GIFF JOHNSON Having lived here for a very long time — since before anyone ever heard the name National Telecommunication Authority — I thought I’d pretty much heard it all when it comes to phone and internet disruptions. Take your pick: Power outages, salt corroded copper phone lines, trucks and bulldozers driving over underground junction […]
The US Army’s 25th Infantry Division band that played around Majuro last week really made the good vibes flow. Their range of songs and great performances captivated audiences around the island, including at the College of the Marshall Islands campus in Arrak, where students and staff joined with band members for photos after the performance. […]
The Miss Marshall Islands Pageant is well underway. Since the weekend, the 13 youthful contestants engaged in a “sashing” ceremony, delivered their platform speeches and engaged in question and answer sessions, and were recognized by multiple organizations at a Marshall Islands Resort Melele Room program. The pageant will feature a parade through Majuro Thursday that […]
President Hilda Heine, Cabinet members and diplomats took a tour of the Nitijela’s new but still under construction building Tuesday afternoon with Jerry Kramer and Pacific International Inc. officials. The occasion marked completion of installation of the roof over the building, which will now allow PII to step-up its work operations to complete the interior […]
GIFF JOHNSON Anytime there are westerly winds, Majuro’s downtown area can expect to take a hit. The overnight Sunday into early Monday winds ramped up quickly, turning the normally placid DUD lagoon area into a boiling caldron of waves that upended boats, tore vessels off moorings, and beached several craft. But it wasn’t only on […]
Ten teams took part in the twenty-second Lazarus Andrike memorial tournament, which was combined with the Total Pounds Sailfish Marshalls Billfish Club carry-over fishing tournament and the Total Qualifying Pounds competition. Captain Kyle Aliven and Team Nali grabbed the spotlight on the dock for winning the TQ tourney with 191 pounds of potential sashimi and […]
GIFF JOHNSON Landfill work ongoing between Katoj Park and the airport terminal is to create space for a new parking lot at the airport and also to realign the road. The land reclamation by Pacific International Inc. at the lagoon side of the approach to the airport dovetails with the work that was launched two […]
Of all of the US jurisdictions in the Pacific Islands, the RMI is the only so-called “non-State” to be rated as meeting the expectations for Special Education compliance. “In fact,” said RMI Education Commissioner Dr. Natalie Nimmer, “we are the only one in the Pacific, even if you count Hawaii, Guam, etc.” A US Department of […]
The Australian Defense Vessel (ADV) Reliant traveled 1,300 nautical miles across the Marshall Islands from 20 May to 3 June to deliver more than 120 tons of water infrastructure cargo to four remote atolls in support of the UNDP-delivered Addressing Climate Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA+) project managed by the RMI Environmental Protection Authority. […]
The most tuna transshipments since January 2024 happened last month in Majuro, with 28 purse seiners moving their tuna catches through Port Majuro. But the even better news is that the first week of June may have set a record with 24 transshipments, nearly as many as the monthly totals for April and May this […]
