By Journal on October 10, 2025
RMI population
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Journal 10/8/2025 P1 Kwaj talks continueA second day of meetings in Washington, DC between Kwajalein landowners, RepMar and the US Defense Department has been completed without any announcement of the results. From reliable sources, the following picture emerges: The ending of the demonstration on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur Islands is a result of an agreement between […]
By Journal on October 3, 2025
Guam International Film Festival, Jack Niedenthal, Lañinbwil's Gift, Suzanne Chutaro
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Journal 10/1/1982 P1 Kwajalein talks underway in WashingtonThe talks in Washington, DC on Kwajalein are scheduled for October 2. The interim use agreement for Kwajalein Atoll use by the military expired yesterday (September 30). It contains a renewal clause which says that the governments expect to renew it subject to satisfactory progress toward a free […]
By Journal on September 26, 2025
RMi tax revenues, Toke Sawej
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Journal 9/28/1982 P1 President heads to Washington; Some Kwajalein landowners already therePresident Amata Kabua left last night headed for Washington, DC and talks with US officials on increased assistance to Kwajalein Atoll where the US conducts strategic missile tests. Kwajalein landowners have said they will spread out from their occupation in camps on 1 October […]
By Journal on September 19, 2025
Bikini resettlement, Japanese television, Joe Murphy, Kili island, Kunioka
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Journal 9/8/1978 P1 Stop itThis is the second time it happened, and maybe, in fifty years time or so when it is alleged that another attempt at resettlement will be possible, we may very well have a chance to do this crap again. This is the big deal week all the newsmen came from around […]
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 […]