By Journal on August 8, 2019
CANN, Chris Ogo, COFA, COFA Alliance National Network, David Anitok, Hilda Heine, Jesper Angelo, Kianna Angelo, Loyd Henion
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Representatives of the COFA Alliance National Network (CANN) met with President Hilda Heine late last month during a visit to Majuro to participate in the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures (APIL) meeting. Project Coordinator David Anitok and Board Member Loyd Henion, both of whom were founders of the organization, met with the President. Heine conveyed […]
By Journal on August 1, 2019
1950s, Clarence E. Takeuchi, Floyd K. Takeuchi, MIECO, MIECO building, quonset huts, Sadie Thompson
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FLOYD K. TAKEUCHI Majuro Atoll in the late 1950s defined a quiet, slightly shabby backwater Pacific port town. There were still many reminders of the war, which had ended only about 15 years earlier. Among the obvious reminders were Quonset huts, pre-fabricated half-moon structures whose skin was corrugated metal, which were commonplace. Two of the […]
By Journal on August 1, 2019
Amy Sasser, Japan, Mattie Sasser, Pan American Games, Peru, Tokyo
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Marshall Islands weightlifter Mattie Sasser, now competing for Team USA, has done it again. Earlier this week at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru she set three new American weightlifting records for her 64kg (141 pounds) weight category on her way to winning a silver medal. She came in second in a field of […]
By Journal on August 1, 2019
APIL, Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, downwinder, environment, Kelly Lorennij, Kenneth Kedi, Kiribati
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The Association of Pacific Island Legislatures met last week in Majuro, adopting a series of resolutions many of them focused on environment and renewable energy-related actions APIL wants to encourage. APIL’s membership is made up of US-affiliated islands in the north Pacific, including Hawaii, and Nauru and Kiribati. APIL expressed its support and encouragement for: […]
By Journal on July 25, 2019
Bank of Marshall Islands, Giff Johnson, Hermai Makroro, MISCO market, Patrick Chen, Ralik Ratak Fishing Company
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GIFF JOHNSON From a modest start as a retail facility for fresh fish and handicrafts, the Misco Market in Majuro continues to expand, adding a wholesale operation, food processing, local produce, and soon a sizable walk-in freezer and cold storage facility to store fish for both local and export markets. The Misco Market is a […]
By Journal on July 25, 2019
Compact Trust Fund, Government Accountability Office, Interior Department
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GIFF JOHNSON The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed this week what it and numerous others have reported earlier: Both the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia trust funds are likely to have years when there is no money to distribute after Compact grant funding ends in 2023. A new report released Tuesday this […]
By Journal on July 25, 2019
Canvasback, canvasback opthamology, Jack Niedenthal, Jacque Spence, John Carlson
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KELLY LORENNIJ Canvasback’s Opthalmology and Retinal Mission has seen over 250 patients since it opened clinic July 15. The eye team has successfully conducted over 60 eye surgeries. Patients are given primary and routine eye care, which means that while the team diagnoses and treats patients they also see to prescriptions for people who just […]
By Journal on July 18, 2019
arsenic, Ebeye, Kwajalein, Marshallese fish, PCB, reef fish, toxic chemicals
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GIFF JOHNSON “Cancer risk and non-cancer hazard are unacceptable for adult and child Marshallese residents under numerous evaluated fish consumption scenarios,” says a new 276-page report on the contamination of reef fish at Kwajalein and nearby islands of the US Army Garrison — Kwajalein Atoll. The latest US Army report confirms that fish in many […]
By Journal on July 18, 2019
Dennis Momotaro, export, Hatty Kabua, Iva Reimers, Kelly Lorennij, Radika Kumar, Rajan Ratna, Walter Myazoe
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KELLY LORENNIJ The first-ever National Export Strategy for the RMI underwent final validation late last month for finalization before informing and seeking endorsement from Cabinet. The strategy is a long-term plan that has, after intense consultation with government and private sector, identified five major sectors, which include fisheries, tourism, pandanus, coconut and handicrafts in the […]
By Journal on July 18, 2019
Bikini, Chernobyl, Enewetak, Fukushima, hot spots, LA Times, nuclear, radiation, Rongelap
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Radiation levels on Bikini Island are up to 1,000 times higher than samples from areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plant disasters, newly published research on the Marshall Islands shows. Several new studies were published Monday by the US National Academy of Sciences based on research conducted by scientists with Columbia University […]