Journal 12/4/1987
P7 Crush of the crowds
Gibson’s looked like downtown Manhattan at rush hour on Monday night during a special late night sale at the Delap store. Plenty of bargain hunters turned up for the sale.
P18 ‘Schools a failure’
The Marshall Islands education system is a “conspicuous failure” and has “never worked,” reported Marshall Islands Washington Representative Wilfred Kendall to a US Congressional committee in late November. “For as far back as anyone can remember, the education system of the Marshall Islands has been a conspicuous failure — it is an expensive imitation of the K-through-12 American education system and it has never worked,” he said.
P18 Ivy leads Brand-X to stunning 2-game lead
Underdog Brand-X stunned Ace in the first two games of the best three-of-five series, 57-53 and 41-38. Ace’s inability to shut down tall Brand-X leading scorer Ivy Shoniber has proved their downfall in both games. He scored 34 points in the two games. The date for the third game was uncertain because lights at the MIHS gym are again not working.
Journal 12/3/1999
P1 Ministerial meltdown as opposition dominates
The results of off-island postal absentee votes counted Tuesday in Majuro confirmed the meltdown of what was once the government majority party: Five of six Cabinet ministers seeking re-election lost their seats, according to the final but still unofficial election results. Though a number of results have been contested or recounts requested, the 1999 national election will go into the record books as the first time in history that Marshall Islands citizens voted to oust a sitting government.
P3 DOE: Enjoy life on Utrik
A radiation dose assessment of Utrik Atoll published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in October says that there is no risk to the population from nuclear weapons-era fallout. “The radiological dose on Utrik Atoll today from weapons-related radionuclides is very low and of no consequence to the health detriment of the population,” the report said.
P8 Two for one
It’s hard to get upset at initiative, particularly when you get two for the price of one, although Majuro residents used to MEC’s power outages following a schedule were a bit miffed Tuesday. Consumers wondering why an announced two-hour outage Tuesday turned into a four-hour blackout may be happy to know that it wasn’t because the connection from the new plant to the town feeder 2 system took longer than planned. It was, said MEC General Manager Billy Roberts, because distribution head Jakie Jacobs decided to get two jobs done for the price of one by completing installation work on an underground cable near Kirt Pinho’s construction yard. Roberts said that Jacobs pointed out that now it won’t be necessary to plan another outage for fixing the Uliga cable.
P11 Originals
Jakon Rilang and Tijo Jo, as the only two Gibson’s employees who started working when the company opened for business 15 years ago, had the honor of cutting the anniversary cake on Tuesday. Jakon is the assistant division manager for soft goods and Tijo is a shipping specialist.
Journal 12/3/2010
P4 No control of aliens in RMI
Immigration officials at Amata Kabua International Airport do not strictly enforce visa and paperwork requirements for all aliens entering and leaving the Marshall Islands, a representative of the Attorney General’s office told the High Court Monday. Chief Justice Carl Ingram expressed surprise at an Attorney General’s office request for high bail to prevent a defendant from leaving the country, saying all departing passengers must pass through immigration at the airport. Don’t immigration officers come under the AG’s office authority? asked Ingram. AG’s office head prosecutor Soye Brown said it is true that immigration is under the AG’s office, “but in practice we don’t have oversight of people leaving the Marshall Islands.” Ingram was incredulous, questioning Brown as to immigration procedures at the airport. Brown said there are “some handicaps” in the AG’s oversight of immigration operations at the airport. “Many people have passed through with no records on file,” he said. “It’s not possible to tell employees under the Attorney General’s authority to not allow a person to board (an airplane)?” Ingram asked. “Yes, in theory, but in practice, no,” Brown said. “I regret to say we don’t have the resources to enforce strict compliance.”