Power consumers money will now buy less each time they purchase cash power, following MEC’s third tariff increase over the past 18 months. The latest rate hike went into effect on February 9. It was not announced in a public way other than a post on the MEC website. While the company puts out media […]
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine called Monday’s Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day “a sacred space for remembrance – a space where we pause to reflect upon the nuclear testing years from 1946 to 1958, and a space to rekindle our memory of those who had endured and suffered the consequences of 12 turbulent years that have […]
Fourteen teams entered Saturday’s Biggest Qualifying Billfish Fishing Tournament, but the billfish went into hiding in the deep blue ocean with only two marlin being caught and released by Team Lotujo captained by Danny Paul. This results in the Jakie Jacob Memorial or Majuro Day Biggest Fish being held over to the next derby and […]
The second Enra quarterly distribution has reportedly been pushed back to the end of March — both to complete the registration process for several thousand new applicants and to vet them for actual residence in the RMI. As the Enra — or universal basic income program — is only for citizens living in RMI, a […]
The latest MIMRA grant to support local marine-related conservation work was issued earlier in February to the Bokanbotin marine protected area in Majuro Atoll. The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority’s Protected Areas Network office held a signing ceremony with the Bokanbotin MPA owners for the official activation of their $25,000 PAN Fund Award. “We congratulate […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Soccer is bubbling along in Majuro with Marshall Islands Soccer Federation officials pleased to let everyone know that Coach Bitamatang Keakea from Kiribati is on island. According to Soccer Federation officials: “He is returning to coach for MISF. He is working in Majuro Middle School and RES coaching soccer as well as SDA school. Alongside this, he […]
The Ministry of Health and Human Services in partnership with Youth to Youth in Health and WUTMI opened the first HPV Screen and Treat services at the youth program clinic in Uliga, marking an important step forward in the Marshall Islands’ goal to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat. This launch supports the […]
GIFF JOHNSON The multiple drug busts and discovery of “narco boats” washed into Pacific Islands demonstrates that the Pacific — and in particular the South Pacific — is a highway for drug distribution to Australia and New Zealand. From the beginning of January through February 12, law enforcement officials have confiscated over 14 tons of […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The evolution of Marshall Islands canoes this week reached yet another milestone thanks to a small group of people “learning from the past for the present and the future.” This philosophy is a motivating factor for Germany’s Henrik Richter-Alten, who first stepped through the doors of Waan Aelon in Majel in January, 2018. […]
The Marshall Islands Supreme Court had a busy two-day session last week, with seven appeals on the table for review by the three-judge panel. Chief Justice Daniel Cadra was joined by two Associate Justices J. Michael Seabright and Richard Seeborg. Two appeals related to Iroojlaplap Mike Kabua’s case before the High Court challenging Council of […]
