Journal 3/21/1986 P1: US & RepMar: Accord at Kwajalein The RMI and US governments jointly announced March 15 the signing of an Interim Use Agreement Extension for the Kwajalein Missile Range. After several months of deliberations between RMI and IS officials, RMI Chief Secretary Oscar deBrum and US negotiator Janet McCoy worked out the final […]
GIFF JOHNSON From the opening of the ECC gym in Delap in 1997 to its closure in 2011 due to roof damage, I spent a remarkable amount of time inside it. Playing basketball, coaching teams, refereeing games, running training clinics for coaches and referees, managing sports events. If it had to do with basketball at […]
A new dock at Likiep Atoll is nearing completion. The funding for the dock was provided by the Department of Interior through its Maintenance Assistant Program. Likiep Local Government advisor Chris deBrum estimated that the work is 90 percent complete for the dock. “Our local guys are working day and night to complete the project,” […]
The most pressing problem facing MEC is the construction of a replacement building to house new generators that will be installed in the first power plant, originally built in 1982. Many of the Marshalls Energy Company’s improvement plans hinge on a new power plant building to house two or three new engines that are to […]
WILMER JOEL Students at Marshall Islands High School are being denied entry to their classes after 8:15am. The school gate still remains open, but the school administration has advised teachers to send students home and not let them in. According to a MIHS administrator this is not a new policy and it is to discipline […]
Journal 3/14/1986 P1 Ready to go The newly formed Majuro Atoll Local Government, headed by Mayor Amatlain Kabua, iOS meeting ready to swing into action, following a week-long workshop on operations of the local government. Last week’s workshop was sponsored by Interior and Outer Islands Affairs and is also being held on other atolls that […]
Two Marshallese were called to honor by the Springdale Police Department in Arkansas earlier this month. Michelle Nashion was awarded the Dispatcher of the Year and commendation, and also received a commendation and Life Saving Award for response to a shooting at Parsons Stadium. Officer Gomez Zackious was awarded a Medal of Valor and Purple […]
WILMER JOEL To the delight of countless students across the capital city, Miss Marshall Islands (MMI) Claret Chong Gum alongside the other misses visited various schools during Education Week. They got to see firsthand the talents, skills, and creativity of the rising generation of this nation. This is the first Education Week to really involve […]
The Marshall Islands and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement last month for the third phase of a Marshall Islands and Pacific regional solid waste program to move into gear. The program is officially known as the Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries Phase […]
WILMER JOEL One of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history was observed nationwide during the 35th Nuclear Victim Remembrance Day and 69th anniversary of the Bravo hydrogen bomb test last Wednesday — March 1 — focused on the theme “kūrtiplọk” or perseverance. This annual event commemorates the devastating repercussions and injustices experienced by victims […]
