Nurses’ Week in the RMI kicked off Tuesday at the Ministry of Health in Majuro with a ceremony honoring our important health care providers. Numerous VIPs, including Health Minister Kalani Kaneko, Speaker Kenneth Kedi, elected leaders, US Ambassador Karen Stewart, and Taiwan Ambassador Jeffery Hsiao, joined in the festive occasion. The theme for this week’s […]
The 40th anniversary of constitutional government in the Marshall Islands generated an energetic and colorful parade on Amata Kabua Boulevard and a huge turnout at Delap Park for a day of festivities Wednesday this week. Read more about this in the May 3, 2019 edition of the Marshall Islands Journal.
Several years in the making, numerous RMI agencies came together late last week to sign an agreement establishing the RMI’s first Foreign Investment Business License “Universal Form.” This aims at streamlining the business application process by placing all required information into one document. Read more about this in the April 26, 2019 edition of the […]
The Marshall Islands Mayors Association launched its 28th annual conference Monday at the International Conference Center Of the 24 local governments assembled at the opening, four were a “no show.” They are: Wotho, Namdrik, Rongelap and Arno.The first week featured multiple speakers from different entities in the Majuro, including key donors from the Republic of […]
A recent visit to Namdrik Atoll by the Ministry of Health and Human Services and the Kora In Okarane (KIO) Club generated plenty of community interest, with the whole community turning out for a range of health services provided by the visiting team. In addition, KIO members distributed water filtration systems to the residents as […]
Rev. Enja Enos was accorded a state funeral at Nitijela shortly after his remains returned to Majuro on Thursday’s United Airlines flight. Enos died last month on the Big Island of Hawaii from cancer. He was 74. Enos was the President of the United Church of Christ in the Marshall Islands and chaplain for Nitijela. […]
US Congresswoman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa was in Majuro this week to participate in the inaugural Pacific Women Leaders Coalition Conference spearheaded by Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine. As a former resident of the Marshall Islands with life-long links to RMI, Radewagen visited with former First Lady Emlain Kabua at her residence […]
Captain Adam Streeper of the USNS Brunswick gave a top tour of his ship to members of the Mieco Beach Yacht Club Thursday, with the cruisers and friends all eager with questions about details of the ship’s equipment and operation. This followed the vessel hosting a reception at the start of the Pacific Partnership mission […]
Had the Nitijela audit public hearings been a basketball championship game, the Judiciary System would’ve been named “MVP” — most valuable player. The Judiciary team, led by Chief Clerk Ingrid Kabua, literally controlled how their audit report played out following a never-before used stunt: Ingrid provided the panel with a drawing that depicts the cash […]
The new Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) headquarters is on track for completion by the end of this year, said Pacific International Inc., which is building the new four-story facility in Majuro. Workers this week were beginning work on what will become the third floor. The new structure will feature offices on the second […]
