The Sports and Extracurricular Program in Majuro is running many summer programs for young people. Among those is a super successful ukulele training session at their headquarters in Delap. The smiles on the students holding their instruments says it all.
WILMER JOEL A student from Delap Seventh Day Adventist School was selected for a United World College scholarship in Singapore. Bremrose Grace Lakjohn, 16, daughter of medical practitioners Bremity and Kenye Mike, is the first student from SDA to be selected for the scholarship in the over 10 years that Marshallese high school students have […]
The United States government, through Grameen Foundation USA, and the Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund, jointly funded the Building Economic Inclusion via the Blue Economy Innovation Fund and a Gender and Power Dynamics workshop. The event focused on the power of the blue and green economies to deepen the market participation of women entrepreneurs […]
HILARY HOSIA The idea of Japan releasing waste water from a nuclear power plant into the ocean did not sit well with local mayors attending the Marshall Islands Mayors Association summit at the International Conference Center over the weekend. The mayors, most of whom are avid fishermen, disliked the idea of what they perceive as […]
Journal 7/18/1986P3 Peace Corps promoting healthy islands The 20th anniversary of the Peace Corps in Micronesia is rolling around, and with it are coming some big changes in the program in the Marshalls. Since the day a new group of nine Peace Corps Volunteers stepped off an Air Mike flight last week, they have been […]
WILMER JOEL Ten high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands went to the Northern Marianas to join the Junior State of America Civics Institute Micronesia earlier this month. Nia Wase, a student at Majuro Cooperative School, was the sole RMI representative. For the second time, Northern Marianas College was chosen […]
HILARY HOSIA Australian Defense Vessel Reliant spent a few days in Port Majuro last week, offering tours to government officials and local residents.The vessel crew said it is keen on assisting in the upcoming 2024 Micronesian Games but only if requested by the Marshall Islands. The possibility of Reliant’s involvement in the summer games is […]
WILMER JOEL Demon Town located in Jenrok — next to a cemetery and a major sports venue for the upcoming Micronesian Games — was once among the areas most vulnerable to sea level rise but has since turned into a hotspot for trouble. It is a neighborhood with a high rate of youth unemployment, substance […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands was called to honor Saturday night for becoming only the second country in the world to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of “clean water for all.” An all-volunteer women’s organization in the Marshall Islands was credited for spearheading a five-year project to provide simple water filtration systems for home […]
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