WILMER JOEL The Majuro Taxi Drivers Association was accused last week by EPPSO director Fred deBrum of violating the Retail Price Monitoring Act of 1992 by increasing taxi fares over the 25 percent price baseline. “What the taxi drivers did, they instantly went up to 30 some percent,” said deBrum. “They told me the reason […]
HILARY HOSIA President Hilda Heine led a high-level visit to the Ministry of Heath and Human Services last Friday. The visit included a tour of the facility with the hospital leadership team followed by a program at the Wellness Center to recognize female outer islands health workers and recent graduates from Fiji National University. President […]
Journal 4/17/1987 P3 Best in the westMajuro’s weather station men are the best in the west. The Pacific region director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Richard Hagemeyer presented them with the “Surface Observatory of the Year” award at a ceremony last week at the Chief Secretary’s office. Hagemeyer presented a plaque to weather […]
The senior class from Ebeye Seventh Day Adventist School got to meet President of Palau Surangel Whipps, Jr. this week as part of their trip to Palau. The students have been touring famous sites in Palau following their arrival in Palau last week. The Ebeye high school students are being chaperoned by parents on the […]
WILMER JOEL High school students were invited to an open house at the College of the Marshall Islands last Tuesday to kick off the College of the Marshall Islands’ anniversary month. CMI President Dr. Elizabeth Switaj told the Journal that one of the main purposes of the event is “to reach out to high school […]
Tens of thousands of dollars are headed to Yap to re-open the Micronesian Seminar Library, now situated on the campus of Yap Catholic High School.Over four decades, Micronesian Seminar built an internationally recognized library of over 120,000 documents, photos and recordings. But a dozen years ago, the Pohnpei-based organization, better known as MicSem, was shut […]
GIFF JOHNSON Twenty-two fishermen and one fisheries observer were rescued Sunday morning April 14 as their vessel was sinking in the South Pacific. The FV Marielle, a purse seine fishing vessel owned by the Caroline Fisheries Corporation in Micronesia, put out a distress signal Saturday night after one of its engines caught fire and the […]
Journal 4/10/1987 P17 Chamber debate sparkedLast week’s announcement of a new gross revenue tax law sparked debate during Monday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting, with the Chamber agreeing that it will look into the possibility of filing a constitutional challenge to the legislation. Several businesses expressed concern that the law had been passed by Nitijela without […]
WILMER JOEL Interim President Dr. Elizabeth Switaj announced that 17 percent of students who enrolled in fall 2020 finished their associated degrees last summer during the 31st anniversary opening of CMI on Tuesday. “This means that we have achieved our institution set standards of 15 percent for the second time in college history,” she said. […]
GIFF JOHNSON President Hilda Heine remains focused on social protection programs for the Marshall Islands population. Continuing the theme that guided her first term in office, the President and her new government is focused on a series of initiatives to fill gaps that currently leave segments of the population in difficult circumstances. “We are getting […]
