Over the weekend at Bokanbotin Island, a new marine science education program offered students a rare opportunity to engage directly with ocean science in a hands-on, field-based setting. In a country completely surrounded by the largest ocean in the world, the program highlighted both the natural advantage of place and the existing gap in formal […]
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Rita Elementary School on April 13, marking the start of construction for new Early Childhood Education classrooms at both Rita and Ajeltake Elementary Schools. The event, held during the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Week opening ceremony, also signaled the start of work on the PSS Early Childhood Development storage […]
After going through multiple laws that never properly regulated the importation of betel nut into RMI, Nitijela has redone the law once again — but this time making it legal to import the nuts and establishing a system for taxing these imports. The Betelnut Amendment Act of 2025, endorsed earlier this month by Nitijela, states […]
Journal 4/22/1983 P1 MIATLP opposes new 177 proposalThe Marshall Islands Atomic Testing Litigation Project, which represents thousands of individuals from the northern atolls except for Bikini and Enewetak, has announced its opposition to the new proposal to settle nuclear claims through the Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association. In paid announcements in today’s […]
Despite Ailuk Atoll being an inhabited location, its reef system is in immaculate condition, according to the National Geographic Pristine Seas visit there earlier this month, the first stop on a three-month survey of numerous northern islands, both inhabited and unpopulated. “Ailuk is not an untouched atoll,” said Marshall Islands expedition science lead, Juan Mayorga. […]
Every day in Majuro since early April has featured softball, volleyball and basketball games as part of the Constitution Day sports competition. But this past Saturday belonged to the canoe paddlers. They turned out in large numbers for a series of races that may have left the audience on the lagoon shore by Marshall Islands […]
As the US-Israel led war against Iran continues to play out, fuel prices in Majuro keep going up and up. The latest increase was seen Monday at the PII fuel station. It still remains the lowest-priced fuel on island, but since the beginning of March, PII’s diesel price has skyrocketed by $1.75 per gallon.Similarly, the […]
GIFF JOHNSON Majuro is soon to see a development in the construction industry that has never happened before. Pacific International Inc. is facing both shipping delays for key components of the under-construction new Nitijela building and a daunting deadline of August to complete the building for the next parliament session. It has already been operating […]
Journal 4/12/1983 P1 New 177: $150m up frontWhile President Amata Kabua went to Honolulu last month to present an independence proposal to the United States what resulted was a working draft of a new agreement on nuclear testing claims and potentially new life for the Compact of Free Association. The key change is that the […]
In yet another indication of its commitment to the RMI, during last week’s visit, Taiwan Foreign Minister Dr. Lin Chia-lung joined RMI Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko to sign a letter of intent to establish an Economic Resilience Fund to support a Credit Guarantee Facility of the RMI. The Credit Guarantee Facility is particularly targeted for […]
