Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has located a mobile vehicle at Amata Kabua International Airport to monitor a rocket launch from Japan next month. JAXA is engaged in space exploration for economic development, quality of life improvements, and safety and security. It operates several satellites that monitor climate change globally, and has developed rockets to launch […]
HILARY HOSIA Christmas came early for Majuro Atoll Waste Company (MAWC). With just a push of a button, the bottle compressor machine went to work and converted eight barrels of aluminum cans and plastic bottles into a perfect rectangle similar to a giant Popsicle. The machine, along with a metal compressor, two hand lifters, and […]
The International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) will provide a $4 million loan for a new Home Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project for the Marshall Islands. The aim is to assist local residents replace the use of fossil fuels with renewable energy. The agreement was signed by TaiwanICDF Secretary General Ambassador Weber VB Shih […]
The Marshall Islands has joined with 46 nations pledging to have all their energy needs generated by renewable sources by 2050. This was among developments at the climate summit held last week in Morocco attended by President Hilda Heine, Minister in Assistance Mattlan Zackhras and a large delegation of RMI representatives. The 47 nations are […]
The burial site of the nation’s founding father, first President of the Marshall Islands and paramount chief Amata Kabua, is rarely visited by the public, and only can be visited by invitation — such was the scene last Thursday during the commemoration of President’s Day. During the occasion, which was attended by government officials, families […]
Two separate car accidents over the weekend resulted in the death of a child and left a teenager confined in a bed at the surgical ward in Majuro hospital. Hospital records said a vehicle struck 10-year old Billy Bunglick at the Jable road in Rairok. The boy was considered “DOA” (dead on arrival) upon arriving […]
A new Japan-funded classroom building on Mejrirok Island, Jaluit Atoll was the focus of a handover ceremony earlier this month. Japan Ambassador Hideyuki Mitsuoka joined with national and local government officials at the event to officially handover the school. The project was funded through the Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The […]
In the two decades since a group of Marshall Islanders trained as doctors at the Pohnpei-based Medical Officers Training Program in the 1990s, few RMI citizens have gained degrees in medical fields. But this picture will change dramatically thanks to the intake by Taiwan of a sizable number of Marshallese students to study medicine. Eight […]
How do you manage a multi-billion dollar fishery in nine distinct fishing zones with multiple nations fishing? Five years ago, it was mostly done with a hand calculator and pencil, and by transmitting data by email or fax. Today, the fishery that is generating $400 million a year to nine Pacific islands is managed by […]
HILARY HOSIA One of the challenges the Public Accounts Committee faced in the ongoing hearings is questioning an entity that had a change in leadership come in after the audit period under scrutiny. But when it came to Marshall Islands Visitors Authority (MIVA) and the Arkansas Consulate Office, entities that had the same leadership with […]
