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 […]
By Journal on September 21, 2023
30 students, certificates, College of the Marshall Islands, Elizabeth Switaj, Eve Burns, Irene Taafaki, Julius Lucky, National Training Council, National University of Fiji, SSG Solomon T. Sam Basketball Court, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
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EVE BURNS After finishing the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), popularly known as Summer Boot Camp, 30 students were awarded certificates Wednesday. The eight-week TVET focuses on automotive, electrical, and welding instruction. The camp is an initiative between the College of the Marshall Islands, the Productivity Center at the National University of Fiji, […]
By Journal on September 21, 2023
Asia Foundation, attorney general, Hilary Hosia, Human Trafficking cases, Lometo Philippo, MIMRA, RMI government+, US Embassy
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A low-key launch by the Attorney General could have big implications for oversight of trafficking in persons. Last week, US Embassy officials joined with representatives of the Asia Foundation and the Attorney General’s office for the official launch ceremony of RMI’s Legal Case Management System for Human Trafficking cases. The launch was emceed by Assistant Attorney […]
By Journal on September 21, 2023
Glen Joseph, Global Climate Fund, Laurence Edwards II, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Micronesian Conservation Trust, MIMRA, Willy Kostka
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The Micronesia Conservation Trust took a significant step toward bolstering climate resilience in the Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States with the signing of climate-related subsidiary agreements on last week. These agreements were linked with the Palau Protected Areas Network Fund and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) to serve as executing entities for […]
By Journal on September 14, 2023
Benetick Kabua Maddison, Carlnis Jerry, Darlene Keju, Edison Maddison, Lori Dean, Marcina Langrine, Marshallese Education Initiative, Mona Kabua, Phillip Kabua
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WILMER JOEL Marshall Islands nuclear test legacy activist Benetick Kabua Maddison visited his native country for the first time in 22 years while on a brief business trip with the Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI). Benetick is the executive director of the MEI, a non-profit based in Springdale, Arkansas, founded in 2013 to assist Marshallese in […]
By Journal on September 14, 2023
Ben Kiluwe, Brenda ALik, Hikoyuki Ukai, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs, Shimizu Daisuke, Tatsumi Tomoyuki
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HILARY HOSIA Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs held a one-day electoral seminar at the International Conference Center Tuesday. The unique seminar, according to MOCIA Secretary Brenda Alik, is the first of its kind — “there hasn’t been a training conducted in this level,” Brenda said in her opening […]
By Journal on September 14, 2023
John Phillips, Liwatoon Mour, Pacific Partnership Program, Robert Maddison
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The US Navy’s Pacific Partnership program will visit the Marshall Islands for two weeks later this year. The visit by the US Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy will bring 700 sailors, doctors, nurses and others to the RMI starting October 30 who will be engaged in providing healthcare, renovating two elementary schools, conducting a disaster […]
By Journal on September 7, 2023
CMI Upward Bound, Maloelap Atoll, Rubon Benjamin, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOELOur adventure continues through the vast, majestic ocean and takes us to an island that is historically significant, scattered with World War II remnants and surrounded by alluring islets. Maloelap Atoll, which literally means the great ocean, has a land area of only 9.8 square kilometers. But that modest land area encloses a lagoon […]