Pride in country and patriotism summarized the welcoming ceremony for Marshallese athletes homebound from the 9th Micronesian Games in Yap Sunday night at the Amata Kabua International Airport. Athletes, coaches and entourage received a VIP welcome from a large crowd of fans, families, friends and officials with each person receiving numerous hugs and leis as […]
HILARY HOSIA A man from Tobal, Aur braved a shark in its habitat, surviving an attack Saturday. Romie Carland, 37, was spear fishing inside what he described as a “school of fish” off the coast of Tobal when he saw blood flowing from his right arm. While Romie was registering how he was bleeding, a […]
Fifteen CMI Environmental Science students spent exactly one hour collecting trash on the beach in the Uliga area of Majuro to study how much money they could earn with Majuro Atoll Waste Company’s new “Cash for Trash” program starting soon. The program seeks to recycle plastic and glass bottles, as well as aluminum cans by […]
The 36th Annual Marshall Islands Fishing Tournament generated lots of great fishing for local and visiting anglers. Captain Randy Jack of Team Nita reeled in the largest marlin, a 347 pounder. Captain Baron Bigler of Team Li-Manbwine nipped Four X Captain Ben Reimers by a single pound to win the biggest tuna competition, with a […]
A group of students working toward their bachelor degrees at the College of the Marshall Islands have learned to build a range of devices to assist students with disabilities. This is part of the second year of the Navigating Student Success in the Pacific (NSSP) where scholars are earning a BA degree in Education and/or […]
Demonstrating the popularity of basketball in Majuro town, several dozen children in the under-13 age group turned out for a week-long basketball clinic at the CMI court. The clinic was part of the KIO Club’s Summer Brain Gain program that went into high gear following its launch earlier in June. Three RMI women’s national team […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands is watching with interest a new commercial tuna management system launched by Papua New Guinea earlier this year. The recently implemented system by PNG’s National Fisheries Authority rewards purse seiners for landing tuna to be processed on shore in PNG because this increases job opportunities at tuna canneries and processing […]
A new digital exam for students in the Marshall Islands was piloted earlier this school year for two classes of sixth graders. “The Public School System (PSS) contracted Pacific Testing Center (PTC) to build the web-based scoring program and the Android tablet-based testing program,” said consultant Hendrick Cho. “We partnered with Delap Elementary School to […]
Majuro Baptist Christian Academy held its graduation ceremony Monday, with happy graduates tossing balloons into the air. MBCA is among many high schools graduating last week and this week in the Marshall Islands. More graduation photos and stories in the June 1, 2018 edition of the Marshall Islands Journal. Photo: Kelly Lorennij.
United States Ambassador to Marshall Islands Karen Stewart awarded the US Coast Guard’s Meritorious Public Service Award to the captain and crew of FV Lomalo last week at the Marshall Islands Resort for a rescue mission in 2015 that saved 36 fishermen from FV Glory Pacific No. 8 north of American Samoa. Pan Pacific Foods […]
