By Journal on March 27, 2025
Aaron Langinlur, Bravo Zulu, Brian Poskaitis, Guy Theriault, Moriana Phillip, Phil Philippo, RMI Environmental Protection Authority, US Coast Guard
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A multi-agency group boarded and inspected five international vessels using port Majuro earlier this month. While it served as a training exercise for the 19 officers from five different ministries and agencies, it was also a hands on inspection that resulted in two of the five vessels being found “substantially non-compliant with international convention requirements.” […]
By Journal on March 27, 2025
Bobby Muller, excavator, Gary Ehrsam, Joseph Mika, Karen Earnshaw, LOVOL FR700F, Pacific International Inc.
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KAREN EARNSHAW After a few shipping delays, work deconstructing the capital building is now underway with a vengeance and is expected to be “completed in two months,” Pacific International Inc.’s Executive Project Manager Bobby Muller said Monday. PII brought in a big yellow “heavy excavator” to do the muscle work on tearing down the iconic, […]
By Journal on March 27, 2025
AJ Kaneko, American Samoa, Jason Sam, JR Bremen Leban, JR Leban, Pago Pago, Waylon Muller, Wilmer Joel, Wrestling Lceania Championships
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WILMER JOEL Marshall Islands wrestler JR Bremen Leban will return home next week with gold and bronze medals. JR represented the RMI in the Oceania Championships Senior Under-20 and Under-17 wrestling championships in American Samoa last week. He defeated New Zealand and Australian wrestlers to win the gold medal in the first segment of the […]
By Journal on March 20, 2025
Hilda Heine, Japan-RMI, Shigeru Ishiba
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Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met RMI President Dr. Hilda C. Heine last week during her visit to Japan. The following is from a release provided by the Japan Embassy in Majuro. He also welcomed the RMI’s participation in Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and also expressed his expectation for the RMI’s participation in the […]
By Journal on March 20, 2025
Chewy Lin, Claret Chong Gum, Miss Marshall Islands, Miss Pacific Islands, Moemoana Schwenke, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL Claret Chong Gum has taken the role of Miss Marshall Islands to new heights under her two-year reign. The Journal had a brief interview with Miss Marshall Islands during the opening of International Women’s Day in Jenrok, where she reflected on the role and how it transformed her. “It has been two years, […]
By Journal on March 20, 2025
Albon Ishoda, Andreas Pfaffernoschke, Asian Development Bank, Danny Wase, German Cooperation Agency GIZ, Immanuel Gebhardt, Juren Ae, Low Carbon Sea Transport Project, Phil P, Phil Philippo, sustainable ships
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The Marshall Islands continues to move forward in its commitment to sustainable maritime transport with the continued support of the German government. The German Cooperation Agency (GIZ) facilitated a high-level RMI delegation visit to Manila last month led by Minister of Transport Hilton Kendall. The delegation included Ambassador Albon Ishoda, Presidential Special Envoy for Maritime […]
By Journal on March 13, 2025
Claret Chong Gum, Hilda Heine, International Women’s Day, Ladie Jack, Nella Chutaro, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL President Hilda Heine called for women across the country to take action in strengthening families and communities during the opening of International Women’s Day in the Jenrok gymnasium last weekend, which featured the formal ceremony, displays from various booths, prizes, games, and other activities. “As we commemorate this important event, let us pledge […]
By Journal on March 13, 2025
Bremity Lakjohn, Bunny McDiarmid, Giff Johnson, Greenpeace, Henk Haazen, Hilton Kendall, Jeton Anjain, Mejatto Island, Ota Kisino, Rainbow Warrior, Rongelap, Uliga Dock, Waan Aelon in Majel
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GIFF JOHNSON The Rongelap community, local government leadership, national RMI government leaders, traditional and religious leaders turned out to provide a warm welcome Tuesday at Uliga Dock for the arrival of Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior III. The vessel was greeted by three outrigger canoes from Waan Aelon in Majel as it approached Uliga Dock. Then, […]
By Journal on March 13, 2025
Andrew Mejbon, Carlson Joel, Eli Lenak, Francyne Wase-Jacklick, Giff Johnson, Jaluit, RMI SAR, Sara Muir, sea ambulance, Timson Nathan, US Coast Guard
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GIFF JOHNSON The hull of the missing sea ambulance washed into the Jitoken area of Jaluit Atoll Tuesday this week, following debris from the boat being spotted Monday at Imiej Island. None of the four men on board the boat had been found as of Wednesday this week, 10 days after they departed Majuro. As […]
By Journal on March 6, 2025
Bruce Bilimon, Claire Loeak, Emily Sokimi, Isaiah Thromman, Jayson Capelle, Jesse Riketa, Julie Lorenzen Schnoor, Kino Kabua, kwajalein High School, Majuro Cooperative School, Mark Mark, Marshall Islands High School, Natalie Nimmer, Nora Bolasina, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, Raphael Pangalangan, RMI Education Week, Tebina Hicking, Wilmer Joel
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The battle of exchanging words and ideas was on display last week at the University of the South Pacific as high schools across the country vied for the Education Week/Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day debate championship. The debate competition sprung into action starting from the preliminary rounds in the morning February 27. The topic for the […]