After several months of planning, the new Australian Embassy in Majuro has opened its doors at the NAPA building in Uliga. The Embassy had been temporarily based at Wallaby Downs in Long Island since April. The Australian Embassy celebrated the move with a morning tea with Foreign Minister Casten Nemra, Secretary Anjanette Kattil and her […]
WILMER JOEL Majuro Stake Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) alongside the Young Single Adult (YSA) organization held a camping and picnic expedition at Laura Beach at the end of July. Although both groups were in the same place they were separated and scattered in different areas of […]
Sunny days and calm waters are the perfect time for Uliga Dock workers to be counting and double checking the cargo that was going aboard the MV Kwajalein. The Kwajalein was chartered to the outer islands in the Ratak Chain and judging by how much cargo there was being loaded, the ship won’t be back […]
It’s the end of the summer semester for the College of the Marshall Islands and you know what that means? A new two-week program for Jo-Jikum to lead!The workshop is targeted to high school students who are learning songwriting, weaving or painting all related to climate issues.The Majuro-based youth organization just recently completed a film […]
Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) held a launching ceremony for their collaborative project, the WAM vessel that has been named “Kõto im Al” (Wind and Sun). Afterwards, participants were able to ride the vessel around the lagoon for a short cruise using an outboard engine powered by solar panels.The project is […]
Majuro Cooperative School received a United Nations Development Program grant to implement a solar project aimed at solving several of the school’s needs, including reducing its power bill. “With aims of cost-cutting we are proceeding with converting the first elementary block completely to solar power with MEC lines as a backup,” said Majuro Cooperative middle […]
Captain Tom Jack, fishing on Mon Ujoj, caught the biggest marlin of the 39th annual Marshalls Billfish Club tournament last weekend, a sizable 308 pounder.Quite a few other marlin were caught, but they were all relatively small.Captain Ronnie Reimers fishing on Kirtake won the total pounds title with 485 pounds for his four marlin, the […]
EVE BURNS No better place to learn a new life skill than at Wilfred Kendall Park in Laura. Fifteen young men are currently attending an engine-training hosted by the National Training Council. This training is scheduled to last for three months.The program is led by Randon Lakjeb who was trained as a trainer through a […]
More than just landfill is beginning to take shape at the Jenrok ocean side area, with hardworking Pacific International Inc. workers putting in foundations of what will become a track and field area as well as a baseball field replete with bleachers. A new feature is the rebar reinforced foundations that are being installed to […]
WILMER JOEL To kick off the summer, Upward Bound students started their first week of school with an after-school clean up outside Assumption Church cathedral. Not all UB students from grade nine to 12 participated in this clean up. The role of community service is divided into various groups that alternate from week-to-week. The student […]
