News Archive

Brits Too wins MBC title

Brits Too wins MBC title

This year’s July Marshalls Billfish Club tournament featured six marlin caught over the two days of fishing. But not one broke the 200 pound mark, with MEC’s Brits Too taking the marlin title with a 180 pounder. This is the second smallest winning marlin in the 40-year history of MBC July tournaments. The smallest winner […]

Saving lives in Majuro

Saving lives in Majuro

EVE BURNS Many lives at Majuro hospital will be saved as a result of people’s action last Friday showing up to an event outside the Wellness Center. This is not newspaper hyperbole and one of the hospital’s nurses explained why it is true. Nurse Gina Anuntak told the dozens of people gathered for Blood Donor […]

Kwai on ocean cleanup

Kwai on ocean cleanup

KAREN EARNSHAW Crew of the Marshall Islands’ vessel, the SV Kwai, are taking part in a bid to remove many tons of plastic garbage from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.  The Ocean Voyages Institute has chartered the Kwai from the Marshall Islands Shipping  Corporation and, according to the institute’s website, it set sail from the […]

Telling my Pacific story

Telling my Pacific story

A group of 16 — a combination of people working in non-government media and students — participated in a two-week media training in Majuro called “Telling Your Pacific Story.” It featured the involvement of experienced media professionals — Floyd Takeuchi and Dr. Ann Auman — from Hawaii — and Corinne Podger — from Australia who […]

US-RMI seek quick deal

US-RMI seek quick deal

GIFF JOHNSON United States and Marshall Islands leaders said after completing the first round of talks last week that they hope to complete negotiations to renew provisions of an economic and security treaty by the end of this year or early next year. Washington sees extension of funding packages under compacts of free association with […]

Child vaccine rollout in July

Child vaccine rollout in July

KAREN EARNSHAW The Ministry of Health and Human Services will begin providing the Covid-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years on Friday July 15, according to RMI Director of Public Health Dr. Frank Underwood. This follows approval of the vaccines for young children by the US Food and Drug Administration late last […]

Dance contest a blast

Dance contest a blast

The Power 103.5FM sixth anniversary Dance Competition at Delap Park did exactly what Daniel Kramer said in his speech over the weekend: Connect the community together. “I’m very happy to see that tonight represents what we created Power 103.5 for,” Kramer said towards the end of the grand show. Kramer said one of the many […]

Majuro maritime center grows

Majuro maritime center grows

KAREN EARNSHAW The construction of the maritime facility next to Uliga Dock kicked off in January: Six months later, one of the project organizers, Raffael Held, told the Journal “the construction of the maritime training complex, which is next to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s office, is making good progress.” The main purpose of the […]

Friendly starts to compact talks

Friendly starts to compact talks

GIFF JOHNSON Nearly three years after the first in-person preliminary discussions were held between the US and the Marshall Islands for a third funding agreement in the Compact, negotiations resumed again this week with a two-day meeting at Kwajalein. The negotiations stalled after these first discussions were held in Pohnpei between President Trump’s Secretary of […]

1 39 40 41 42 43 150