By Journal on February 8, 2024
Air Marshall Islands, Asterio Appi, Bremity Lakjohn, Chewy Lin, Kenye Mike, Nauru Air Corporation
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The idea of Honolulu air service has been discussed within the Marshall Islands Cabinet-appointed Aviation Task Force, as well as with Nauru Airlines officials, for a number of years. Minister for Nauru Air Corporation Asterio Appi and Minister in Assistance to the President of the Marshall Islands Bremity Lakjohn signed an air services memorandum of […]
By Journal on February 8, 2024
Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Charles Dickens, Gary Erhsam, Ilona Bito, Karen Earnshaw, Marshall Islands High School, Oliver!, Rehearsal
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KAREN EARNSHAW Rehearsals for the musical Oliver! are in full swing and going well at the Marshall Islands High School library each weekday afternoon and on Saturdays and we hear that the construction and painting of the sets is also coming along nicely. Producers Professor Andrew Garrod and Bonny Taggart and the rest of the […]
By Journal on February 8, 2024
Andrew Morgan, Connie Livai Jr, Elaisa Riklon, Ernest Miller, Hilary Hosia, Hirobo Obeketang, jobwa, Kilinwojke Kabua, Kitlang kabua, Kwajalein, Mike Kabua, Mike Sakaio, Operation Flintlock, Shimiko Chong Gum, Stacey Morgan, US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll, USAG-KA
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HILARY HOSIA The remains of a fallen US service member believed missing since World War II in the Marshall Islands was finally homebound last week following the official handover by the US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) at the Richardson Theater last Friday. The development was one of the many highlights during the four-day celebrations in […]
By Journal on February 1, 2024
Berry Muller, Bubu Kia, Bwiji Aliven, Cary Evarts, Damien Milne, Hangloose, James Myazoe, Jojo Kramer, Kirtake, Kooki Pinho, Larry Hernandez III, Nali, Robin Reimers, Ronnie Reimers, Te'a Lilly
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Six teams left the calm of the lagoon in the early hours of Saturday morning to compete in the Marshalls Billfish Club’s Catch 5 fishing derby: Kirtake, Hangloose Jacqueline, Nali, Jambo and Te’a Lilly. Of the six, two teams managed to bring onboard the required species with Captain Ronnie Reimers and the team on Kirtake […]
By Journal on February 1, 2024
Ailinglaplap, Bikareej, high surf, International Federation of Red Cross, Jung Pak, Lance Posey, Marshall Islands Red Cross Society, National Disaster Management Office, Rearlaplap, Red Crescent Societies, RMI government, Roi-Namur Island, US Army Garrison
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In addition to Roi-Namur Island and islands in Ailinglaplap, several islands in Arno Atoll were blasted by high waves during the flooding January 20. Bikareej and Rearlaplap were particularly hit with ocean inundation, that tossed rocks, coral and debris onto the islands and damaged many houses and other facilities on the islands. The RMI government […]
By Journal on February 1, 2024
airport reservoir, Damian Capelle, El Nino, Eve Burns, fresh and salt water service, generators, Japan, Majuro Water and Sewer Company, MEC, Rita to Laura, United Nations Development Program
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Back up generators to power fresh and salt water service in Majuro are soon to be installed so that service can continue despite ongoing power outages, the general manager of the water company says. Majuro Water and Sewer Company GM Damian Capelle got out in front of the problem last year by ordering back up […]
By Journal on January 25, 2024
Ailinglaplap Atoll, David Paul, Deltares, flooding, Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands National Weather Service, Mike Brantley, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Roi-Namur, supercharged waves, University of Hawaii, US Army, US Geological Survey
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GIFF JOHNSON Offshore storm surges supercharged waves Saturday night, causing flooding and some damage at Roi-Namur Island in Kwajalein Atoll, resulting in evacuation of 80 people from the island. Flooding caused by the waves also hit an airport at Ailinglaplap Atoll, leaving rocks, coral and debris in their wake that will keep the runway closed […]
By Journal on January 25, 2024
David Paul, El Nino, Hilda C. Heine, Majuro Water and Sewer Company, Marshalls Energy Company, Power emergency, RMI National Disaster Management Organization
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The new administration of President Hilda Heine announced two weeks ago that it was intending to declare a state of emergency for the power situation in Majuro. This week, several days after President Heine highlighted the power problem in her inauguration speech at Nitijela Monday, the government moved ahead with this plan. “We are now […]
By Journal on January 25, 2024
Amata Radewagen, Carl Ingram, Carmen Cantor, Chantale Yokmin Wong, Erika Moritsugu, Henry Hand, Hilda Heine, Joe Biden, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Surangel Whipps Jr., Tommy Kijiner Jr., Wesley Simina, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL President Hilda Heine and her cabinet were formally inaugurated on Monday January 22 inside the Nitijela Chamber. Top dignitaries from the Pacific, Asia, and North America attended the inauguration. In her first second-term address to the nation as president, Heine outlined the goals of her administration in steering the country towards prosperity and […]
By Journal on January 18, 2024
Bremity Lakjohn, Clarence Luther, Francyne Wase-Jacklick, Iva Reimers Roberto, Japan Embassy, Jefferson Barton, Junior Patrick, Moriana Phillip, Namdrik, Tanaka Kazunari, Thomas Heine, Wisely Zackhras
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EVE BURNS Japan Embassy kick started the year with many completed projects and more on the way. Ambassador Tanaka Kazunari handed over four boats to Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) General Manager Moriana Phillip last Thursday. The boats are 37 feet long. Witnessing the ceremony were Minister in Assistance to the President Bremity Lakjohn, Auditor General […]