Alik, Witten new lawyers
Journal 12/7/1984 P1 Churches say US bullies Micronesia A former staff member of the Pacific Conference of Churches is accusing the United States of bullying the small states of Micronesia into accepting an independence treaty favorable to US military interests. Rev. David Williams, speaking at a recent hearing of the US House of Representatives, said […]
Getting ready for Micro Games
The Marshall Islands High School gym is getting a makeover for the Micronesian Games, now delayed to 2023. RMI Builders Enterprises is the contractor working at MIHS.Completion was supposed to be in July but perimeter fence materials are delayed due to global supply chain production issues affecting aluminum material needed for fencing as well as […]
Biodiversity found in Majuro lagoon
For the past few years, two teams of yachtie amateur scientists have been exploring and photographing some of the incredible biodiversity in the Majuro Lagoon, focusing especially on very small creatures living in the tidal cuts. John and Lynette Flynn on the boat White Hawk and Ken Cone and Beth Van Zummeren on Eagle’s Wings […]
WAM team cranking out boats
A three-month workshop involving boatbuilders from four outer islands is seeing various boats taking shape in the Waan Aelon in Majel workshop in Delap. The WAM team and the boatbuilders from Lae, Ujae, Kwajalein and Aur are working on three projects that need to be completed before Christmas. They are building one WAMCat catamaran, one […]
US-RMI engaged in spat?
GIFF JOHNSONEditorial comment The United States is a clear but unfocused partner of the Marshall Islands. “Unfocused” in contrast to China, its primary competitor in the region. On the one hand, there are countless US Congress people and administration officials jumping up and down about the increasing importance of the “Indo-Pacific” region (by the way, […]
United forced out of airport office
GIFF JOHNSON RMI Ports Authority continues to be beset with problems. The latest? United Airlines moved out of its office in the main terminal of Amata Kabua International Airport earlier this week after it was determined the facility was unsafe for UA workers. Last week, a United worker reportedly “fell through the floor” on the […]
Rita Hawks win the cup
Journal 11/30/1984 P1 Gibson’s open The long-anticipated opening of the new Gibson’s shopping venter in Delap is scheduled to occur Saturday. It signals the beginning of a new phase of development in the Marshall Islands, a switch over from the long established practice of “selling” to the more sophisticated game of “merchandising.” The entry of […]
Intense school basketball championships
What stood out in the Sports and Extracurricular Program (SEP)-sponsored school basketball league championships last week was the intensity of the competition and the closeness of many of the final scores — which is to say that for the fans, these games were a roller coaster of emotion as the scores see-sawed from one team […]
RMI vets seek benefit fix
GIFF JOHNSON Veterans from the Marshall Islands and the other freely associated states, all nations aligned with the US through Compacts, must travel at great personal expense to take advantage of health benefits they earned by their service in the US military. The practical impact of this situation is that most Marshallese veterans are completely […]