The World Bank announced Tuesday this week that it has approved an additional $9 million in financing to help the Marshall Islands respond to sharply higher energy costs that are placing pressure on families, businesses, public services, and the national budget. The assistance provides immediate budget support through an existing Marshall Islands Development Policy Operation. […]
How to tell that it is Enra week in Majuro? That’s an easy question to answer. Just stop by the hospital the first two days of the quarterly money distribution and what do you see? It’s really what you “don’t” see that is the point. A hospital with no patients: No people in the outpatient […]
As hundreds of Marshallese high school students graduate from schools in Majuro, Kwajalein, Wotje and Jaluit over the next couple of weeks, three Marshallese are graduating from schools far from the RMI or the United States. Of course, many dozens of Marshallese teenagers living in the US have been or are graduating this month. Three […]
GIFF JOHNSON Statistics tell us one story about the Canvasback ear-nose-throat (ENT) team visit that wrapped up this week at Majuro hospital. The numbers show the demand for ENT services: The visiting team of doctors, nurses and administrators saw 213 patients in the first week, dispensed 30 hearing aids, completed 15 surgeries and scheduled another […]
Two and a half months ago, the cost of diesel was about $6.70 a gallon at the Mobil-supplied fuel stations in Majuro. This week, it jumped again to a new record of $10.75 per gallon. That’s a four dollar difference per gallon — on its way to nearly doubling —that the Ministry of Education has […]
Once again, the Marshall Islands is the highest ranked country in the Pacific for media freedom and democracy, according to the annual Freedom in the World Ranking by Freedom House. The RMI received a score of 93 out of 100, which was tied only by Tuvalu. The two other freely associated states, Palau and the […]
A total of 13 Marshallese young women will be competing in this year’s Miss Marshall Islands Pageant. Scheduled for July 2-11 in Majuro, the program is filled with a variety of activities involving the contestants and the community. The Office of Commerce, Investment and Tourism is organizing the event. The rolling series of events during […]
Despite Ailuk Atoll being an inhabited location, its reef system is in immaculate condition, according to the National Geographic Pristine Seas visit there earlier this month, the first stop on a three-month survey of numerous northern islands, both inhabited and unpopulated. “Ailuk is not an untouched atoll,” said Marshall Islands expedition science lead, Juan Mayorga. […]
In yet another indication of its commitment to the RMI, during last week’s visit, Taiwan Foreign Minister Dr. Lin Chia-lung joined RMI Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko to sign a letter of intent to establish an Economic Resilience Fund to support a Credit Guarantee Facility of the RMI. The Credit Guarantee Facility is particularly targeted for […]
The first of two Cessna SkyCourier aircraft for Air Marshall Islands was on display in Wichita, Kansas late last week, with plans to depart this Friday to begin preparation for flying to Majuro. AMI CEO Captain Albon Jelke was on hand to see the plane in Wichita. “The aircraft is scheduled to depart Wichita for […]
