By Journal on December 30, 2021
Apple Store, Carlon Reiher, Daniel Kramer, Google Play, Guam, Guam and Federated States of Micronesia, markets, Six9Too Productions company, Uber-type, Wellness Center, Wiahut
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GIFF JOHNSON The first online purchasing and delivery app has been launched in Majuro.The new app combines internet-based orders to local restaurants and retail stores with delivery service in the Marshall Islands capital. The new app — wiahut.com — has been several years in the making and is the brainchild of Daniel Kramer and his […]
By Journal on December 30, 2021
Covid, Gaafar Uherbelau, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Kino Kabua, Kwajalein, Palau, RMI’s National Disaster Committee, US Army base, USAG-KA
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GIFF JOHNSON New Year’s fireworks will happen this weekend at the US Army base at Kwajalein after the RMI’s National Disaster Committee waived quarantine requirements for a technical team that arrived Tuesday this week to set up and operate the display. The Army asked for and was granted an exemption from the one-week Hawaii quarantine […]
By Journal on December 23, 2021
32nd annual Christmas parade, Majuro Atoll Local Government, Mark Stege, Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce, Pan Pacific Foods, Santa Claus, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL Santa hit town last Saturday to the delight of thousands of Majuro residents. Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce 32nd annual Christmas parade in collaboration with Majuro Atoll Local Government brought Santa Claus to life, with candies by the thousand tossed out from the 13 decorated floats. The floats were supported by community based […]
By Journal on December 23, 2021
David Kabua, fisheries, Glen Joseph, John Silk, Kiribati, Les Clark, Ludwig Kumoru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, PNA, PNAO, Sangaa Clark, tuna, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission annual session, which concluded on December 6.
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New PNA Office CEO Dr. Sangaa Clark, her husband Les Clark and MIMRA Director Glen Joseph made a courtesy call on President David Kabua and his Cabinet members earlier in the month. The RMI is playing two roles in relation to the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, said Joseph: As a member of the PNA […]
By Journal on December 23, 2021
Brek Batley, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, Laitia Tamata, Sana Tarbwijen, WAM, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOELWaan Aelon in Majel (WAM) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (the German international development agency known as GIZ) organized a closing ceremony of the Low Carbon Sea Transport Inside-Lagoon Boat Workshop last week at WAM compound. For the workshop WAM and GIZ partnered up with the local governments of Kwajalein, Ujae, Lae, […]
By Journal on December 16, 2021
Brek Batley, census, EPPSO, Fred deBrum, Samelda Leon, Wilmer Joel
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GEOVANNIE JOHNSON EPPSO director Fred deBrum revealed last week that the RMI 2021 census is “basically done.” His teams of enumerators continue to finish up a few follow-ups with households they missed in the first go-around. But this isn’t expected to change the numbers greatly.EPPSO plans to have a full written report on the census […]
By Journal on December 16, 2021
Chantelle Rogers, Damien Filemoni, Delap Park, Dilia Mares, Elbert Bejang, Emosi Meitokana, Eve Burns, Gade Maitokana, Ijo Langkieo, Internal Affairs, Jeki Lanki, Jimmy Riklon, John Alefaio, Jubelee Ishiguro, Kania Jack, Kessai Note, Micronesian Legal Services, Miman Akira, Nathan Whippy, National Olympic Committee, Otto Keju, Peter Filolita, red cross, Rose Burns, Sakeo Tomo, Silia Peter, Tony Kabua, Viliame Osbourne, WUTMI, Yanche Wang
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EVE BURNS Although the closing of the 16 Days of Activism already happened November 10, it did not stop the National Olympic Committee, Red Cross, WUTMI, Micronesian Legal Services, Internal Affairs and Minister Kessai Note from hosting and attending a series of events last Saturday at Delap Park. Red Cross presented awards for volunteers who […]
By Journal on December 16, 2021
Bernard Adiniwin, Elson Wilson, RMI passports
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It is currently impossible to get a new Marshall Islands passport and there is no telling when the service will be restored. The Marshall Islands Passport Division at the Attorney General’s office has been unable to generate passports since its equipment broke on November 25. This was the point that the office determined “there was […]
By Journal on December 9, 2021
Ben Reimers, David Kabua, Ejit, First Presidential visit, Ginger kabua, Gospel Day, Kessai Note, Kili-Bikini-Ejit Local Governmen, Mary Note, Petersen Jibas, Protestant Church, Tim Mea, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Kabua were welcomed island-style this past Sunday in the first-ever official visit by a President of the Marshall Islands to Ejit Island. They were both joined by Minister of Justice, Immigration, and Labor Kessai Note and his wife Mary, and Nitijela Vice-Speaker Peterson Jibas who arrived […]
By Journal on December 9, 2021
Amata Kabua International Airport, Chewy Lin, Dr. Murray Ford, Ebeye, Federated States of Micronesia, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Majuro, Sea Level Rise
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GIFF JOHNSON Ocean and lagoon water flooded the lowest lying areas for three straight days throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia this past weekend and Monday, causing sparse damage but requiring big cleanups in their wake. The road by Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro was halted periodically by incoming waves […]