Marshall Islands High School (MIHS) students had a great Friday last week. There were no classes held and they got to enjoy the outside air and get a lot of exercise. The reason? A celebration of World Food Day, a field day and teacher appreciation were all wrapped up in one big day of events […]
The younger generation was well represented at last Friday’s Breast Cancer Awareness walkathon that ended at Delap Park with speeches and related activities.
Marshall Islands High School is prepping its students and teachers for online delivery of courses in case the school faces a Covid-19 lockdown situation in the future and is forced to close the campus. Students have been going online at school to get familiar with the online platforms the school will use in the event […]
Coop School celebrated Manit (Culture) Day September 24 with many local foods, booths and dances as well as a visit from President David Kabua.The school gathered in the cafeteria to watch the dance performances from the middle and high schoolers. The dances were a crowd pleaser!
Schools around the Marshall Islands are celebrating Culture Week in many different ways this week. Local food preparation and meals, weaving, and island wear days typified the programs at many schools, including Majuro Middle School, pictured here.
The Marshall Islands Volleyball Federation (MIVF) suffered repeated setbacks this week as it attempted to launch initial tryouts for the Micronesian Games this week. The organization has a contract with the Seventh Day Adventist School to use their gym in Delap, and has been improving the playing surface by installing floor tiles in the gym. […]
No really big fish were caught at last weekend’s two-day Budweiser All Micronesia Fishing Tournament — “big” according to Marshall Islands angling history. The winning marlin was caught by Team KBE weighing in at 198 pounds. Overall, plenty of qualifying fish, including 12 marlin, lots of tuna and a nearly record breaking barracuda were caught […]
Majuro saw a small uptick in the number of tuna transshipments last month, with 18 purse seiners off-loading their catches. Majuro has been averaging just 14 transshipments per month since January, a 60 percent drop over the 37 it averaged during 2018 and 2019. The reduction is due mainly to Covid-19 quarantine requirements that make […]
A special publication, “By the Grace of God: Life in a Marshall Islands Church,” by writer-photographer Floyd K. Takeuchi of Honolulu is now available at an online bookseller. Floyd’s self-published 20-page magazine, also known as a ‘zine, features photographs he made in 2018 while attending a Sunday service at the Rairok Protestant Church. The magazine […]
WILMER JOEL As a team reaches the peak of a mountain, they have conquered the mountain and can move forward to the next challenge. But will never forget the steps it took to reach the top. After four years of attending Upward Bound (UB), the seniors and their parents held a farewell party for the […]
