Journal 9/20/1983
P1 Nitijela passes resolution that approves Compact
Nitijela voted September 20 by a vote of 21 for and five against Resolution No. 27 to approve entry into the Compact of Free Association. Coalition Party members objected to the resolution for not waiting for certification of the results by the Chief Electoral Officer.
P1 FSM submits Compact to US
President Tosiwo Nakayama called September 13 on all FSM citizens to unite behind the Compact of Free Association recently ratified by the FSM Congress and state legislators to show the US government that they are ready for termination of the UN Trusteeship as soon as possible.
P4 Fishing boat raised by diver
The Marshalls Fishing Development boat Takinal No. 2 sank two weeks ago and is now afloat again. It sank near the new bridge and boat challenge in 90 feet of water. Matt Holly, a licensed dirver, has been working on getting the boat afloat. The 40-foot boat hit the reef as it tried to negotiate its way out of the channel.
Journal 9/18/1992
P1 Benefits of a post-nuclear society
This two-headed baby turtle (pictured) from Erikub is a shining example of benefits of living in the nuclear age. The oft-quoted phrase, “two heads are better than one,” comes immediately to mind.
P1 Couch potatoes are ‘Victor’ious
Great news for the Majuro brand of couch potato — MBC is on the air! According to Victor Milne, president of the local operation, the television stations is providing service to subscribers from Rita to the bridge. “We have 12 channels,” he said.
P3 President Kabua supports Head Start
At the opening ceremonies for the first Head Start Conference on Quality, Caring and Sharing, keynote speaker President Amata Kabua expressed the RMI’s full support for the program.
Journal 9/21/2012
P1 Muller: ‘Time for action on N-issue’
September 13 was a historic day at the United Nations for the Marshall Islands. The Human Rights Council considered for the first time the environmental and human rights impacts of radioactive and toxic substances in nuclear fallout. And Marshall Islands citizens stood for the first time before this United Nations Council to offer survivor testimony on United States nuclear weapons fallout on the environment, health and life. At Thursday’s United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Phillip Muller praised Dr. Calin Georgescu for his integrity, commitment and professionalism in carrying out his mission to the Marshall Islands. Earlier in that day’s proceedings, Georgescu had presented an oral summary of his report assessing the impacts on human rights of the nuclear testing program conducted in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958. That report found that nuclear testing “resulted in both immediate and continuing effects on the human rights of the Marshallese.”
P6 105 days lost at sea
A day after watching a film about being lost at sea, Toakai Teitoi was trapped in his own ocean nightmare, drifting in a wooden boat for 15 weeks before a shark helped rescue him. The 41-year old Kiribati policeman and father of six relived his harrowing journey when he arrived in Majuro over the weekend on Marshalls 203, which rescued him last week Tuesday. Teitoi watched a film May 27 about four men from Kiribati who were lost at sea for six weeks before landing in American Samoa, and the next day he began a drift in the central Pacific that lasted for 105 days. On the 105th day, he awoke in the afternoon to sound of scratching on the hull. He said he poked his head out and looked around to see a six-foot shark circling the boat. The sound that woke him was the shark bumping the hull. As he followed the path of the shark around the boat, suddenly it swam straight off. “He was guiding me to a fishing boat,” Teitoi said. “I looked up and there was the stern of a ship and I could see crew with binoculars looking at me.”