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 […]
By Journal on January 18, 2024
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Tuna transshipments in Majuro in 2023 increased over the previous year, nearly breaking the 300 mark. The year end strong with 32 transshipments in December — often a slow month, but now this past year. This included 31 transshipments to carrier vessels in the lagoon and one unloading at dock side for freezer container export. […]
By Journal on January 18, 2024
Aitab Leviticus, Arbella John, David Anitok, David Paul, Henry Hand, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Jeledrik Binejal, Jess Gasper Jr, Kalani Kaneko, Kili, Kili island, Lincoln Simeon, Majuro Water and Sewer Company, Marshalls Energy Company, MV Kwajalein, Simon Jamore, Taiwan Embassy, Tommy Jibok
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HILARY HOSIA Action speaks louder than words. This seems to be the marching order for President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet following a one-day visit to Kili Island last Friday. That day before, Thursday, the Heine administration declared a state of emergency to address the immediate needs of the Kili community, which has been experiencing […]
By Journal on January 11, 2024
Bremity Lakjohn, David Paul, Hilda Heine, Hilton Tonton Kendall, Jess Gasper Jr, Joe Bejang, Kalani Kaneko, Ota Kisino, Thomas Heine, Tony Muller, Wilmer Joel, Wisely Zackhras
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The new Cabinet lineup was confirmed Monday. It features a mix of Nitijela Members, and demonstrates how President Hilda Heine and her core supporters reached out to newly elected Members as well as those from islands that would normally be considered aligned with the Kabua traditional leadership in order to form the new government. Members […]
By Journal on January 11, 2024
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The tenuous condition of the Marshalls Energy Company’s power plants was on full display during the last days of 2023 and last week. Unscheduled power outages have been repeatedly happening in Majuro, and power rationing went into effect late last week as MEC power plant staff struggled to repair one of the large engines that […]
By Journal on January 11, 2024
David Paul, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Jess Gasper Jr, Kili-Bikini-Ejit, RMI State of Emergency
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GIFF JOHNSON The first order of business for President Hilda Heine’s new government is expected to be declaring not one, but two states of emergency: One for Kili Island, where “people are starving,” according to one Cabinet minister; the other order to put focus on Majuro’s power crisis. These moves were in the discussion stage […]