WILMER JOEL The spirit of manit (culture) was palpable nationwide last week. It was that time of year where everyone got together to venerate Marshallese culture through numerous forms of expression. Throughout the week, locals were adorned in a variety of stylish and traditional outfits and accessories, adhering to each day’s assigned wear. Marshallese music […]
The RMI Sea Patrol’s Lomor 03 departed Majuro for the last time last weekend. It is heading to Australia to be decommissioned — a fancy way to say its life is over after 34 years of providing search and rescue support, fisheries surveillance, and collection and investigation of drugs on remote outer islands. Lomor 03 […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Public School System and Delap Elementary School in particular celebrated the opening last week of the first learning resource center for teachers and students. It was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony that included the presence of Asian Development Bank Vice-President for East and Southeast Asia, and the PacificScott Morris. The […]
The biggest marlin of the two-day All-Micronesia Fishing Tournament was caught last Saturday within two hours of the shotgun early morning start. At 317 pounds, the marlin caught by Team Australia was not challenged by any other team over the two days of fishing last weekend. Team Australia captain was Lachlan Sommerville and the boat […]
The remains of the late Iroojlaplap and President Christopher Loeak was returned to Majuro, on a charter flight in the afternoon of August 28. His casket was accompanied by family members. They were met at the airport by an honor guard of RMI national policemen who provided an escort to Uliga Church for the state […]
Pacific International Inc. (PII) mobilized for a significant outer island construction project earlier this month. A PII construction crew has set up shop at Bikarej Island in Arno Atoll to begin construction of a long-awaited boat channel project. Bikarej, which sits at the northwest corner of one of the biggest atolls in RMI, is a […]
GIFF JOHNSON It would take a Herculean effort by the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation and copra makers to hit the 7,000 ton mark by the end of the fiscal year September 30. Four weak months of copra deliveries to the Tobolar Copra Processing Authority in Majuro put the nine-month total tonnage at 4,480 tons, according […]
FLOYD K. TAKEUCHI Christopher Jorebon Loeak, a former president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and an Iroojlaplap, died on the afternoon of August 8 in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had been under medical care. He was 72. Loeak served as the Marshall Islands’ fifth president (and seventh including those who served as acting […]
GIFF JOHNSON Jo-Jikum’s Climate Adaptation Arts Seminar is into its second week at Marshall Islands High School with nearly 50 young people participating in the program. When the seminar started a week ago Monday, there were fewer than 40. But once things kicked off, and word of mouth and social media posts by youth participants […]
“The Project for the Procurement of Equipment for Dried Coconuts Logistics in Lib Island” was held on Lib Island last week. The grant of $64,367 for the procurement of equipment for dried coconuts logistics, including a portable davit crane, a pickup truck, and 21 rear carts, was funded through Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human […]
