By Journal on July 7, 2022
180 pounder, Ace Doulatram, Carrie- Lynn Totha, Damine Milne, Erbiland Mandira, Ian Pickering, July Marshalls Billfish Club tournament, Kester Albert, Laszie Boy, marlin, Matan Mook, Ronnie Reimers, Rudy Aliven, Shamanda Hanerg, Sherwood Tibon, Sonny Milne, Wally Milne
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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 […]
By Journal on July 7, 2022
Hilary Hosia, Home destroyed, Jenrok, Red Cross Society, strong wind, Zilla Luther
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HILARY HOSIA Strong winds in Majuro last Wednesday left a Jenrok family homeless.“I used to sleep over there,” Jenrok elderly woman Zilla Luther pointed to where the door entrance to her home used to be. What remained of her home is a concrete slab littered with broken plywood, various household appliances and wet mattresses. The […]
By Journal on June 30, 2022
Cody Jack, Dr. Alex Pinano, Eve Burns, Gina Anuntak, Jack Niedenthal, Lemau Afamasaga, Manner Henos, MOHHS, Paul Lalita, Red Cross Society, Rodney Catilo, World Blood Donor Day
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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 […]
By Journal on June 30, 2022
Britain, Canada, Danny Wase, Fiji, Germany, Kiribati, Kwai, Locky MacLean, Mary Crowley, Ocean Voyages Institute., South Africa, The great garbage patch
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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 […]
By Journal on June 30, 2022
Australia's PACMAS program, Chewy Lin, cmi, Corinne Podger, Daniel Kramer, Dr. Ann Auman, Floyd Takeuchi, Giff Johnson, JEREMY MYAZOE, LITA FLOOD, Pacific Media Institute-, ROC/Taiwan Embassy, Samuel Barton, Telling your Pacific Story, US Embassy, USP, Wilmer Joel
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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 […]
By Journal on June 23, 2022
Compact of Free Association, Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade., First round, Giff Johnson, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kenneth Kedi, Kitlang kabua, Kwajalein US Army base, United Nation Trust Territory of the US
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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 […]
By Journal on June 23, 2022
Centers for Disease Control, Covid Vaccine for six months to five years old, COVID-19, Eve Burns, Frank Underwood, Karen Earnshaw, MOHHS, Simiko Jomuly, Vaccine
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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 […]
By Journal on June 23, 2022
Australian Embassy, Chewy Lin, Dance Competition, Daniel Kramer, Delap Park, Katrina Murray, Power 103.5FM, sixth anniversary dance, Sunwhite Rice, Team Tapa Nesians
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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 […]
By Journal on June 16, 2022
Gary Ehrsam, German International Cooperation (GIZ), GIZ, Karen Earnshaw, Low Carbon Sea Transport, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation, new maritime training facility, Raffael Held, Sea Transport Project, Uliga Dock
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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 […]
By Journal on June 16, 2022
Compact of Free Association, Covid, David Kabua, Donald Trump, FSM, Hilda Hiene, Jessica Dambruch, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Keone Nakoa, Kitlang kabua, Mike Pompeo, Palau, Pohnpei, Roxanne Cabral, US Army, US Marine Crops
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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 […]