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Atoll populations down

Atoll populations down

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 […]

Lañinbwil wins festival

Lañinbwil wins festival

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 […]

Tripling RMI tax revenues

Tripling RMI tax revenues

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 […]

PNA: Shape up or ship out

PNA: Shape up or ship out

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 […]

Atlan mutes Mili senator

Atlan mutes Mili senator

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 […]

Bank official steals funds?

Bank official steals funds?

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 […]

Billy Roberts’ crazy leaflet

Billy Roberts’ crazy leaflet

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 […]

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