Journal 8/9/1982
P1 Senator Imada Kabua criticizes Kwaj treatment
Senator Imada Kabua on August 6 blasted the government of the Marshalls for not recognizing the duly elected Kwajalein Atoll Corporation leaders and accused the government of trying to split up the Kwajalein people by siding with a newly formed committee which he called “Ten-Ten,” a committee of alaps and iroijs who are backing the government.
P1 Forum meeting
The South Pacific Forum is scheduled to begin meeting August 9, with four major topics: Independence for New Caledonia, America’s refusal to sign the Law of the Sea Convention, French nuclear testing, and the US proposal to dump nuclear waste in the Pacific.
P5 Seiberling says no Compact until Kwaj issues settled
Until the United States settles the turmoil on Kwajalein Atoll, the administration can forget about trying to gain congressional approval of a Compact that’s crucial to the US future use of a missile testing range there, a key House chairman said. Rep. John Seiberling, D-Ohio, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Public Lands that oversees US administration of Micronesia, said it may be up to Congress to repair defects in the agreement the Reagan administration is negotiating to give the region semi-independence.
Journal 8/9/1991
P1 UN membership in the wings
In introductory remarks delivered August 5 to the reopened final session of this year’s session of the Nitijela, President Amata Kabua informed the Republic that acceptance of the Marshall Islands application to full membership in the United Nations is expected and hoped for this coming September.
P3 Mormons: Established and growing
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known popularly as the Mormons, is a relatively new church in the Marshalls. Their newness, however, should not be construed as an indication of insignificance, for in the 14 years since their official establishment here they have grown in influence and size.
P17 Is Billy Roberts crazy? “
Billy Roberts, manager of MEC, is crazy.” At least that’s what I thought when I first saw one of his handouts called “Low-cost, no-cost ways to save energy.” When Roberts, the manager of the company that generates for sale nearly all of Majuro’s generator juice, spends money telling his customers how to buy less of his company’s product, what else could I think? However, when after a talk with Roberts it became clear that if the man was crazy, it was only in the sense that he was crazy like a fox is. Roberts want to keeps his paying customers. He does not want to cut them off because they are running up bills they cannot pay.
Journal 8/12/2011
P1 Million $ payday
The Marshall Islands had a $1 million payday on Friday for selling 400 fishing days to Papua New Guinea, a demonstration that the move to control the Pacific’s tuna industry by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is showing financial results. “The results (of the PNA) action are very clear,” said Marshall Islands Resources and Development Minister Mattlan Zackhras, which received the $1 million check on behalf of the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority. “The Marshall Islands is happy to be leading the way to make the ‘vessel day scheme’ work.”