What’s been happening around the Marshall Islands
A partnership between two government ministries is opening opportunities for families to access autism screening for their children and follow up support for their needs. The Ministry of Health and Human Services and the Public School System last week formally launched the country’s first National Autism Referral System and Database, aimed at improving support for […]
Airport parking is a mess and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future as construction gets moving on what is now the “former” parking lot. With the main parking lot at Amata Kabua International Airport fenced off as of last week, airport customers are parking just about anywhere they can find a space. […]
GIFF JOHNSON Bank of Marshall Islands teller operations and the loan department moved out of the main branch three weeks ago and remain displaced due to fuel odors pervading the bank from leakage at the nearby RRE gas station. “The source of the BOMI odor incident is confirmed as a leak in RRE’s underground fuel […]
A new solar structure that could save the Marshall Islands Resort thousands of dollars a year in electricity costs is nearing completion in the hotel’s parking lot. The project is funded by the Taiwan government and is overseen by the RMI National Energy Office. Local firm Green Energy Solutions is performing the construction and installation […]
KAREN EARNSHAW A Marshallese delegation led by Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs Jess Gasper attended an important United Nations meeting on the rights of people with disabilities in Geneva, Switzerland this month. The event was the thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in a media release the […]
The US-Israel assaults on Iran and Iran’s response have set world fuel prices skyrocketing. Fuel stations in Majuro — both the Mobil-supplies stations and Pacific International Inc. — raised their prices two times in the past three weeks. The Mobil stations went from under seven dollars per gallon for both gas and diesel to $7.65 […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The month of March is Women’s Health Month, as designated by US Congress in 1987 to recognize the importance of supporting women’s physical, mental, and emotion well-being. So it is fitting that Canvasback Missions brought a women’s health team to Majuro this month. The first members of the team arrived in Majuro on […]
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 […]
