EVE BURNS Life Skills Academy Student Body Government really lived up to Beyonce’s famous song “Who runs the world? Girls!” The court top officers are all girls, which may be unprecedented in public school SBG history. There are two boys in the SBG who hold sports and public relations positions. Esther Lolin, a senior who […]
A well-attended graduation ceremony last week celebrated the completion of three new boats built locally for remote outer atolls. Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) completed its fourth Low Carbon Lagoon Transport Boatbuilding Workshop. Last week’s graduation showed off the work of Timius Torelik (Namu), Waihee Hanchor (Wotje) and Job Jibok (Maloelap) […]
An unusual groundbreaking ceremony was held on Mejit Monday this week — groundbreaking for a new facility for breadfruit product production. Staff from the International Organization for Migration alongside Mejit Nitijela Member Dennis Momotaro and Mayor Almo Momotaro, traditional leaders and project partners traveled to celebrate the groundbreaking Ridge to Reef (R2R) livelihood project. The […]
An unusual discovery was made earlier this month in Majuro: A bag loaded with high-caliber bullets. To be precise, the bag of bullets was found in the small boat channel by the bridge by people swimming in that location. It was turned over to Majuro Atoll Local Police for further investigation. The bag containing hundreds […]
Marshall Islands wrestlers went to the Oceania Championships in Australia 10 days ago and did what RMI wrestlers have a habit of doing in international competitions: They brought back medals. Both wrestlers — Meinshu Peter Jiang and Ricktak RJ Iban Jr. — were competing for RMI for the first time. But the two wrestlers held […]
The Aloha Affordable Veterinary team from Hawaii spent five days on Ebeye doing what it does best: Caring for animals. The team was there from late last week through Tuesday this week. A total of 126 dogs and cats were spayed and 122 dogs neutered. Among the treated were three pets belonging to Iroojlaplap and […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Australian Embassy in Majuro marked the 20th anniversary of the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands last week by working with the local media to support a basketball giveaway contest. The contest was to honor RAMSI and the Marshall Islanders who participated in the peacekeeping mission in the Solomon Islands. At least […]
Taiwan Technical Mission’s nutritionist, Cynthia Lee, took center stage at the Sports and Extracurricular Program’s summer session earlier this month, imparting essential culinary skills and empowering middle school and elementary school students to embrace healthy dietary practices by making Taiwanese homemade dishes. The event, designed to enhance the RMI’s food security and healthy dietary habits […]
The Sports and Extracurricular Program in Majuro is running many summer programs for young people. Among those is a super successful ukulele training session at their headquarters in Delap. The smiles on the students holding their instruments says it all.
WILMER JOEL Ten high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands went to the Northern Marianas to join the Junior State of America Civics Institute Micronesia earlier this month. Nia Wase, a student at Majuro Cooperative School, was the sole RMI representative. For the second time, Northern Marianas College was chosen […]
