By Journal on October 19, 2023
Carmen Cantor, David Kabua, East-West Center, Ginger kabua, Jack Ading, Phillip Muller, Suzanne Vares-Lum
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GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands signed off on the Compact of Free Association Monday in Honolulu, the last of the three freely associated states to renew its Compact relationship with the United States. The signing was held at the East-West Center in Honolulu. East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum hailed the signing as an “historic agreement.” […]
By Journal on October 12, 2023
C, climate change, Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law and other Pacific members., International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Pacific Community (SPC), Rhonda Robinson.
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Climate Envoy Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner delivered a statement at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany late last month on behalf of the Pacific Community (SPC). The testimony was delivered in front of the 21 judges of ITLOS and included testimony from the Director of SPC’s Geoscience, Energy and Maritime […]
By Journal on October 12, 2023
Baha'i Church, Blue Lagoon, Chewy Lin, College of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, Irene Taafaki, Jane Taafaki-Sam, Kitlang kabua, Marie Maddison, Sultan Korean, University of the South Pacific, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL The late Dr. Irene Taafaki, the former president of the College of the Marshall Islands, was buried Sunday next to her Blue Lagoon home, close to the Baha’i House of Worship. Her life was honored with a three-day memorial service that included a candlelight vigil, funeral, and burial. Dr. Irene’s casket was transported […]
By Journal on October 12, 2023
2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Apia, Atantaake Bureka, Australia, Joshua Ralpho, Junior and U23 Championships, Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee, Mattie Sasser, Merean Atantaake, Mike Riklon, New Zealand, Philip Masi, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Takeniti Atantaake, Terry Sasser, Tony Muller
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In the first session of the 2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Junior and U23 Championships in Apia, Samoa last week, Marshall Islands weightlifters started strong with Mike Riklon winning the gold medal in the under-23 category in his 55kg (121 pounds). Not only is he now the reigning Oceania U23 Champion, but his six-for-six […]
By Journal on October 5, 2023
Carl Ingram, Charles "Akeke" Paul, Charles Paul, David Kabua, Dixie Lomae, Ginger Shoniber-Kabua, RMI ambassador
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New Marshall Islands Ambassador to Washington Charles “Akeke” Paul was sworn into office last week Monday in Washington, DC. The ceremony was conducted by High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram, who was in Majuro, through a Zoom link with the RMI Embassy in Washington. President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Shoniber Kabua attended the […]
By Journal on October 5, 2023
Amata Kabua, Clothing Mats of the Marshall Islands, College of the Marshall Islands, Irene Taafaki, jaki-ed, MaryLou Foley, Patsy Hermon, Randolph Thaman, Tamara Greenstone, University of the South Pacific
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KAREN EARNSHAWA woman who had an outsized impact on education in the Marshall Islands died unexpectedly in Majuro last week. Dr. Irene Taafaki, whose positions ranged from Secretary of Education to Director of the University of the South Pacific Campus to President of the College of the Marshall Islands, was a life-long educator who supported […]
By Journal on October 5, 2023
Australian government, Derek Taylor, Hatty Kabua, Indigenous People of Taiwan, K&K Island Pride, Kitlang kabua, Ladie Jack, Lance Posey, Majuro Atoll Local Government, MALGov, Mike Kabua, Office of Insular Affairs, Waan Aelon in Majel, WAM
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A year ago Waan Aelon in Majel lost its building to a fire. Last week, WAM broke ground for a new building that will be constructed with the help of Majuro Atoll Local Government, the United States and Australian governments, Council of Indigenous People of Taiwan, K&K Island Pride Supermarket, Iroojlaplap Mike Kabua, MISCo and […]
By Journal on September 28, 2023
Denis McDonough, Kalani Kaneko, US Veterans Administration
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Majuro Nitijela Member and retired US Army veteran Kalani Kaneko has been named by the US Veterans Administration to chair a new Congressionally-established advisory committee. In a September 13 letter to Kaneko, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough said he was appointing Kaneko as chairman of the new Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on […]
By Journal on September 28, 2023
Antonio Guterres, Climate Ambition Summit, COP28, David Kabua, Ginger kabua
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President David Kabua was among a select group of world leaders invited by the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Climate Ambition Summit in New York last week. Guterres aim for the summit was to set the bar high for “ambition” on climate action, inviting leaders of countries who had announcements to make […]
By Journal on September 28, 2023
Amata Radewagen, Bruce Westerman, Compact of Free Association, Joe Manchin, Kitlang kabua, Mike Kabua, nuclear test legacy, US Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
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GIFF JOHNSONThe absurdity of the US State Department’s position that new money under the Compact, purportedly for the Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, cannot actually be used for any purpose related to the nuclear legacy, was pointed out in a letter by American Samoa Congresswoman Amata Radewagen to the chairmen of the two committees in the […]