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 […]
Two Japan International Cooperation Agency volunteers left last month with many good things to say after 18 months in the Marshall Islands. Asked by the Journal for their “take aways” after teaching in Majuro public elementary schools over two school years, Rairok Elementary teacher Chikako Kato was quick to respond: “People’s kindness and the students’ […]
The RMIS Jelmae, Sea Patrol’s new patrol vessel, arrived to a big welcome ceremony at Delap Dock Wednesday afternoon this week. Captain Dennis Jibas and his crew sailed the vessel from Australia over the past 10 days. The vessel was funded by the Australian government as part of its Pacific Patrol Boat program.
A historic development for Ebeye happened this month with the opening of Power 103.5FM. The development is both historic and comes on the 10th anniversary of the popular Majuro radio station. “Our hope is that it brings them the joy of entertainment, provides as an essential communications service and it’s a way to tie the […]
The Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Majuro and the RMI government through the Office of Commerce, Investment and Tourism, welcomed a business delegation from the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council to Majuro. The visit marked an important step toward strengthening private-sector cooperation and economic ties between Australia and […]
Among the many firsts at February’s Marshall Islands Soccer Federation training camps in Springdale, Arkansas, was that one of the players met their birth mother for the first time since adoption and many other Marshallese met with old friends. The Federation’s General Secretary Matt Webb said: “We are incredibly pleased with the first tandem men’s […]
Japan Ambassador Hirohisa Soma and International Organization for Migration office head Hilary Vanderwey signed an agreement earlier this week that sets in motion a two-year plan to strengthen Majuro and Wotje local food systems. The project, supported by Japan and to be implemented by IOM in collaboration with the Ministries of Education and Natural Resources […]
GIFF JOHNSON A modest new photograph book featuring images of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau has been published by the prolific photojournalist Floyd K. Takeuchi of Honolulu. The book, “7 Degrees North,” is the author’s “love letter to…a time when nature’s beauty defined the day, and to a proud people, who lived pretty much […]
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner received her PhD in Australia last week, adding to the small number of Marshallese who have achieved this advanced degree. Her PhD is in Pacific Studies from the Australian National University in Canberra. Her mother, President Hilda Heine, was the first Marshallese to achieve the advanced degree when she received her Doctor of […]
