced by Marshallese that make it impossible to have a clear understanding of the impacts of the 67 nuclear weapons tests. “The Legacy of US Nuclear Testing in […]
Marshall Islands High School celebrated its 60th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, with 126 students receiving their diplomas. This was a much smaller graduating class than the 204 MIHS seniors who walked in 2024. The graduation took place in the school’s gymnasium. The ceremony featured speeches from Public School System Commissioner Dr. Natalie Nimmer, keynote speaker […]
WILMER JOEL* One of the issues I would like to address — which I have deep concern over — alongside Her Excellency President Hilda Heine is the growing challenge of outmigration. But the outmigration I speak of today is not just about people leaving our islands — it’s about our best minds, our brightest talents, […]
Journal 6/1/1982 P1 Compact signed!Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islnds and the United States was signed Sunday 29 May (Majuro date), according to a front page story in the Honolulu Advertiser. Acting President Tom Kijiner confirmed the signing but had no details due to bad communication. The newspaper said the “historic agreement” signed […]
Speaker Brenson Wase signed confirmation Wednesday this week that six of seven constitutional amendments were approved by Marshall Islands voters during a national referendum on April 25. He was joined by Minister of Culture and Internal Affairs Jess Gasper, Jr. and RMI and Nitijela officials.
The College of the Marshall Islands graduation ceremony last week saw the largest number of students to ever graduate from the Majuro school. A total of 233 CMI students graduated during the ceremony. In addition to the large number graduating, a number of students obtained either associate of science degrees or certificates in fields for […]
GIFF JOHNSON There is so much going on at Waan Aelon in Majel that you may be forgiven for wondering if you wandered into a time warp locating you in another country or time period. On any given day, you may find 25 young people learning and hands-on practicing English and math, carpentry skills, sailing […]
A program using basketball development as a platform for health awareness among young people aged eight to 15 has been ongoing in Majuro and ran its second of three clinics last weekend at the ECC gym in Delap. Called Sisterhoops4Health, the program is a three-part event that utilizes basketball as a platform to raise awareness […]
Fourteen students and three team leaders from the Marshall Islands departed Majuro on May 15 to participate in a two-week educational exchange program in Washington, DC, New York City, and Philadelphia. The delegation joins peers and educators from across Micronesia and the United States as part of the annual Close-Up Program, a renowned civic education […]
