Youth to Youth in Health celebrated its 40th anniversary last Thursday evening with a dinner, music and drama at Jitak. The event featured music, dancing and drama presented by youth peer educators, a presentation by President Hilda Heine, and remarks about the past and future of the program by board chair Giff Johnson and Director […]
The handover of new water storage systems for public schools in Ajeltake, Woja and Laura last Thursday has come none too soon, Education Commissioner Dr. Natalie Nimmer told the people assembled for the ceremony at Ajeltake Elementary School. With lower levels of rain forecast for the RMI starting this month and onward into 2027, the […]
GIFF JOHNSON Anytime there are westerly winds, Majuro’s downtown area can expect to take a hit. The overnight Sunday into early Monday winds ramped up quickly, turning the normally placid DUD lagoon area into a boiling caldron of waves that upended boats, tore vessels off moorings, and beached several craft. But it wasn’t only on […]
Journal 6/28/1983 P1 Compact signedPresident Amata Kabua and US Ambassador Fred Zeder on June 25 signed the Compact of Free Association and all the remaining subsidiary agreements, including that for nuclear claims (177) in a ceremony at the Nitijela chamber. Kabua, as he did for the first time last week, asked for the support of […]
Marshall Islands Chess Federation made its debut on the international stage earlier this month during the BugHouse Chess competition in Philippines. BugHouse is a unique chess game where two players face off against two other players — what is eliminated from other chess boards gets to be used in your teammates’ chess boardThe game is […]
Ten teams took part in the twenty-second Lazarus Andrike memorial tournament, which was combined with the Total Pounds Sailfish Marshalls Billfish Club carry-over fishing tournament and the Total Qualifying Pounds competition. Captain Kyle Aliven and Team Nali grabbed the spotlight on the dock for winning the TQ tourney with 191 pounds of potential sashimi and […]
GIFF JOHNSON Landfill work ongoing between Katoj Park and the airport terminal is to create space for a new parking lot at the airport and also to realign the road. The land reclamation by Pacific International Inc. at the lagoon side of the approach to the airport dovetails with the work that was launched two […]
Of all of the US jurisdictions in the Pacific Islands, the RMI is the only so-called “non-State” to be rated as meeting the expectations for Special Education compliance. “In fact,” said RMI Education Commissioner Dr. Natalie Nimmer, “we are the only one in the Pacific, even if you count Hawaii, Guam, etc.” A US Department of […]
Journal 6/17/1983 P1 Marshall Islands Fishing TournamentThe members of the winning billfish boat in the First Marshall Islands Fishing Tournament posed with their trophies following the awards ceremony Monday night. The team members were: Mobe Lorennij, Maikili Tunivambea, Nokko Kabua, and Wally Milne. P1 President Kabua to endorse the Compact todayPresident Amata Kabua will make […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Wearing their brown gowns and big smiles were four representatives of extraordinary Marshallese at the University of the South Pacific graduation, presided over by King Tupou VI of Tonga. This special quartet of graduates, who are all Public School System employees, earned their Master’s in Education in School Leadership. Commissioner of Education Dr. […]
