By Journal on March 17, 2022
Brad Carte., Clothing Mats book, College of the Marshall Islands, Irene Taafaki, jaki-ed, Kitlang kabua, Maria Fowler, Marson Ralpho, Sallyann Alik, Susan Jieta, UNESCO, University of the Pacific
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KAREN EARNSHAW Maria Fowler opened her remarks to the crowd at the College of the Marshall Islands with the words: “You are all beautiful rainbows as I look at you” and then went on to describe the various parts of a jaki-ed also known as a finely woven clothing mats. Her words were part of […]
By Journal on March 17, 2022
Big Islands Hawaii, David Anitok, Enewetak, Enewetak Liberation Day., Jonithen Jackson, Loyd Henion, Lucinda Brokken-Anitok, Mitch Roth, US nuclear legacy
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The Enewetak community on the Big Island of Hawaii came together March 10 for a celebration and reflection on the challenges of building lives in exile from their home atoll, a former nuclear weapons test site. “People from Enewetak understand that it is not safe to return to a contaminated and radioactive home,” said event […]
By Journal on March 17, 2022
Ceremony, David Kramer, dock, Drile James Kabua, Elmi Kuli, Helenta Bejang Lari, How Bunglick, Joe Bejang, Kalani Kaneko, Laibuj Jerwan, Lee Bejang, Lib Island, Odrikawa Jatios, Risen Anej
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The small community of Lib Island celebrated the launching of the new Lib Island boat pass dock project with a groundbreaking ceremony last week. The over $1 million project will improve access to Lib, which is a single island surrounded by reef making it difficult to access the island from the ocean. Pacific International Inc. […]
By Journal on March 10, 2022
103.5, Ariana Tibon, Chewy Lin, Daniel Kramer, DJ Pat, DJ Yastamon, Goodwind Silk, Haruka Saito, Jobod Silk, Jonathen Defan, Karmelo Kabua, Kioyoshi Tadashi, National Nuclear Commission, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, Pijja Matutato, The Declassified File, Tristen Horiuchi, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL Stars were born during the first-ever theatrical play on the Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, a new approach to get the public’s attention and commemorate the March 1 Bravo test anniversary. “The Declassified File” was a National Nuclear Commission and Jo-Jikum production involving primary and secondary school casts and crews. The play was based […]
By Journal on March 10, 2022
2G and 4G systems, Bill 66, David Paul, Giff Johnson, National Telecommunications Act, Wilmer Joel
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GIFF JOHNSON The briefest amendment in the history of the Nitijela could have an outsized impact on the Marshall Islands. It is a one-word proposed amendment to the National Telecommunications Act that was introduced Tuesday this week by Nitijela Member David Paul. The one word change proposed by Bill 66 for the NTA Act is […]
By Journal on March 10, 2022
CMAC, CNMI, Dolores debrum Kattil, Emman Kabua -Tibon, Eve Burns, Florence Edwards, FSM, Guam, Iva Reimers-Roberto, John Silk, Micronesia Challenge, MIMRA, Moriana Phillip, Palau, PAN, Reimaanlok
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EVE BURNS Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority launched its Protected Area Network (PAN) office last week at International Conference Center. The PAN program vision is for a sustainable and resilient Marshall Islands where natural and cultural resources are effectively managed and conserved for future generations. Their mission to secure and enable mobilization of resources in […]
By Journal on March 3, 2022
Amata Radewagen, cmi, Compact of Free Association, David Kabua, Dina Titus, Ed Markey, Judy Chu, Katie Porter, Kenneth Kedi, Kili Bikini Ejit Community, Maynard Alfred, Mazie Hirono, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, Oronia Kinono, Pijja Matauto, Roxanne Cabral, United States.
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WILMER JOEL For nearly 30 years the Marshallese people and government have commemorated March 1 as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, an event to remember the horrors, memories, and injustice as a result of 67 nuclear testing by the United States. “Let today not be a time of shaming one another,” said Nitijela Speaker Kenneth Kedi […]
By Journal on March 3, 2022
Fisherman’s body found in lagoon, Giff Johnson, Majuro Stevedore and Terminal, Marshall Islands Police Departmen, MIFV, Rubeiariki Beriki, Vincent Tani
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GIFF JOHNSON The body of an I-Kiribati fisherman was hauled out of Majuro lagoon Tuesday morning after it was discovered during the offloading of containers from a vessel at Delap Dock.The body of Rubeiariki Beriki, 29, was discovered by Majuro Stevedore and Terminal employees who were offloading containers from a MELL container ship. The body […]
By Journal on March 3, 2022
Alson Kelen, Chewy Lin, Chris deBrum, Giff Johnson, Hirobo Obeketang, MIPD fire department, Public School System, Waan Aelon in Majel
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GIFF JOHNSON Fires have long been the scourge of Majuro and Sunday’s blaze that destroyed the Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) two-story offices and workshops proved that point.Firefighting equipment and know-how is rarely able to stop a fire in progress. The best that can be hoped for in Majuro is that […]
By Journal on February 25, 2022
Bikini Atoll, Bravo, David Kabua, Kenneth Ked, Maynard Alfred, National Nuclear Commission, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, Oronia Kinono, Roxanne Cabral
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Next Tuesday, Delap Park will be the focus of Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day events.The annual March 1 national holiday marks the day 68 years ago that the US military tested American’s largest hydrogen bomb — Bravo — at Bikini Atoll, irradiating thousands of Marshallese living downwind of the test site. Next week’s event will kick […]