By Journal on January 25, 2024
Amata Radewagen, Carl Ingram, Carmen Cantor, Chantale Yokmin Wong, Erika Moritsugu, Henry Hand, Hilda Heine, Joe Biden, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Surangel Whipps Jr., Tommy Kijiner Jr., Wesley Simina, Wilmer Joel
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![After the formal inauguration ceremony, President Hilda Heine (fourth from right) was joined by many of her family members, including First Gentleman Tommy Kijiner, Jr. (right) and daughter Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner (fifth from right). Photo: Wilmer Joel. Hilda lays out her plan](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Niti2-1-26.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 […]
By Journal on October 19, 2023
Carmen Cantor, David Kabua, East-West Center, Ginger kabua, Jack Ading, Phillip Muller, Suzanne Vares-Lum
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![Foreign Minister Jack Ading, at the podium to the left, spoke during the Compact signing ceremony at the East-West Center in Honolulu October 16. RMI signs 20-year Compact](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Compact-10-20.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands signed off on the Compact of Free Association Monday in Honolulu, the last of the three freely associated states to renew its Compact relationship with the United States. The signing was held at the East-West Center in Honolulu. East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum hailed the signing as an “historic agreement.” […]
By Journal on August 17, 2023
Carmen Cantor, Gerald Zackios, Jessica Stone, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kitlang kabua, Voice of America
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![Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor, US special envoy Ambassador Joseph Yun, then Minister of Foreign Affairs Kitlang Kabua, and RMI Ambassador to the US Gerald Zackios at the January Compact signing in Los Angeles. Yun on Compact talks](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/compact-8-18.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
JESSICA STONE* Congress is reviewing a proposal from President Joe Biden to create new security guarantees for three Pacific Island states: the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. If Congress passes the Compacts of Free Association by September 30, they would provide billions of dollars of economic and security assistance for the nations and would deny […]
By Journal on January 19, 2023
Carmen Cantor, Cary Yan, David Kabua, Dennis Momotaro, Gerald Zackios, Hiroshi Yamamura, Jack J. Ading, Jemi Nashion, Jiba Kabua, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kalani Kaneko, Kenneth Kedi, Kessai Note, Kitlang kabua, Maynard Alfred, Peterson JIbas
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![Under the watchful eyes of Interior Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor and RMI Ambassador Gerald Zackios, Ambassador Joseph Yun and Minister Kitlang Kabua sign the Compact MOU last week in Los Angeles. Yun, Kabua agree on Compact money](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/compact-1-20.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON and HILARY HOSIA Last week’s signing of an MOU for the Compact of Free Association was momentous for the Marshall Islands and the United States, coming less than a year since RMI Foreign Minister Kitlang Kabua took up her post and US Special Envoy Joseph Yun was named by President Biden to head […]
By Journal on November 3, 2022
Carmen Cantor, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, JEMFAC, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kenneth Kedi, Taylor Ruggles
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![Interior Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor, right, met with Speaker Kenneth Kedi Tuesday. With her is US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral and State Department’s Pacific Bureau Director Taylor Ruggles. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Big week for Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/US-11-4.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Two senior US government officials are — or will be — in Majuro for high-level talks with RMI authorities this week. Wednesday’s first in-person JEMFAC meeting in three years is to be followed by one or more days of Compact negotiations late this week with the arrival Thursday of the chief US negotiator. […]
By Journal on September 15, 2022
Anjanette Kattil, Brenson Wase, Carmen Cantor, CDC, Gerald Zackios, HHS, Hilary Hosia, JEMFAC, Jeremiah Knight, Kitlang kabua, Richard Brostrom, Taylor Ruggles
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![Foreign Affairs Secretary Anjanette Kattil and Minister Kitlang Kabua, second and third from left, with other MOFAT staff at a recent Appropriations Committee hearing on the FY2023 national budget. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Final Compact year funding ok’d](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Appro-9-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Joint Economic and Financial Accountability Committee (JEMFAC) held its annual meeting through a brief virtual call between the RMI and US members August 31. Representing the RMI was the newly appointed JEMFAC Vice Chairperson Foreign Minister Kitlang Kabua and Finance Minister Brenson Wase were joined by Ambassador Gerald Zackios and representatives from RMI Compact […]