Journal 7/16/1982
P1 Compact vote date and ballot not agreed to
President Amata Kabua said July 15 that while RepMar has set 17 August as the date for the plebiscite on the compact of free association, the decision is a joint US-Marshalls one and the decision has not yet been made.
P1 Burnett takes oath of office
Harold W. Burnett was sworn in yesterday as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands by Judge Kabua Kabua. Burnett has been serving as the Chief Justice since March when he, as the Trust Territory High Court, certified the constitutional courts of the Marshalls as ready to function. Speakers at the brief mid-morning ceremony in the High Court chamber included President Amata Kabua, Speaker Atlan Anien, Acting Attorney General Robert Greene, Presiding District Court Judge Kabua, and High Court Chief Justice John Lanham. Judge Beia Lalej was the master of ceremonies.
P8 Plan drafted
The working draft of the Marshall Islands development plan was completed and sent to Honolulu for duplication. Assembling the 444-page, 24-chapter document has been the object of about a month of intensive work by the National Planning Committee and a battery of typists. Scenes from one of the late night work sessions on the national development plan showed Marcianna Lolin and Rebecca Anjain typing, while Marie Maddison consulted with Amentha Matthew. Lomodro Jonathan revised yet another page. Jim Ley talked with Dr. Peter Corbin and Joban Makpi was typing the document. These are just a few of those that have worked on the plan.
Journal 7/19/1991
P1 Poultry project in full swing
On a recent visit to Israel, President Amata Kabua was impressed by the strides their country has made in agriculture and he, along with officials there, hatched the idea that the Marshall Islands become self-sufficient in egg production. Shavl Eilat, a farmer on a Kibutz in Beer-Sheeva, Israel, was dispatched to Majuro on a two-year contract to help the Ministry of Resources and Development to determine, once and for all, the feasibility of poultry farming in RMI. The ministry held an opening ceremony for the poultry project, which is in Laura, last Friday. “Goats, now there is an animal that would do well here,” said Eilat. Chickens and eggs, on the other hand, he’s not so certain. Oh, he’ll get them to lay eggs all right, but if you ask him his opinion about the economic feasibility of the project, he replies it will take him a year to have the answer. The problem is with the feed and shipping. Asked how long it takes for a bag of chicken feed to spoil, he chuckled. “Two weeks and the vitamins go bad. It takes two weeks for them to process the order. Another month for the feed to arrive on a ship, and it takes another two months to have it delivered to Laura.” He raised his hands in resignation. “But I know I can not make the conditions fit the poultry farm,” he said. “I must make the poultry farm fit the conditions.”
Journal 7/22/2011
P25 RMI: We won gold!
Hundreds of friends and family members turned out at Amata Kabua International Airport Friday night to welcome home the gold medal-winning Marshall Islands 15-and-under national basketball team from Pohnpei. As the team came off the plane wearing their Marshall Islands uniforms and carrying the championship trophy, it was ushered into the airport VIP Lounge, where V7AB station manager Antari Elbon was on hand, announcing the arrival live on the air to the nation. Center Kyle ‘Bollet’ Paul was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Two other players were named to the five-man all-star team for the tournament. They are Emilyo ‘Tam-Tam’ Maddison and June ‘Tokki’ Matayoshi.