GIFF JOHNSON The Australian Embassy in Majuro marked the 20th anniversary of the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands last week by working with the local media to support a basketball giveaway contest. The contest was to honor RAMSI and the Marshall Islanders who participated in the peacekeeping mission in the Solomon Islands. At least […]
Taiwan Technical Mission’s nutritionist, Cynthia Lee, took center stage at the Sports and Extracurricular Program’s summer session earlier this month, imparting essential culinary skills and empowering middle school and elementary school students to embrace healthy dietary practices by making Taiwanese homemade dishes. The event, designed to enhance the RMI’s food security and healthy dietary habits […]
The Sports and Extracurricular Program in Majuro is running many summer programs for young people. Among those is a super successful ukulele training session at their headquarters in Delap. The smiles on the students holding their instruments says it all.
WILMER JOEL Ten high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands went to the Northern Marianas to join the Junior State of America Civics Institute Micronesia earlier this month. Nia Wase, a student at Majuro Cooperative School, was the sole RMI representative. For the second time, Northern Marianas College was chosen […]
WILMER JOEL More than 50 Upward Bound students moved into the dorms at the College of the Marshall Islands Arrak Campus last month. This is the first time in three years that their summer program has resumed at Arrak after it was used as a quarantine facility. The students attend eight-hour summer classes from Monday […]
The United Church of Christ (UCC) has over 2,000 participants in its youth conference in Majuro this year. The large number represents UCC church chapters from all across the US, Guam and Marshall Islands. A youth conference is held in Majuro every two years. The conference runs for two weeks. Posing for the Journal are […]
WILMER JOELThe stake youth leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized a three-day youth conference last week with the theme, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me,” taken from Philippians 4:13. The stake youth conference is an annual gathering for youth from seven of the wards, from Laura […]
The famous now-former Miss Marshall Islands Billma Peter received her Master’s degree in Health Administration from Taipei Medical University last week. And who best to take her photo and share to the world of social media than her best friend and RMI’s Mr. Everywhere Chewy Lin! Chewy traveled halfway around the world to surprise her, […]
Five Marshallese are newly minted bachelor degree holders, following their graduation last week from Tamkang University in Taiwan. The government of Taiwan provides a range of scholarship opportunities to students in the RMI and the five new graduates are testimony to the results of the educational program. Bachelor’s, master’s and medical degree tracks are available […]
It was a grand graduation ceremony for 16 Majuro Cooperative High School students last Saturday. Hundreds of family members and friends turned out the ceremony held at the school’s campus in Delap. Among those graduating was Cassandra Donato, who is pictured here with parents Charlie and Charlette, and sister Alexa.
