Tuesday afternoon, 11/17/15 update from the ICC national election headquarters: Hilary Hosia reporting live from the ICC By 1:30pm Tuesday 11/17/15, a majority of Majuro regular votes have been tabulated. Here is the updated, still unofficial “regular” vote total results with the following wards included: Aenkan, Rongrong, Iolap, Lobat, Lomar, Woja, Ajeltake, Rairok and Uliga […]
Tuesday morning, 11/17/15 update from the ICC national election headquarters: Tabulation of 2015 RMI national election in full swing at ICC in Majuro, Tuesday morning November 17, 2015. Multiple Majuro wards being counted now, with 5 of 13 regular ward counts complete. Jaluit absentee from Majuro just starting. First photo shows Jaluit poll watchers and […]
The El Niño “pendulum” began its long swing back late last month, plunging Majuro and the RMI into the beginning stages of a drought. This does not mean RMI is safely out of the bad weather cycle that has surged around the country throughout the summer. But as the weather system shifts, the RMI has […]
The visit to Majuro this week by a New Zealand team reviewing commercial tuna management schemes highlights a growing debate between the eight PNA members and distant water fishing nations. The conflict centers on whether “catch limits” are better than “effort limits,” which is what PNA uses to manage the skipjack tuna fishery. Effort limits […]
GIFF JOHNSON Elections here difficult to predict. While we’ve seen community discontent expressed in various ways concerning declining government services over the past few years, this discontent at the national level doesn’t necessarily translate to votes at the atoll level, which are usually according to family ties. Then there is a potentially huge offshore vote […]
The RMI government wants to ramp up anti-corruption efforts here, a member of the Auditor General’s office told a global meeting last week in Europe. Full engagement with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and its country review process has helped to develop the Marshall Islands government’s anti-corruption program, one of the nation’s UNCAC […]
Reef fish throughout the Kwajalein lagoon are contaminated with toxic pollutants which sharply increase risks of cancer, learning disabilities and other health impacts on consumers, said the RMI EPA this week. Two key US Army draft reports presented to RMI late last year conclude that because Marshallese eat the “whole of fish,” and eat a […]
Marshall Islands Ambassador to Taiwan Frederick Muller presented his diplomatic credentials to ROC President Ma Ying-jeou late last month to officially launch his term as RMI envoy in Taipei. “I can say now that I finally am settled in Taipei after presenting my credentials to President Ma,” said Muller. Muller was RMI’s ambassador to Fiji […]
HILARY HOSIA The European Union and the Japan Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project injected a total of $600,132 to Ailinglaplap for a causeway project in Woja and two 20,000-gallon water catchments in Woja and Buoj islands — projects that were the subject of ribbon cutting ceremonies and visits by President Loeak and a […]
GIFF JOHNSON Years of painstaking research into alternative energy options in Japan have produced working prototypes that could lead to a large-scale reduction in use of fossil fuels in Japan and Pacific islands. As countries of the world prepare to convene in Paris at the end of November for a pivotal climate action summit, officials […]
