HILARY HOSIA Career public servant Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua was awarded “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” following a conferral ceremony at the Marshall Islands Resort last Wednesday. The prestigious honor is conferred by imperial decree of Japan Emperor Naruhito and was awarded through Japan Ambassador to RMI Soma Hirohisa. The ceremony […]
HILARY HOSIA The inclusion of traditional games and sports may be underway in the near future thanks to developments from the National Socio-Economic and Climate Summit last week. Participants of the weeklong forum appealed to traditional leaders during the Q&A session with members of the Council of Irooj. A participant from Wotho Atoll, requested on […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Trump administration’s aggressive action to deport illegal aliens is reverberating around the Pacific, with commentators from Papua New Guinea to Fiji to Tonga to Samoa warning that the arrival of dozens, possibly hundreds, of islanders deported from the US is likely to result in big negative consequences for these small islands. “Quite […]
The first training session for local carpenters and plumbers was successfully completed on Mejatto Island as part of the Addressing Climate Change Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) project. This project, led by the United Nations Development Program, aims to help the people of the Marshall Islands better cope with the effects of climate change, […]
RMI EPA General Manager Moriana Phillip warned would-be polluters of Majuro lagoon that EPA is focused on monitoring and enforcement of fines for polluters. In a social media post that included photos of EPA staff checking fishing-related vessels anchored in the lagoon and the lagoon generally, Phillip underlined the point that “EPA maintains presence in […]
The RMI’s first national marine sanctuary was officially established Tuesday evening at a signing ceremony at the International Conference Center. President Hilda C. Heine joined with Iroojlaplap Boklon Zackious, Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce Tony Muller, Utrok Nitijela Member Hiroshi Yamamura, and Utrok Mayor Tobin Kaiko in signing documents to establish the RMI’s first […]
HILARY HOSIA Majuro Atoll Local Government is launching a mandatory maritime safety course for all small boats operating within Majuro lagoon and in and out of Majuro Atoll. Satisfactory completion of the safety course will result in the issuance of the boat’s license. Boats operating without a license will subjected to penalty by MALGov. The […]
HILARY HOSIA Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana Schwenke and her small entourage were serenaded with a night of entertainment filled with hugs and plates full of food on her last day in the Marshall Islands with a farewell in her honor at the Marshall Islands Resort last Friday. Miss Pacific said she was filled with immense […]
HILARY HOSIA A decades long problem for the Majuro Water and Sewer Company — and the 20,000 residents of Majuro Atoll — is about to be eliminated following the injection of $14.9 million in US funding to replace the sewer outfall located oceanside of the MWSC headquarters in Delap. News of the long-awaited dream was […]
GIFF JOHNSON Angela Saunders, who will depart RMI at the end of this month, has helped the International Organization for Migration (IOM) grow from a small project-based operation of three short-term staff to a powerhouse organization that is engaged in multiple activities for the urban centers and remote outer islands. Angela will be moving to […]
