Journal 10/11/1983
P5 TRC judges appointed
High Court Chief Justice John Lanham on October 7 issued an appointing order for the Judges of the Traditional Rights Court. Appointed to the TRC were five persons from the Ratak Chain and four from the Ralik Chain (three from each property class of irooj, alab and dri-jerbal). Appointed as Irooj members were Bwilej Jibas from Ralik for a five-year term; Wame Taklur from Ratak for a three-year term; and Bollong Jokulur from Ratak for a four-year term. The alab members are: Caleb Rantak from Ralik for a five-year term; Zebedy Tarkwon from Ratak for a four-year term; and Nathan Tartios from Ratak for a three-year term. The dri-jerbal members are: Berson Joseph from Ralik for a four-year term; Ellan Jorkan from Ralik for a three-year term; and Neimon Philippo from Ratak for a five-year term. Berson Joseph was appointed Chief Judge of the TRC.
P8 Yap $13m airfield inaugurated
Air service to Yap State’s new, $13 million airfield was inaugurated on September 27 by Air Micronesia flight number 552 from Guam. Leis were presented to the flight crew and a special “lei” about 200 feet long was draped around the plane’s nose, wings and tail to commemorate the first landing.
Journal 10/9/1992
P4 The ‘C’ word
Senator Alik Alik of Jaluit was around town this week admitting that he received a copy of the recent Nitijela Resolution suspending him for ten days for his outlandish comments supporting the “C” word. According to Senator “C”, the resolution is not very specific about when his ten day suspension should start so he decided that it started on the day he received the resolution. Unfortunately for the forces of good, the errant Senator does not appear to be properly humble in his public castigation, and in fact seems quite energized by the notoriety. Now this is a really difficult situation to evaluate. First, is Senator “C” even remotely serious about the “C” option? We remember it wasn’t too many years ago that Kwajalein Senator Imada Kabua was actively supporting the “C” word, but no one ever bothered to award him with 10 days vacation. He must be terribly jealous. And then the resolution itself, is that serious? Or was it just a very slow week down in capital valley? We know about slow weeks here at the newspaper. This is the kind of around town you get on a slow week.” (Editor’s note: The “C” word refers to commonwealth status).
P5 Riding shotgun
Two of the Marshalls new fishing boats have made it to Panama. The two boats are with Wally Milne and Anton deBrum. Also on board, from what we hear, is the erstwhile bane of the islands, Tony Nagel. Latest we heard is that Nagel will stay on the boats all the way to Majuro.
P6 Important business
We got word about a government-sponsored workshop in Majuro, which included some representatives from Ebeye. Seems that attendance wasn’t real good. A couple of the Ebeye guys, who were flown over at taxpayers’ expense, didn’t show up for two days of the three day workshop. The reason? According to the coconut wireless, they had to go to the bank to get a loan.
P11 Outer island students have little trouble adapting
Outer islanders are used to tough times, so the austere conditions at Jaluit High School are not a cause of complaint for the students most of whom come from remote outer atolls. “Our students are from the outer islands,” Principal Mark Canney said. “They’re used to a hard life; they’re not spoiled.” Earlier this year, the school ran out of drinking water during the extended drought. “There were no complaints,” he said. “The boys went out and collected ni (drinking coconuts). The kids really rise to the occasion.” There are 215 boarding students.
Journal 10/12/2012
P7 Rickson’s message to Delap vessels
Rickson Tolensa has a dirty story to tell. He works at the MEC power plant and his job is to get into the Majuro lagoon to clean out the rubbish that piles up by the intake pipe for water that cools the nearby generators. He doesn’t mind cleaning out the rubbish to keep the power plant running. But twice in the last month when he’s dived in he’s come out covered head to toe in oil and diesel fuel and he really does not appreciate boats tied up between the MIFV fish base and the Sea Patrol base dumping fuel in the lagoon.