Icyang Parod, Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, along with representatives from Austronesian Forum nations, visited the Alele Museum last week. This visit provided an opportunity to delve into the results of the Council’s contributions to the “Marshallese Language Revitalization Project.” The welcoming reception and guided tour were graciously conducted by Brenda Alik, Secretary […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation has “huge ambitions” to be able to develop soccer in the RMI following the success of a series of soccer camps held recently at Delap Park. The federation’s guest soccer coach, Britain’s Lloyd Owers, told the Journal that “we now have huge ambitions to develop this further in […]
Twenty-four leaders from across the Pacific islands marked their graduation from the Graduate School USA’s Executive Leadership Development Program on August 18 in Saipan. The diverse group of program participants represented the US-affiliated islands of American Samoa (4), the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (5), Guam (3), the Federated States of Micronesia National Government […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Feeling slightly apprehensive of how the next few days would go, a family arrived at the graceful campus of Saint John’s University near Minneapolis, Minnesota, with their adopted 10-year-old Marshallese daughter. “They parked and were hardly even out of the car when the Dad turned around to see his daughter running off with […]
JESSICA STONE* Congress is reviewing a proposal from President Joe Biden to create new security guarantees for three Pacific Island states: the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. If Congress passes the Compacts of Free Association by September 30, they would provide billions of dollars of economic and security assistance for the nations and would deny […]
WILMER JOEL A young Marshallese had an opportunity of a lifetime when she met the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Jimua Abon was one of the few chosen youth to accompany the Pope to the vigil in Lisbon, Portugal, for the 37th World Youth Day. Every two to three years, the Pope hosts […]
GIFF JOHNSON The policy driving high schools to focus on educating young people to meet college requirements has been so all-encompassing that island school systems neglected the idea of preparing young people to be contributing members of their local communities whether or not they make it to college. As Marshall Islands public high schools embark […]
The Pacific Regional Loss and Damage Dialogue, hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program and Climate Analytics, brought together government, civil society, academia, NGOs and the private sector to discuss experiences with loss and damage in the Pacific region and options to address it. Loss and damage refers to the consequences of […]
HILARY HOSIA “I feel safe,” was the observation President David Kabua made when he stood between US Army Sergeant Major Lymman Beta Langijota and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Richard Anjain for a photo op Monday following the Nitijela opening. SGM Langijota and CW2 Anjain were part of the US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll delegation that flew […]
WILMER JOEL Two dozen Marshallese who finished the two-year Pacific Masters in Education program at the University of Hawaii-Manoa graduated with their master’s degrees in Education in Curriculum Studies last week at the University of the South Pacific campus in Majuro. There are two graduates who live in Ebeye and one person who lives in […]
