WILMER JOEL and GIFF JOHNSON Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s whirlwind visit last week had two immediate impacts: • From Wong’s signing of an agreement with Culture and Internal Affairs Minister Ota Kisino last Thursday at noon, V7AB aired its first Australian Broadcasting Corporation program, one of several that are to be aired on a […]
“It feels so good to be connected again.” This was the sentiment at Majuro airport on Sunday evening as the first regular flight from Brisbane arrived following opening of the borders last month. Passengers landed with big smiles as they were greeted with warm Marshallese hospitality. In partnership with Nauru Airlines, the Australian government is […]
HILARY HOSIA “No child left behind” has always been a slogan for the education ministry. In the case of Delap Elementary School (DES), hundreds of schoolchildren are left behind because their school has been locked shut by the landowner. The reason for the gate lockdown: The RMI Public School System (PSS) owes the landowners money. […]
Journal 10/18/1985P6 Tabai defends pact with Russians The Kiribati-Soviet Union fishing deal “is becoming a non-issue” at home and for other Pacific island nations, said Kiribati President Ieremia Tabai during a brief stopover in Majuro last week. “The main concern I see (coming from other nations regarding the Russian fishing pact) is that we are […]
Who says members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can’t have fun? Well, they sure did during an activity for seminary students at the Rita Chapel. Their face was on the line if they lost the game of rocks, paper, and scissors. If a player loses the game, the winner gets to […]
GIFF JOHNSON From the time American administrators of the US Trust Territory government started keeping copra tonnage statistics in 1951, it took 20 years for copra production to break the 7,000-ton mark in one year. That was 1970, when the “stars aligned” with copra making and shipping combining to produce the first-ever banner year for […]
Minister of Health and Human Services Joe Bejang officially launched the Covid-19 After Action Review (AAR) forum Wednesday morning at the International Conference Center (ICC). The three-day review will cover actions taken prior, during and throughout the pandemic since RMI declared State of Health Emergency on Covid pandemic. “It is my honor, on behalf of […]
HILARY HOSIA Lae added yet another win to their championship record following a close victory over Maloelap during the Ralik Ratak National Basketball championships over the weekend at the Assumption multipurpose court in Uliga. The game literally had fans — both humans and vehicles — cheering/honking for the players throughout the match, which ended at […]
Journal 10/11/1985 P3 Tony tabbed to run Pacific unit New Zealander Tony Johns has recently been selected director of the New Zealand government’s Pacific Island Affairs Unit in Wellington. The office was created to work with the minister of Pacific Island Affairs. Johns was a well known figure in the Marshall Islands as the Secretary […]
Majuro public schools are now scheduled to open next week Monday — nearly a month after Health authorities said they could open. Meanwhile, although Majuro public schools have been late to open following the Covid outbreak in August, Ebeye public schools opened last week and all Majuro private schools started the week of September 19. […]
