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 […]
Journal 1/22/1982 P1 Chutaro wins MiliChuji Chutaro won a narrow and still unofficial victory over Alee Alik in last week’s court-ordered election for Mili’s Nitijela seat and said that when he is certified the winner he will try to bring Mili people together to work for the good of the atoll. Chutaro, who lost by […]
HILARY HOSIA The Marshall Islands Red Cross Society celebrated the opening of its official headquarters in Majuro last Friday. The new headquarters sits between the United Church of Christ and the Courthouse in Uliga. The MIRCS was initially housed at the Marshall Islands Resort since the government enacted the MIRCS Act in November of 2013. […]
The first training session for local carpenters and plumbers was successfully completed on Mejatto Island as part of the Addressing Climate Change Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) project. This project, led by the United Nations Development Program, aims to help the people of the Marshall Islands better cope with the effects of climate change, […]
RMI EPA General Manager Moriana Phillip warned would-be polluters of Majuro lagoon that EPA is focused on monitoring and enforcement of fines for polluters. In a social media post that included photos of EPA staff checking fishing-related vessels anchored in the lagoon and the lagoon generally, Phillip underlined the point that “EPA maintains presence in […]
The RMI’s first national marine sanctuary was officially established Tuesday evening at a signing ceremony at the International Conference Center. President Hilda C. Heine joined with Iroojlaplap Boklon Zackious, Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce Tony Muller, Utrok Nitijela Member Hiroshi Yamamura, and Utrok Mayor Tobin Kaiko in signing documents to establish the RMI’s first […]
Journal 1/19/1982 P7 Kendall: Marshall Islands fully capable of self-governmentActing President Wilfred Kendall told visiting US Congressmen of the Marshalls’ “hope for true self-government in the best ideals of your own people, and that means an early end to the United Nations Trusteeship over our islands.” Later, Kendall added: “We hope you will carry back […]
Yokwe TV has been garnering a large following judging by the latest viewership data despite only recently returning to streaming original content that is being watched online by people in RMI and across the Marshallese diaspora in the US. Managing a TV news outlet is no walk in the park but that does not mean […]
