By Journal on March 23, 2023
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WILMER JOEL For the 79th Majuro Day last Friday and Saturday, the playing ground for the upcoming Micronesian Games was opened to the public for the second time. “There have been many changes throughout the year in how we practice and celebrate Majuro Atoll’s Liberation Day,” said Mayor Ladie Jack during the closing ceremony. “But […]
By Journal on March 23, 2023
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WILMER JOEL Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) from around the world are being dispatched to our islands after a three-year absence. This is big news for LDS members across the country and local missionaries who were in need of more manpower. On April 2020 around 50 LDS missionaries left […]
By Journal on March 23, 2023
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GIFF JOHNSON The Micronesian Games were postponed last week, the second time in two years for the regional sports competition to be delayed. As the July 22 opening of the Micronesian Games began to loom large — the daily countdown sign in Delap had ticked down into the 120s — it became increasingly clear in […]
By Journal on March 16, 2023
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A new dock at Likiep Atoll is nearing completion. The funding for the dock was provided by the Department of Interior through its Maintenance Assistant Program. Likiep Local Government advisor Chris deBrum estimated that the work is 90 percent complete for the dock. “Our local guys are working day and night to complete the project,” […]
By Journal on March 16, 2023
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The most pressing problem facing MEC is the construction of a replacement building to house new generators that will be installed in the first power plant, originally built in 1982. Many of the Marshalls Energy Company’s improvement plans hinge on a new power plant building to house two or three new engines that are to […]
By Journal on March 16, 2023
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WILMER JOEL Students at Marshall Islands High School are being denied entry to their classes after 8:15am. The school gate still remains open, but the school administration has advised teachers to send students home and not let them in. According to a MIHS administrator this is not a new policy and it is to discipline […]
By Journal on March 9, 2023
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WILMER JOEL To the delight of countless students across the capital city, Miss Marshall Islands (MMI) Claret Chong Gum alongside the other misses visited various schools during Education Week. They got to see firsthand the talents, skills, and creativity of the rising generation of this nation. This is the first Education Week to really involve […]
By Journal on March 9, 2023
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The Marshall Islands and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement last month for the third phase of a Marshall Islands and Pacific regional solid waste program to move into gear. The program is officially known as the Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries Phase […]
By Journal on March 9, 2023
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WILMER JOEL One of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history was observed nationwide during the 35th Nuclear Victim Remembrance Day and 69th anniversary of the Bravo hydrogen bomb test last Wednesday — March 1 — focused on the theme “kūrtiplọk” or perseverance. This annual event commemorates the devastating repercussions and injustices experienced by victims […]
By Journal on March 2, 2023
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The first mental health facility of its kind in the RMI was opened last Friday with much fanfare.Speeches, ribbon cutting and a live band last Friday afternoon at Majuro hospital highlighted the opening of the country’s first “Mental Health Iakwe Ward.” The need for a crisis holding facility at the hospital was known for many […]