Journal 6/12/1987
P3 PIC hires most youth ever
Later this month, 450 youth will be busy at summer jobs thanks to the Private Industry Council (PIC) which approved the jobs on Majuro, Ebeye, Kwajalein and the outer islands. It is the most ever provided by the PIC, which runs the annual summer job program.
P11 MIHS students show off dancing talent
A very entertaining evening was had by students and friends at Marshall Islands High School Friday night who enjoyed a fine dance performance by MIHS students. The school dance club mixed a selection of numbers ranging from American and Austrian folk dances to disco and a Marshallese stick dance. Assistant Principal Greg Sammer offered the dance program during the semester and the result was a one-hour show Friday. Performing were Earl Ray Alfred, Rick Nang, Justin Edmond, McAboy Espern, Christopher Jacob, Winston Milne, James Kiluwe, Cynthia Andrew, Kesia John, Tina Schmidt, Mathilda Rakin and Sylvia Mito.
Journal 6/11/1999
P2 Bingo fever hits
Bingo fever is sweeping Majuro. The new ‘go for the gold’ scratch bingo game opened in many of Majuro’s business last week and by earlier this week, $5,000 in tickets were sold in one day alone. The bingo game being sponsored by the Marshall Islands Sports Council is “raising funding for the future” of sports development in the Marshall Islands.
P1 Majuro rice ‘crisis’
For the second month in a row, Majuro is facing a crisis of major proportions: the island is out of rice. It’s quite possible, said Gibson’s General Manager Sam Smith, that after the rice shipment arrives next week, Majuro will be flooded with rice since it appears most businesses are increasing their rice imports. But until then, you can’t buy rice to save your life on Majuro.
Journal 6/11/2010
P6 Vote yes for women
The worldwide average for women representatives in national assemblies is 18.4 percent, with 22 countries having an average of 30 percent or higher. In the Marshall Islands, only one of 33 Nitijela representatives is a woman, an average of three percent, which falls far below the global average. Women United Together Marshall Islands’ (WUTMI’s) new project, the Women in Leadership Media Campaign, aims to address the issue of these imbalances and to communicate with Marshall Islanders about the importance of increasing the number of women in leadership and decision-making positions in the Marshall Islands for the overall benefit and prosperity of the nation. “It’s necessary for there to be more women in leadership and decision-making positions because women have unique skills, experiences, and talents,” said WUTMI Executive Director Daisy Alik-Momotaro. “Increasing the number of women in leadership and decision-making positions can help us better address issues and improve the quality of life for all the people in the Marshall Islands.”
P11 Better deal for US nuke victims
Americans hurt by US nuclear testing are receiving a “greater benefit of the doubt” about their exposure than the Compact of Free Association provided to the Marshall Islands, a former US Department of Energy official told the Journal recently. “In terms of compensation for US citizens exposed to radiation from weapons activities, large groups who may have been harmed by radiation from US nuclear activities are being provided billions of dollars in compensation because they are being given a greater benefit of the doubt than what is embodied in the Compact of Free Association,” said Robert Alvarez, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Security and Environmental Policy and a Senior Policy Advisor to the US Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1999.