President Hilda C. Heine met Monday with top US government officials who visited Majuro briefly before heading to the FSM. Heine and Cabinet members met with with Assistant Secretary of State Michael DeSombre and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Hague at the Cabinet Conference Room, as part of ongoing high-level engagement under the […]
KAREN EARNSHAW An old friend of the Marshall Islands visited our waters on Saturday, January 17. The friend is the Neptune Pacific Direct Line, which used to bring container vessels into Majuro, quit the route in 2020 but in 2026 is bringing Majuro back into its ocean loop. According to Pacific Shipping Inc. Chief Operations […]
KAREN EARNSHAW An old friend of the Marshall Islands will be visiting our waters on Saturday, January 17. The friend is the Neptune Pacific Direct Line, which used to bring container vessels into Majuro, quit the route in 2020 but in 2026 is bringing Majuro back into its ocean loop. According to Pacific Shipping Inc. […]
The Nitijela was briefed last Friday on the new RMI digital currency, known as USDM1. President Hilda Heine, in her state of the nation address to Nitijela at the January 5 opening of Nitijela, spoke about the USDM1 launch and potential benefits. Jeremy Coffey, a USDM1 representative, led the briefing. The digital currency, which is […]
Questions about the Enra (universal basic income) and END (Extraordinary Needs Distribution) programs featured prominently in the first business session of Nitijela Tuesday this week. Following the usual reports by Cabinet ministers, Nitijela members used the question and answer period for a variety of questions including several around the Enra and END program. Majuro Nitijela […]
The RMI Embassy in Taiwan co-hosted a Trade and Investment Seminar with the Taichung City Government on December 9. The event brought together government officials, business representatives, and industry partners to explore opportunities for enhanced trade and investment cooperation, in line with ongoing efforts to support sustainable economic development under the Economic Cooperation Agreement between […]
President Hilda Heine told the nation Monday that despite 2025 being a year of accomplishment, three years after the signing of the Compact of Free Association “implementation of Compact III has not yet been fully realized.” In her state of the nation speech at Monday’s Nitijela opening, the President also said bluntly that accountability was […]
A happy and sad and finally happy story developed early last week in the lead up to Christmas Day. We got a call from one of the United Airlines flight attendants during their stay at RRE Hotel in between flights to and from Guam/Honolulu. Long story short, the UA flight attendants had brought lots of […]
The Kili-Bikini-Ejit Local Government has put nearly 300 acres of land it purchased in 2019 near Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii up for sale. In 2019, one of many purchases of the KBE Local Government leadership at the time was buying 283 acres of agriculture-zone land on the Big Island. The intention was […]
GIFF JOHNSON Christmas in the Marshall Islands goes on for a while. Jeptas practice nightly in the lead up to December 25, when they showcase their dance routines, known locally as “biit,” and songs. A number of jeptas will perform in multiple churches on Christmas Day. Many more arrange special performances at churches in the […]
