By Journal on September 12, 2025
Joe Murphy, King Web Press, Marshall Islands Journal, Micronitor
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Journal 9/13/1982 P1 Negotiations to be held in Washington if Kwaj occupation endsA group of Kwajalein landowners passed through Majuro September 12 on their way home from talks in Honolulu concerning terms on which they will make their atoll available for US missile testing. Iroij Kotak Loeak said they would be going to Washington, DC […]
By Journal on September 5, 2025
Pacific Tuna Forum, PNA, Transform Aqorau
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Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flowMarshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer deRoburt stopped in Majuro this week. He reported that the permit for the Aqua Bar (at the Eastern Gateway […]
By Journal on August 29, 2025
Nitijela Bill 93, RMI domestic violence Bill
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Journal 8/31/1982 P1 Cat and mouse antics amuse journalistIt’s easy to get to the camps of the Kwajalein landowners occupying their land on the main island of the Kwajalein Missile Range. Just go to the Ebeye dock and hop on the first boat. It’s a comfortable 10-15 minute ride in a typical outboard boat. Bilimon […]
By Journal on August 22, 2025
Atlan Anien, Chuji Chutaro, Compact of Free Association, Nitijela, Nitijela Speaker, RMI Speaker
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Journal 8/19/1982 P1 US compact negotiators called amateursLawyers for the Marshall Islands Atomic Testing Litigation Project are extremely critical of the way negotiations have been handled for the Compact of Free Association and the settlements offered their clients, victims of US nuclear testing in the 1940s and 1950s. “The negotiations were handled by a bunch […]
By Journal on August 15, 2025
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P1 Theft denied: Commercial Bank closes to wait for cash transferThe Marshall Islands First Commercial Bank has temporarily closed its doors due to a run on the bank caused by rumors of theft of the bank’s funds, Jeffery Yieh told the Journal August 17. “The bank just stopped opening to the public but has not […]
By Journal on August 8, 2025
Billy Roberts, Marshalls Energy Company
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Journal 8/9/1982 P1 Senator Imada Kabua criticizes Kwaj treatmentSenator 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 […]
By Journal on August 1, 2025
Ebeye Island, KALGov, Kwajalein Atoll Local Government, US Army Corps of Engineers
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Journal 7/30/1982 P1 US moves to prevent Marshalls holding vote on CompactThe United States has withdrawn its support for an August 17 plebiscite in the Marshall Islands to approve or reject the Compact of Free Association. US Ambassador Fred Zeder notified Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum of the cancellation at a meeting in Honolulu […]
By Journal on July 25, 2025
Carl Ingram, RMI Attorney General
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Journal 7/27/1982 P1 DeBrum: Compact talks collapsed todayThe Foreign Secretary of the Marshall Islands Tony deBrum says negotiations to end the United States administration of the territory have collapsed. Speaking in Honolulu, deBrum said the US was not prepared to end its trusteeship of the islands, except on its own terms and at a time […]
By Journal on July 18, 2025
Amata Kabua, Beer-Sheeva, Kibutz, rmi poultry project, Shavl Eilat
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Journal 7/16/1982 P1 Compact vote date and ballot not agreed toPresident Amata Kabua said July 15 that while RepMar has set 17 August as the date for the plebiscite on the compact of free association, the decision is a joint US-Marshalls one and the decision has not yet been made. P1 Burnett takes oath of […]
By Journal on July 11, 2025
Alik Alik, Chuji Chutaro, John Lanham, Mili Senator, Trust Territory High Court Appellate Division
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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 […]