By Journal on October 9, 2025
Arno, College of the Marshall Islands, Gerald Zackios, Giff Johnson, Natalie Nimmer, Rebbelib, RMI Public School System, Starlink, UNICEF, University of the South Pacific
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GIFF JOHNSON A major new educational program is expected to connect educators and students on every atoll and island in the country to step-up the use of technology in education. The new program, known as the Rebbelib Project, will roll out internet connections, laptops and training and educational programs to all public schools in the […]
By Journal on August 22, 2025
Ailinglaplap, Arno, Giff Johnson, Maloelap, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporatioon, Mili, MV Aelonlaplap, Namu, RMI copra, Tobolar Copra Processing Authority
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GIFF JOHNSON It would take a Herculean effort by the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation and copra makers to hit the 7,000 ton mark by the end of the fiscal year September 30. Four weak months of copra deliveries to the Tobolar Copra Processing Authority in Majuro put the nine-month total tonnage at 4,480 tons, according […]
By Journal on April 11, 2025
Arno, Canvasback mission, Derek Johnson, Herty Danny, Jacque Spence, Rana Widjaj
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Nine-year-old Rana Widjaj from Arno is all smiles after having her dislocated elbow fixed by the Canvasback Mission orthopedic surgeons on March 28. The problem with her arm had been spotted in 2023 during an earlier orthopedic visit so Canvasback co-founder Jacque Spence and the team organized, with help from the Arno Mayor, transport to […]
By Journal on January 9, 2025
Agent Nimoto, Arno, Bernard Chong Gum, Billimon Henos, Bobson Hermios, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Lorina Tarki, Majuro, Mokka Namto, Natalie Nimmer, RMI Sea Patrol, Susan Kauwe, Talley Mwewa, Tinak, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL A 20-foot passenger and cargo boat sank in heavy seas near Arno Atoll just before the New Year, with four passengers still missing and presumed lost. Only three of the seven people on the small boat that sank December 30 were able to use ocean currents to swim into Majuro. The three washed […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
Ailinglaplap, Arno, Aur, Ceihera Toni Miyoko “Nito” deBrum Kedi, COVID-19, Deborah Yoder, Eve Burns, Fred Bukida, Ine, Jeh, Nito’s Wings, Nito's Butterfly, Tony deBrum
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EVE BURNS Nito’s Wings founder Deborah Yoder was a volunteer nurse in Majuro in 2016 and worked with Nito’s family in an attempt to save Nito’s life. She told the Journal she later contacted the late Ambassador Tony deBrum requesting to start a California based non-profit in honor of Ceihera Toni Miyoko “Nito” deBrum Kedi. […]
By Journal on January 13, 2023
Arno, Japan, Laura-Rita run, Makito Murai, Marshalls Japan Construction Company, Matthew Loreto, Tokyo
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WILMER JOEL A Japanese man ran the Majuro equivalent of a marathon — the 30 mile distance from Laura to Rita — this past Saturday. The run was timed for his birthday. Makito Murai, 41, who is from Tokyo, Japan, completed a six-hour Laura-Rita run as a way of saying farewell to Majuro. Murai’s “supporter,” […]
By Journal on October 13, 2022
Ailinglaplap, Arno, copra tonnage statistics, Giff Johnson, Maloelap, Mili, Tobolar Copra Processing Authority, US Trust Territory government, Wotje
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GIFF JOHNSON From the time American administrators of the US Trust Territory government started keeping copra tonnage statistics in 1951, it took 20 years for copra production to break the 7,000-ton mark in one year. That was 1970, when the “stars aligned” with copra making and shipping combining to produce the first-ever banner year for […]
By Journal on August 25, 2022
Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Covid, Dr. Richard Brostrom, Giff Johnson, Jack Niedenthal, Johns Hopkins University, Laura Clinic, Long Islands Elementary School, Maloelap, Mili, MOHHS, Outbreak, PaxLovid, red cross, Sheldon Riklon, University of Arkansas Medical School, Wotje
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GIFF JOHNSON Important facts emerged from the first two weeks of the Covid outbreak, as of Tuesday this week: • 12 of the initial 14 deaths from Covid were dead on arrival (DOA) at Majuro or Ebeye hospitals, meaning the 12 did not seek or receive medical care for their condition. It also means only […]
By Journal on May 26, 2022
Ailinglaplap, Amenta Matthew, Arno, Bank of the Marshall Islands, Brenda ALik, Ebeye, Ebon, Hilda Heine, Hirata Kabua, Jennifer Hawley, Kitlang Kabua., Kora Fund, Kwajalein, Lawson Matauto, Leilani Kemem, Majuro, Marie Maddison, Mars Wang, Mathilda Johnson, Mejit, Mike Kabua, Molly Helkena, Mon LaMike, Monique Graham, Tsai Ing-wen, Ujae, Wotje
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The Kora Fund issued its first loan to an Ebeye woman as part of its official launch for Kwajalein Atoll last week. A team of Kora (women’s) Fund and Bank of Marshall Islands officials went to Ebeye for the launch and to run a series of informational and training sessions about the new loan program. […]
By Journal on September 2, 2021
Arno, Aur, Bowditch Jiji Mimi Kabua, Daniel Andrews, Ebon, Hesa Kaious, ICC, Jaluit, Mayor Election, Namu, Waikiki Lakmis, Wilmer Joel
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Although postal absentee ballots will not be counted until Monday September 6, Namu mayoral candidate Bowditch Jiji Mimi Kabua’s lead over incumbent Acting Mayors Waikiki Lakmis virtually ensures that he will be Namu’s new mayor. The still unofficial vote count for all domestic ballots shows Kabua with 505 votes to Lakmis’ 372. According to Acting […]