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Guarantee of jobs for WAM trainees

Guarantee of jobs for WAM trainees

At least six Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) trainees are guaranteed jobs after they graduate on Friday, October 2, with the potential of 12 jobs being available, according to WAM Director Alson Kelen. “All of the trainees did internships during this six-month training program and this really paid off for us, […]

Shipping struggles to meet needs

Shipping struggles to meet needs

The demand is high and there are not enough ships to get passengers and cargo to the outer islands. The inability of government shipping to service outer island passenger and cargo demands has been in the spotlight this month, with schools late to start as students and teachers could not get to their schools as […]

German dies on Bikini dive trip

German dies on Bikini dive trip

A German visitor died this week in a diving accident at Bikini Atoll, the first diver to die since the former nuclear test site was opened to scuba divers in 1996. The 75-year-old diver is reported to have died Monday afternoon after he separated from a group that was diving on the World War II […]

Palau, FSM to Get Great RMI Service

Palau, FSM to Get Great RMI Service

Canvasback Missions is planning to provide five medical team visits to Ebeye and Majuro next year as it expands its services to Palau and other US-affiliated islands in the Pacific. For the first time in its over 30 years of operating in the Marshall Islands, Canvasback is expanding with its first medical mission to Palau […]

VIDEO: Producing the Journal

A rare glimpse of the Marshall Islands Journal print team in action on a Wednesday night in the Uliga print shop. Featured are Danny Mino, Tarmas Kejlat and BJ Menke. Video: Hilary Hosia

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