By Journal on March 29, 2024
Amata Kabua, David Kabua, Jiba Kabua
Feature Articles
![Police honor guard escorts the casket of the late Minister and Ambassador Jiba Kabua into the Nitijela last Friday for the start of a state funeral — as family members, including former President David Kabua, holding fan, look on. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Jiba laid to rest in Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FL-Jiba-3-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The late Minister and Ambassador Jiba Kabua’s remains were laid to rest Sunday afternoon at the family compound in Majuro next to the grave site of his father, first President and founding father Amata Kabua. Kabua, 74, was the eldest in his family. He died from cancer earlier in the month at Majuro hospital. A […]
By Journal on March 15, 2024
Amata Kabua, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Nathan Karben, Ruben Zackhras, WSZO, WSZO radio station
Back In The Day
![WSZO goes international WSZO goes international](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/twF-3-15-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Journal 3/13/1987 P6 New WSZO radio goes internationalLast Tuesday, WSZO radio dedicated its new station and equipment with a brief ceremony outside the refurbished building. President Amata Kabua, Interior and Outer Islands Minister Ruben Zackhras and representatives of the two Japanese companies which carried out the work all praised the project. “This is definitely a […]
By Journal on December 22, 2023
Amata Kabua, Amata Kabuia, Dave Ackley, Jackie Jacob, Jerry Kramer, Laura electricity, Nine Group, Robert Kitchingham
Back In The Day
![Laura likes the light Laura likes the light](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TWf-12-22-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Journal 12/26/1986P1 Sun sets on ’86: Compact, Kwajalein, malnutrition big storiesThree years of waiting for the Compact of Free Association to be implemented finally ended in late 1986 when the new agreement with the United States passed its last hurdle and went into effect. P1 A Christmas gift for Laura villageLast Friday President Kabua threw […]
By Journal on October 5, 2023
Amata Kabua, Clothing Mats of the Marshall Islands, College of the Marshall Islands, Irene Taafaki, jaki-ed, MaryLou Foley, Patsy Hermon, Randolph Thaman, Tamara Greenstone, University of the South Pacific
News Archive
![Dr. Irene Taafaki speaking at the Pacific Media Institute Democracy and Media workshop opening at the CMI campus in June, 2023. Photo: Chewy Lin Irene left her mark on RMI](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irene-10-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAWA woman who had an outsized impact on education in the Marshall Islands died unexpectedly in Majuro last week. Dr. Irene Taafaki, whose positions ranged from Secretary of Education to Director of the University of the South Pacific Campus to President of the College of the Marshall Islands, was a life-long educator who supported […]
By Journal on March 9, 2023
Alson Kelen, Amata Kabua, Andrew Williamson, Antari Elbon, Berlida deBrum, Bravo bomb, Carnie Reimers, David Kabua, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ellen Chong Gum, Henry Kissinger, Hiroshi Yamamura, Josen Teico, National Nuclear Commission, Nuclear Victim Remembrance Day, Roxanne Cabral, Wilmer Joel
News Archive
![National Nuclear Commission Chairman Alson Kelen, seated right, was joined by three of the Miss Marshall Islands pageant team — Miss Utrok Berlida deBrum, first runner up Miss Likiep Carnie Reimers and Miss Ebon Ellen Chong Gum — and organizers of the Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day commemoration ceremony last Wednesday at the ICC. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Remembering the Bravo test](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NVR-3-10.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL One of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history was observed nationwide during the 35th Nuclear Victim Remembrance Day and 69th anniversary of the Bravo hydrogen bomb test last Wednesday — March 1 — focused on the theme “kūrtiplọk” or perseverance. This annual event commemorates the devastating repercussions and injustices experienced by victims […]
By Journal on July 28, 2022
Amata Kabua, Chewy Lin, David Kabua, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Imata Kabua, iroojlaplap, Iroojlaplap Michael LaMañiñi Kabua, Jeimata Kabua, Joba Kabua, jobwa, Kailoojoj, Mike Kabua, Ralik Chain
News Archive
![Iroojlaplap Michael LaMañiñi Kabua, center, is surrounded by Kabua family members at the end of the coronation ceremony on Ebeye July 21. Photo: Chewy Lin. Coronation for Iroojlaplap Mike](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Iroojlaplap-Mike-7-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Thousands of Marshall Islanders converged on Ebeye Island last week for the first coronation ceremony of a paramount chief in half a century. The gala coronation for Iroojlaplap (paramount chief) Michael LaMañiñi Kabua featured dozens of islanders wearing traditional headdress and finely woven mat clothing unique to the Marshall Islands, spear carrying warriors […]
By Journal on November 25, 2021
Amata Kabua, Delap Park, Helmer Lang, Jack Niedenthal, Kenneth Fernando, Majuro Baptist Christian Academy, Majuro Cooperative School, Marshall Islands Resort, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Wilmer Joel
News Archive
![Spotlight on mental health Spotlight on mental health](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mental-health-.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Ministry of Health and Human Services alongside Majuro Cooperative School organized a walkathon to promote awareness about mental health earlier this month. A great turnout of participants young and old attended the walkathon that was coordinated by Co-op High School Principal Kenneth Fernando as well as the student body government (SBG) officers and their […]
By Journal on November 25, 2021
Amata Kabua, Casten N. Nemra, Christopher J. Loeak, David Kabua, Hilda C. Heine, Imata Kabua, Jiba Kabua, Jurelang Zedkaia, Kessai H. Note, Presidents Day, Wilmer Joel
News Archive
![At the gravesite of first President Amata Kabua for the annual November 17 Presidents Day commemoration, from left: The founding father’s sons Minister Jiba Kabua and President David Kabua. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Founding President remembered](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/P-day-11-26.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL In veneration of Presidents Day, a day of commemorating was held last Wednesday and again Saturday for this nation’s late founding father, Iroojlaplap and First President Amata Kabua as well as other presidents who succeeded the presidency. Marshall Islands Presidents:Late Iroojlaplap and President Amata Kabua 1979-1996 Late Iroojlaplap and President Imata Kabua 1997-2000 […]
By Journal on November 11, 2021
Amata Kabua, Bennett Johnston, Compact of Free Association, full faith and credit, Henry Jackson, James McClure, United Nations General Assembly
News Archive
![Kabua Amata speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 1991 one week after the Marshall Islands achieved UN membership. ‘Full faith and credit’ wanted](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Kabua-11-12.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Nitijela endorsed the importance of the “full faith and credit” provision in the first Compact of Free Association in adopting Resolution 48 last Thursday. The resolution requests the RMI’s Compact Negotiation Team through the Cabinet to request reinstatement of the full faith and credit provision in the Compact with the US government. The […]
By Journal on October 28, 2021
Amata Kabua, Brenson Wase, Casten Nemra, Compact of Free Association, David Kabua, Dexter Jikit, Junior Aini, Mike Kabua, Roxanne Cabral, Wilmer Joel
News Archive
![Holding framed giant postage stamps marking the 35th Compact anniversary are, from left, RMI Postmaster Dexter Jikit, Finance Minister Brenson Wase, Ambassador Roxanne Cabral, President David Kabua, Foreign Minister Casten Nemra, and Postal Authority Board Chairman Junior Aini. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Compact’s 35th birthday celebrated](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/us-cofa-10-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The US Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs combined to put on a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Compact of Free Association last Thursday in Majuro. The gala event featured a color guard by American Legion Post 22, the RMI and US national anthems sung by Jenny Aiseia and Fern Stege, respectively, […]