By Journal on September 15, 2022
$297.5 million, Appropriation Committee, Atbi Riklon, Brenson Wase, David Paul, FY2023, Hilary Hosia., Kalani Kaneko, Maynard Alfred, National budget
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The Nitijela is expected to return to session this week Thursday to hear the report of the Appropriation Committee on the proposed $297.5 million FY2023 national budget. The committee wrapped up a week of public hearings Monday this week. The hearings were briefer than some past years due to Nitijela opening the third week of […]
By Journal on May 7, 2020
Ablos Jelmak, Atbi Riklon, Bernard Adiniwin, Christopher Loeak, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, Kenneth Kedi, Kessai Note, Nitijela, President David Kabua, Samuel Batti Lanwi
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HILARY HOSIA Irresponsible betel nut chewing and the stains this creates has long been a public health issue in Marshall Islands even before the enactment of the betel nut law in 2010 that prohibits the sale of the stimulant drug. Add Covid-19 and the issue resurfaced in Nitijela — only this time on steroids. So […]
By Journal on March 15, 2019
Atbi Riklon, Bruce Bilimon, David Kabua, Ingrid Kabua, Jejwarick Anton, Nitijela, Tanya Lomae, Tony Aiseia
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Had the Nitijela audit public hearings been a basketball championship game, the Judiciary System would’ve been named “MVP” — most valuable player. The Judiciary team, led by Chief Clerk Ingrid Kabua, literally controlled how their audit report played out following a never-before used stunt: Ingrid provided the panel with a drawing that depicts the cash […]
By Journal on March 7, 2019
Atbi Riklon, Bruce Bilimon, Jejwarick Anton, Nitijela, Public Accounts Committee, Tony Aiseia
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HILARY HOSIA The Nitijela audit panel conducting public hearings for government and state owned enterprises this week is following a new method: they are looking beyond the numbers and zeroing in on how to improve services. The Public Accounts Committee is chaired by Maloelap Senator Bruce Bilimon, a longtime employee at the Ministry of Finance […]
By Journal on March 4, 2016
Atbi Riklon, Nitijela, passports, Thomas Heine, US Homeland Security
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The Marshall Islands entered its third week with no ability to produce regular passports this week. It has been issuing temporary travel documents that US Homeland Security approved for use about a week after the initial problem with the RMI Attorney General’s office passport machine developed in mid-February. At Nitijela Monday, Ujae Senator Atbi Riklon […]