Two Majuro prison inmates, accused of illegal possession and sale of drugs, will be heading to separate trials following their preliminary hearings in the High Court late last month. Lennon Tami Declaro — also known as Tommy Declaro — and Ranson Riklon were charged together by the Attorney General’s office earlier this year following a […]
Journal 12/4/1987 P7 Crush of the crowdsGibson’s looked like downtown Manhattan at rush hour on Monday night during a special late night sale at the Delap store. Plenty of bargain hunters turned up for the sale. P18 ‘Schools a failure’The Marshall Islands education system is a “conspicuous failure” and has “never worked,” reported Marshall Islands […]
Mulan John is the newest attorney in the Marshall Islands. She was sworn in and admitted to the Marshall Islands bar to practice law during a ceremony Tuesday this week. This follows her graduation from the University of the South Pacific’s law school in Vanuatu where she graduated with a bachelor of law and a […]
New RMI Ambassador John Silk was sworn into office last week Thursday. Chief Justice Carl Ingram and Clerk of Courts Ingrid Kabua performed the ceremony while Silk’s wife Mary held the Bible. There was a big turnout of VIPs, including President Hilda Heine, family and friends at the Nitijela Conference Room. Silk is scheduled to […]
WILMER JOEL President Hilda Heine and her cabinet were formally inaugurated on Monday January 22 inside the Nitijela Chamber. Top dignitaries from the Pacific, Asia, and North America attended the inauguration. In her first second-term address to the nation as president, Heine outlined the goals of her administration in steering the country towards prosperity and […]
WILMER JOEL Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack declared at the local government inauguration Monday at the ICC that it is time to unite to improve the livelihoods of the people of Majuro. “You are in my heart, people of Majuro; you are dear to me,” he said. “We are ready to serve you.” Mayor Jack said […]
New Marshall Islands Ambassador to Washington Charles “Akeke” Paul was sworn into office last week Monday in Washington, DC. The ceremony was conducted by High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram, who was in Majuro, through a Zoom link with the RMI Embassy in Washington. President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Shoniber Kabua attended the […]
HILARY HOSIA Jaluit Parliament Member Casten Nemra was appointed last Wednesday as Finance Minister by President David Kabua, replacing Nitijela Member Brenson Wase, who had been in the post for 20 months. Casten accepted the President’s appointment and a swear-in ceremony was held at the Cabinet Conference Room last Friday. The swear-in was presided over […]
High school students engaged in the first-ever moot court competition where they were exposed to courtroom debate organized by the Public School System and the Marshall Islands Law Society at the International Conference Center at the end of April. The schools had only three days of preparation for the moot competition after a briefing about […]
ROC (Taiwan) Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade cohosted a luncheon Monday this week at the Nitijela Conference Room in celebration of the 24th anniversary of RMI-Taiwan diplomatic relations.President David Kabua and Nitijela Member and Iroojlaplap Michael Kabua attended the reception with Cabinet members, senators and government officials. Around 70 guests joined the […]
