What’s been happening around the Marshall Islands
Iroojlaplap Michael Kabua was up bright an early Saturday morning to welcome anglers to the Marshalls Billfish Club and make comments about his long-time colleague and friend Tony deBrum, who was honored by the day’s special sailfish tournament. According to a fishing results release, Billfish Club co-founder Wally Milne had suggested the club start a […]
HILARY HOSIA Human remains and munitions were discovered during excavation of the former La Bojie restaurant in Ebeye last week. Workers found what seemed like a group of skeletons and old rounds coming from a single crevice, forcing work to halt. Police were notified and people were told to keep off the site for safety. […]
GIFF JOHNSON Twenty-five Marshallese young people are mid-way through a life-changing training program — following a path that hundreds more have followed in recent past years. The Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) program operates a six-month life- and vocational-skills training program that is unlike any other in the Marshall Islands. For […]
Event designer Emelak Services is gaining popularity and nothing but great feedback following their latest event designs on Kwajalein in honor of two royal family events on Eneen Jabro and Ebeye this year. The latest being the 80th birthday celebration for Iroojlaplap Mike Kabua and Libokiang and Limwelan Kabua’s first combined kemem. Founded by Jeremiah […]
The Catholic community of the Marshall Islands held a significant and well-attended ceremony two Saturdays ago to install the new Apostolic Prefect. Rev. Fr. Tamati Alefosio Sefo, MSC, was the subject of the Eucharistic Celebration and Canonical Installation at Assumption Church March 29. Fr. Tamati is from Samoa and with this ceremony, he became the […]
“The 25,000 Hawaii residents from countries of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau who are legally allowed to live and work in the US are facing greater risk of removal if they have been arrested, charged with or convicted of certain crimes — even years after they have served their sentences in jails or prisons.” […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Almost 40 people underwent life-changing surgeries at Majuro hospital over the last two weeks thanks to a Canvasback mission that included 26 team members from the United States who were assisted by a large number of the hospital’s staff. Jacque Spence, co-founder of Canvasback Missions, was ecstatic late last week with the level […]
Law enforcement agencies in the Marshall Islands participated in a Narcotics Investigation Course from August 12-16. The course was designed to equip officers with the knowledge and skills to combat drug trafficking and keep our communities safe. It was led by experts from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Postal Inspection Service […]
HILARY HOSIA “No child left behind” has always been a slogan for the education ministry. In the case of Delap Elementary School (DES), hundreds of schoolchildren are left behind because their school has been locked shut by the landowner. The reason for the gate lockdown: The RMI Public School System (PSS) owes the landowners money. […]
President David Kabua and a delegation left the Marshall Islands Monday afternoon on a Taiwan government-chartered flight to Taipei to launch a five-day state visit. The state visit, at the invitation of the Taiwan government, will run through March 25. This is the President’s first state visit to Taiwan since taking office in 2020. Accompanied […]
