By Journal on December 30, 2016
fishing days, Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Koo's, MIMRA, PNA, tuna
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![Tuna tonnage is pulled out of the holds of a purse seiner during transshipment operations in Majuro Atoll recently. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Reeling in $24 million in 2017](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tuna-12-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON MIMRA looks set to pull in over $24 million from purse seine fishing in 2017 — its highest total ever. MIMRA Director Glen Joseph said nearly all of its fishing days for next year under the Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s vessel day scheme have been sold. This is anticipated to generate $23.9 […]
By Journal on December 29, 2016
Arkansas, basketball, BOMI, Jisam Kaisha, Jones Center, Majuro, Pohnpei, Ralik-Ratak, Springdale
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![Team Pohnpei won all three games it played with Majuro Baptist Christian Academy, Laura Public School and Majuro Middle School. The final with Middle School, pictured here, showed junior-level basketball at its best. Final score, in overtime: Pohnpei 77, Majuro Middle School 75. Team Pohnpei sweeps Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/basketball-12-30-2.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA I consider myself a basketball enthusiast. Whether it’s the mini-three on three tournaments at the Jisam Kaisha Basketball Court in Rita, the veterans league in Long Island, the BOMI Ralik Ratak Shootout at the SSG Solomon Sam Sports Center in Uliga or the May Day competitions at the Jones Center in Springdale, Arkansas. […]
By Journal on December 29, 2016
Allen Gale, BECA, Isaac Marty, MWSC
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![A range of people interested in water and sewer issues joined a briefing session with Majuro Water and Sewer Company officials for updates on improvements completed and in the pipeline. Photo: Isaac Marty. MWSC pushes new service options](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mwsc-12-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
ISAAC MARTY The biggest issue for Majuro Water and Sewer Company’s 20-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is the cost to provide services for customers as new infrastructure is installed and services improved. “There’s no use putting in the world’s best (water system) if people can’t afford it,” said MWSC Water and Sanitation Adviser Allen Gale […]
By Journal on December 23, 2016
Adelaide, Australia, Ebeye, Ed Bobo, KAJUR, Ozmoflo, Romeo Alfred, SWRO
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![Reverse osmosis equipment was loaded into containers in Australia earlier this month and is scheduled to arrive in Ebeye in February. Water maker on way to Ebeye](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kajur-12-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Ozmoflo depot in Adelaide, Australia was abuzz with activity two weeks ago as they prepared KAJUR’s new Salt Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant for shipping to Ebeye. KAJUR Project Unit Manager Ed Bobo said Ozmoflo built the 430,000 gallons per day SWRO plant at their facility in North Adelaide. “The plant took two days […]
By Journal on December 22, 2016
Alfred Alfred, Amenta Matthew, Anderson Kattil, Barbara deBrum, Biuma Samson, Brenson Wase, Cathy Kramer, Daisy Alik Momotaro, Daniel DW Tang, David Kramer, Dennis Momotaro, Jr., Karen Stewart, Kenneth Kedi, Ladie Jack, pig house, piggery, Rebecca Lorennij, Sherwood Tibon, Tony Muller
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![US Ambassador Karen Stewart, Barbara deBrum, Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack, Riton Jack, Minister Alfred Alfred Jr., ROC Ambassador Daniel Tang, Minister Amenta Matthew, Cathy and Senator David Kramer at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pig production to escalate](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ROC-pig-12-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
ROC Ambassador Daniel DW Tang and R&D Minister Alfred Alfred, Jr. jointly hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Taiwan Technical Mission’s new pig house last week. Speaker Kenneth Kedi, Minister Amenta Matthew, Senators David Kramer, Dennis Momotaro, Daisy Alik Momotaro, and Sherwood Tibon, US Ambassador Karen Stewart, R&D Secretary Rebecca Lorennij, Majuro Mayor Ladie […]
By Journal on December 22, 2016
58kg category, Jessida Lucero, Mattie Sasser, Sarabeth Phillips, Terry Sasser, USAW World Team, weightlifting
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![RMI’s Mattie Sasser took gold at the American Open weightlifting competition earlier this month, defeating 63 American lifters in her weight category, including American senior record holder Jessica Lucero (left) who came in second, and Sarabeth Phillips, who took the bronze. Mattie tops US lifting competition](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mattie-12-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Mattie Sasser continued her winning ways with a gold medal performance in the United States earlier this month. Competing at the 2016 American Open weightlifting competition in Orlando, Florida, Sasser’s 88kg/194lb snatch and 113kg/249lb clean and jerk for a 201kg/442lbs total broke her previous Oceania 58kg junior snatch and total records. At USA Weightlifting’s (USAW) […]
By Journal on December 16, 2016
Emperor Akihito, Emperor's birthday, Hideyuki Mitsuoka, Hilda Heine, Japan, Mattlan Zackhras, Sarah Nelson
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![Minister Mattlan Zackhras, Japan Ambassador Hideyuki Mitsuoka, President Hilda Heine, and Deputy Chief of Mission Sarah Nelson were in celebration mood as they opened the sake during the Emperor’s birthday party at Marshall Islands Resort. Photo: Hilary Hosia RMI celebrates Japan Emperor’s birthday](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Japan-Emp-b-day-12-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Although Japan will be hosting a grand celebration to mark His Majesty Emperor Akihito’s eighty-third birthday in Tokyo on December 23, the country’s foreign partners — spread across 230 embassies and consulates — have already begun celebrating. And this includes the Japan Embassy in Marshall Islands, which held a birthday party for the Emperor last […]
By Journal on December 15, 2016
Berry Muller, Feleti Teo, fisheries, fishing, Monte Depaune, Rhea Moss-Christian, WCPFC
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![Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Chairperson Rhea Moss-Christian, right, was elected for a second two-year term as chair of the regional fishery management organization. She is pictured here with Feleti Teo, Executive Director of the WCPFC, during last week’s annual meeting in Fiji. Photo: Giff Johnson. Rhea, Berry get WCPFC nod](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WCPFC-12-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Rhea Moss-Christian was unanimously elected to continue in her post as chairperson of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission for an additional two years. She chaired the regional fisheries management organization for an initial two-year term that ended at last week’s WCPFC annual meeting in Fiji. When the election of chairs for the WCPFC […]
By Journal on December 15, 2016
Amatlain Kabua, Ludwig Kumoru, May 2, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, United Nations, World Tuna Day
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![A purse seine crew off-loads their catch of tuna in Majuro Atoll for transshipment to a cannery. The United Nations last week voted to declare May 2 as World Tuna Day. Photo: Giff Johnson. UN vote confirms World Tuna Day](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/world-tuna-day-12-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The United Nations General Assembly voted last week to establish World Tuna Day as an internationally-recognized event. The event initiated by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) in 2011 has now gained international ratification for the annual celebration of tuna on May 2. The United Nations General Assembly voted without objection to ratify a […]
By Journal on December 8, 2016
Daisy Alik Momotaro, Hanna Zedkaia, Kenneth Kedi, Marshalls Christian School, Mejedrik, Rongrong
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![The residents of Rongrong in the school cafeteria. Photo: Hilary Hosia Kedi takes Christmas to Rongrong](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3-niti-speaker-12-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The torrential rain and engulfing waves did not prevent Nitijela Speaker Kenneth Kedi and his delegation from sharing the Christmas spirit with the students and staff at Marshalls Christian School in Rongrong last Saturday. The visiting group, which is a combination of Nitijela staffs, Mejedrik representatives, former first lady Hanna Zedkaia and Jaluit Senator Daisy […]