Students get experience

Students get experience

RAIJEN LEBAN In preparation for the upcoming school year, soon-to-be high school juniors joined a summer job project providing training in carpentry and auto mechanics. “We chose this program to learn how to be carpenters and mechanics,” said Konkon Bokna, a Marshall Islands High School student in the program. The group of about 40 students […]

Working for coral survival

Working for coral survival

The Marshall Islands Conservation Society (MICS) has launched a coral heat-tolerance testing initiative and established two coral nurseries as part of the efforts to support reef restoration in the Marshall Islands. This initiative is part of a regional project led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) with support from the Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform […]

Chuji wins by four votes

Chuji wins by four votes

Journal 7/9/1982 P1 Kwaj talks pauseA series of meetings held this and last week on Ebeye and Kwajalein between President Amata Kabua, the Kwajalein Atoll Corporation leaders, and the landowners in trying to persuade the landowners occupying Kwajalein and other isles to return to Ebeye while negotiations continue was unsuccessful. The dispute between the government […]

Over 1,000 eyes checked

Over 1,000 eyes checked

KAREN EARNSHAW The report from team leader Jacque Spence is that “in just 10 days, the Canvasback Missions Ophthalmology team and Health Service nurses and staff accomplished an amazing amount of work.” From June 16 to 27, the “team worked tirelessly,” Jacque told the Journal. “They were led by Dr. Annie Chong Gum and Agnes […]

Palau honors RMI

Palau honors RMI

Palau’s National Olympic Committee, during a dinner in Palau last Sunday, praised Marshall Islands NOC President Tony Muller for a well-run Micronesian Games in 2024. During the Games Dinner attended by all 23 countries and territories competing in the Pacific Mini-Games in Palau for the past two weeks, NOC President and Minister of Natural Resources […]

Larry catches biggest billfish

Larry catches biggest billfish

KAREN EARNSHAW It is unlikely that any of the fisherfolk taking part in the 43rd Marshalls Billfish Club Annual Fishing Tournament had any patches of dry clothes or skin by the time they reached the clubhouse on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Between the two, the first day of fishing delivered the most punishment: “The […]

Fishing excitement builds

Fishing excitement builds

Journal 7/6/1982 P1 New plane for AMIPeople knew it was coming because of the numerous announcements but few expected it to fly past so quietly and quickly. It was the BAC 748 plane which is on loan to Air Marshall Islands until its own is completed in December this year. P1 Kwajalein occupation continuesThe Kwajalein […]

16 new UH grads

16 new UH grads

Sixteen Marshallese graduated last weekend in Majuro with the master’s degrees from a University of Hawaii program. This was the fourth group in the Pacific Master’s in Education program run by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The graduation was held at the USP Campus. The group of 16 included one from Jaluit, Tom Phillimon, […]

Eyes of Fire’s new edition

Eyes of Fire’s new edition

Author David Robie and Little Island Press is about to publish a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire, a first-hand account of the relocation of the Rongelap people by Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985. Robie joined what turned out to be the ill-fated voyage of the Rainbow Warrior from Hawaii across the Pacific, with […]

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