GIFF JOHNSON The first of two new American-made aircraft — the Cessna SkyCourier — arrived last Thursday and was officially blessed at the AMI hangar Monday morning. The plane was hailed as a model of cooperation among the Marshall Islands, Taiwan and the United States. “For many, this may look like just an aircraft,” said […]
Over the weekend at Bokanbotin Island, a new marine science education program offered students a rare opportunity to engage directly with ocean science in a hands-on, field-based setting. In a country completely surrounded by the largest ocean in the world, the program highlighted both the natural advantage of place and the existing gap in formal […]
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Rita Elementary School on April 13, marking the start of construction for new Early Childhood Education classrooms at both Rita and Ajeltake Elementary Schools. The event, held during the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Week opening ceremony, also signaled the start of work on the PSS Early Childhood Development storage […]
After going through multiple laws that never properly regulated the importation of betel nut into RMI, Nitijela has redone the law once again — but this time making it legal to import the nuts and establishing a system for taxing these imports. The Betelnut Amendment Act of 2025, endorsed earlier this month by Nitijela, states […]
Every day in Majuro since early April has featured softball, volleyball and basketball games as part of the Constitution Day sports competition. But this past Saturday belonged to the canoe paddlers. They turned out in large numbers for a series of races that may have left the audience on the lagoon shore by Marshall Islands […]
As the US-Israel led war against Iran continues to play out, fuel prices in Majuro keep going up and up. The latest increase was seen Monday at the PII fuel station. It still remains the lowest-priced fuel on island, but since the beginning of March, PII’s diesel price has skyrocketed by $1.75 per gallon.Similarly, the […]
GIFF JOHNSON Majuro is soon to see a development in the construction industry that has never happened before. Pacific International Inc. is facing both shipping delays for key components of the under-construction new Nitijela building and a daunting deadline of August to complete the building for the next parliament session. It has already been operating […]
GIFF JOHNSON Expansion of services is happening in a health program that has often been ignored or put on the back burner when the government budgets are allocated. I’m talking about the Human Services/Mental Health program at the Ministry of Health and Human Services.Over the past decade, the program has variously suffered from relatively little […]
GIFF JOHNSON Kramer Dock took front and center for a tour by the visiting Taiwan business delegation last week. The tour of fishery operations at the dock following briefings by the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority and Pacific International Inc. about the readiness of the fisheries sector for partnerships with interested investors. “At MIMRA, we […]
Long-term Nitijela Member David Kabua was sworn in as President in early January 2020 at one of the most consequential moments in Marshall Islands history: The intersection of a massive disease spread and the specter of a new, unknown virus threat coupled with the huge challenge of navigating negotiations with the United States for a […]
