Journal 6/6/1986 P1 Majuro milk factory opens I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. To quiet things down a little the Pacific Maid milk and ice cream factory was opened here last Friday. Thousands of kids were on hand and a good portion of the adult community felt like kids for the […]
It was a grand graduation ceremony for 16 Majuro Cooperative High School students last Saturday. Hundreds of family members and friends turned out the ceremony held at the school’s campus in Delap. Among those graduating was Cassandra Donato, who is pictured here with parents Charlie and Charlette, and sister Alexa.
New Marshall Islands Ambassador Anjanette Kattil was sworn in last Wednesday to begin her tour of duty as ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore. President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Kabua alongside Minister Christopher Loeak and Speaker Kenneth Kedi were on […]
Six elected members of Marshall Islands High School Student Body Government were sworn-in last Tuesday during a school assembly. This is the first time the biggest high school in the nation has pulled off this feat. The outgoing SBG officers came up with this idea and brought it to the attention of the school administration. […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The building of the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s 150-foot sailing cargo vessel on Geoje Island, South Korea, has reached a milestone: On Friday, May 26, the Asia Shipbuilding company held a keel laying ceremony. The event was attended by a range of VIPs, including Foreign Affairs Minister Kitlang Kabua and RMI Ambassador to […]
Journal 5/29/1987 P16 Unwelcome Saturday morning workout A heavy wind out of the east often results in a huge pile of garbage along the beaches in the Long Island area. In today’s modern world of plastics and petrochemical products, we have a new version of driftwood along Majuro beaches. I stepped out in front of […]
Elizabeth Marques is breaking the norm in Majuro with her job as a taxi driver. Elizabeth says she is on the road to encourage more women to take on the taxi service. “I understand the risk with being a female behind the wheel,” she told the Journal. “But, women should be open-minded with the idea […]
The first Marshallese to graduate with a US medical doctor degree in a generation graduated last week in Arkansas. Dr. Derek Alik, son of Dr. Wilfred and Carmina Alik, completed his studies at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. Numerous family members were on hand to congratulate him at the graduation […]
HILARY HOSIA Nitijela Speaker Kenneth Kedi called on church leaders from around the Pacific to support the government to reach out to the public on issues facing the nation. Speaker Kedi made the remarks during the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) meeting in Majuro Monday at the Marshall Islands Resort, where Kedi said the influence […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Forum Fisheries Committee — representing the 17 members of the Forum Fisheries Agency — met from Monday through Thursday this week at the Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room. While the meeting worked on budgets, policies and often mundane topics from the public’s point of view, every FFC meeting translates directly into the […]
