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 […]
Much of the country’s leadership descended on Ebeye and Kwajalein for the annual Kwajalein Day memorial and celebration. But it wasn’t only RMI leaders who flocked to Ebeye. Diplomats from various embassies made the trek to Kwajalein, as did top-level US Army leaders who arrived for the events. The 81st anniversary of Operation Flintlock, the […]
HILARY HOSIA Lae Mayor Telmong Kabua and Public Works Minister and Lae Parliament Member Thomas Heine signed an agreement with the Kwajalein Atoll Local Government to officially hand over the “Kwajalein Boat” to Lae Atoll. The brief ceremony took place Wednesday at Mayor Hirata’s new office at the Ebeye pier The Kwajalein Boat will be […]
President Hilda Heine congratulated 77 students and teachers who were awarded the fifth Taiwan-RMI Presidents scholarship at MIR’s Melele Room last Wednesday. Minister of Education, Sports and Training Gerald Zackios told the recipients that their achievements are a testament to their efforts and determination. “You have proven to the country that you have overcome in […]
Journal 1/26/1982 P1 DUD Council sues to block single Majuro councilA hearing was held January 22 on a suit filed by the DUD municipal council seeking a preliminary injunction to block a Cabinet order of last August giving the DUD and Majuro (Laura) municipal councils six months to form a single new municipality. DUD’s attorney, […]
A Pacific International Inc. tug boat saved a Maersk container vessel carrying over 9,000 containers of goods. The vessel, Maersk Saltoro, was experiencing engine problems west of Pohnpei on its voyage to China. PII’s Marshall Islands Towing and Salvage Company “deployed its tug LT-804 on January 22 to assist the container ship, which was adrift […]
HILARY HOSIA Career public servant Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua was awarded “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” following a conferral ceremony at the Marshall Islands Resort last Wednesday. The prestigious honor is conferred by imperial decree of Japan Emperor Naruhito and was awarded through Japan Ambassador to RMI Soma Hirohisa. The ceremony […]
HILARY HOSIA The inclusion of traditional games and sports may be underway in the near future thanks to developments from the National Socio-Economic and Climate Summit last week. Participants of the weeklong forum appealed to traditional leaders during the Q&A session with members of the Council of Irooj. A participant from Wotho Atoll, requested on […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Trump administration’s aggressive action to deport illegal aliens is reverberating around the Pacific, with commentators from Papua New Guinea to Fiji to Tonga to Samoa warning that the arrival of dozens, possibly hundreds, of islanders deported from the US is likely to result in big negative consequences for these small islands. “Quite […]
