By Journal on April 4, 2024
FFA, Forum Fisheries Agency, Junior Aini, US Pacific Fisheries Treaty
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An important milestone in Pacific Islands relations with the United States was reached late last week in Fiji with the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the US fishing fleet to operate in the Pacific for the rest of 2024, pending the formal adoption of the agreed amendments and revised text of the US […]
By Journal on April 4, 2024
Anej Ishiguro, Anmarwut Gas Station, David Kramer, Kalani Kaneko, Marshall Islands Taxi Drivers Association, Mobil
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HILARY HOSIA The cost of taxi fares in Majuro went up this week following unanimous decision made by the Marshall Islands Taxi Drivers Association over the weekend. False promises by current Majuro politicians is the root of the sudden increase, according to MATDA President Anej Ishiguro. During the campaign season, taxi drivers were summoned to […]
By Journal on March 28, 2024
Atina Shutz, Augustine Sokimi, Christophe Menkes, Doreen deBrum, Glen Joseph, International Court of Justice, Manu Tupou-Roosen, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, The Hague
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Marshall Islands Ambassador Doreen deBrum traveled to The Hague in The Netherlands last Friday to officially file the RMI’s written statement on climate change at the International Court of Justice. Ambassador deBrum also filed the Parties to the Nauru Office’s written statement at the request of the office based in Majuro. The Marshall Islands is […]
By Journal on March 28, 2024
Japan's Economic and Social Development Program, Kalani Kaneko, RMI Sea Patrol, Tanaka Kazunari
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Japan is supporting the ongoing Sea Patrol Headquarters project in Delap with a multi-faceted grant which is worth over $6 million. The grant was confirmed by a signing of an Exchanges of Notes last Thursday by Japan Ambassador Tanaka Kazunari and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kalani Kaneko. The first part of the project is $1.3 […]
By Journal on March 28, 2024
CCB Envico, Jack Chong Gum, Jeremy Farrington, Joemar Development, Majuro Fuel Tank Refurbishment project, Marshalls Energy Company, Pacific Energy Projects Limited, Steve Wakefield, Turquoise Projects
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The Majuro Fuel Tank Refurbishment project, funded in part by both Marshalls Energy Company and the Asian Development Bank, is well underway. For many Majuro residents, the glimpses they can see driving by the MEC power plant and tank farm include a 180-foot tall boom crawler crane and scaffolding surrounding three tanks currently being worked […]
By Journal on March 21, 2024
Beau Bigler, Brenda Bolear, Cathlynn Tawe, Chewy Lin, Eugene Muller, Juliam Abija, Life Skills Academy, LSA, Madeline Eknilang, Marshall Islands Fishing Venture, MIFV, Pacific Island Tuna Provisions, Rina Joab, Samantha Kies-Ryan, Veronica Jelkan, Wilmer Joel
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It’s a wrap! Local filmmaker and photographer Chewy Lin and his team recently finished filming a FISH4ACP film in collaboration with students from Life Skills Academy in Majuro. “We are so proud of our Life Skills Academy students who graduated from our media training with Chewy Lin and Wilmer Joel,” said Samantha Kies-Ryan, a member of […]
By Journal on March 21, 2024
Bravo test, Daigo Fukuryu Maru, Fukushima, Giff Johnson, Lucky Dragon No. 5, March 1, Rongelap, Setsuko Shimomoto
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GIFF JOHNSON Setsuko Shimomoto is an unusual advocate for a little known nuclear exposure problem. She didn’t discover that her father had been exposed to Bravo hydrogen bomb test fallout while fishing in the waters of the Marshall Islands until over 30 years after the 1954 Bravo test, and then only because a high school […]
By Journal on March 21, 2024
Amatlain Kabua, Chewy Lin, Ebon Atoll, Hilda Heine, John Silk, Kalani Kaneko, MoFAT
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The appointment resolution for former Nitijela Member John Silk as Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United Nations was introduced in Parliament Monday. Parliament members unanimously passed the resolution without contest to appoint the former Ebon Parliament Member to the UN post. Silk has been a special consultant to President Hilda Heine since she took office […]
By Journal on March 14, 2024
Brenda ALik, Claret Chong Gum, Eve Burns, International Women's Day, Jenrok sports field, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, KIJLE, Neijon Edwards, Rosalia Mottelang, Sai Turaga, Takbar Ishiguro
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EVE BURNS The Marshall Islands joined countries around the world in celebrating International Women’s Day, honoring the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day serves as a call to action for gender equality and also highlights the accomplishments of women. The theme for this year was ‘women for prosperity and harmony.’ The […]
By Journal on March 14, 2024
Ann MacDonald, APIC, Association for Promotion of International Cooperation, Bryant Zebedy, Giff Johnson, Jack Chong Gum, James Myazoe, Japan Embassy in the Marshall Islands, Jikit Rufus, MIMRA, Nover Juria, Toshinori Shigeie, Won Hai Shien
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The President of Japan’s Association for Promotion of International Cooperation led a delegation to Majuro in late February, hosting Marshall Islands participants of APIC programs to a reunion dinner. Japan Ambassador Toshinori Shigeie, APIC’s president, presided over a dinner at Won Hai Shien for a mixed group of local people who had attended various APIC-sponsored […]