By Journal on December 11, 2015
Ashley Wright, Assumption, Mieco Beach Yacht Club
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The Assumption High School Band will be stepping out in style this Saturday as they take part in the annual Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. The band has grown substantially over the last year thanks in part to the enthusiasm of band leader Ashley Wright. As well as performing at Assumption talent evenings, the band […]
By Journal on December 4, 2015
Asmon Langidrik, Jr., Majuro Middle School, Winnie Benjamin
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HILARY HOSIA If you’d personify the number of years Asmon Langidrik, Jr. spent as a teacher in the Ministry of Education, Asmon would’ve been a 13-year old teen. The beloved special education teacher died last Wednesday, three hours after he reportedly left Majuro Middle School due to what his coworkers said was chest pain. He […]
By Journal on December 4, 2015
Dr. Riyad Mucadam, Island Eco
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While dozens of RMI representatives were dispatched to Paris for the two-week climate summit, the RMI’s Senior Climate Change Advisor is not among them. Oddly, too, Dr. Riyad Mucadam, the RMI’s senior climate advisor, was the only RMI government representative sent to attend the High Level Support Mechanism Meeting last month in Apia, Samoa where […]
By Journal on November 27, 2015
Cutty Wase, Dr. Hilda Heine, RMI-USP Joint Education Program, Yolanda McKay, Yolani Jerry
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HILARY HOSIA The RMI-USP Joint Education Program in Majuro graduated 17 students during its 19th award ceremony at the Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room Tuesday night. The venue was packed beyond comparison with most of the audience standing in the back through the 45-minute event. But with the lively Pacific island dance performances in between […]
By Journal on November 27, 2015
human trafficking, Jennifer Hong, Tier 3
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Concern about trafficking in persons was highlighted in Majuro last week by the visit of Jennifer Hong, the reports and political affairs officer at the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, based in Washington, DC. Hong, who oversees production of annual trafficking in persons reports for 19 Asia and Pacific nations, […]
By Journal on November 20, 2015
counting, RMI, RMI election
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Some election observers, including some in the United States, expressed surprise that the RMI is still “hand counting” votes for the 2015 national election. Yes, it’s true: hand counting has been the norm from election number one in 1979 to election number 10 this week. Given the combination of things that bedevil technology in the […]
By Journal on November 20, 2015
Dr. James Yaingeluo, Minister Phillip Muller, OIHC, Outer Island Health Center
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The Ministry of Health completed a refresher and updating medical course last week for its second group of outer islands health assistants this year. Ministry of Health’s Outer Islands Health Center (OIHC) concluded the two-week training for 25 health assistants bringing to 50 the number of outer islands health providers retrained in 2015. Dr. James […]
By Journal on November 12, 2015
Andreas Nef, Dr. Trudy Peterson, Elsevier Foundation, Greenpeace, Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal, Municipal Archives of Girona Spain, SwissPeace
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The Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal was established in 1988 with the mandate “to render final determination upon all claims past, present and future, of the Government, citizens and nationals of the Marshall Islands which are based on, arise out of, or are in any way related to the Nuclear Testing Program.” During its more […]
By Journal on November 12, 2015
College of Marshall Islands, Mark Halliday, PK Harmon, University of Guam, What Island
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“What Island,” a book of poems by former College of Marshall Islands instructor PK Harmon, is a great read for those interested in island-related thoughts. “PK Harmon meditates on the limits of the rational mind in its encounters with the mysteries of nature, chance and time,” said Mark Halliday in his foreword to the book. […]
By Journal on November 6, 2015
domestic violence, Eunice Lomwe, James Plasman, Richie Jacklick
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A complaint to the High Court this week by a woman seeking protection from an abusive partner is the eighth domestic violence case to seek court attention this year. The High Court has streamlined its procedure for handling domestic violence complaints. It allows a woman or man to come directly to a staff member at […]