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Using basketball to help our kids

Using basketball to help our kids

A program using basketball development as a platform for health awareness among young people aged eight to 15 has been ongoing in Majuro and ran its second of three clinics last weekend at the ECC gym in Delap. Called Sisterhoops4Health, the program is a three-part event that utilizes basketball as a platform to raise awareness […]

Greenpeace honored in RMI

Greenpeace honored in RMI

Greenpeace was recognized prior to departing the RMI by President Hilda Heine and the National Nuclear Commission. Representatives of Greenpeace joined the President and her Cabinet ministers for a meeting last week before Greenpeace’s vessel Rainbow Warrior set sail Sunday from Majuro lagoon. The Rainbow Warrior spent six weeks touring atolls in the RMI in […]

Hilda: Migration trends concerning

Hilda: Migration trends concerning

In her Constitution Day speech last Thursday, President Hilda Heine put her finger on a point that goes to the heart of the nation as it marked 46 years of constitutional government. After outlining many positive developments in recent times, she commented on the heavy outflow of Marshallese to the United States. “The critical question […]

Miss Majel focused on youth

Miss Majel focused on youth

WILMER JOEL Claret Chong Gum has taken the role of Miss Marshall Islands to new heights under her two-year reign. The Journal had a brief interview with Miss Marshall Islands during the opening of International Women’s Day in Jenrok, where she reflected on the role and how it transformed her. “It has been two years, […]

RMI signs Rarotonga Treaty

RMI signs Rarotonga Treaty

GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands signed the Treaty of Rarotonga at Monday’s Nuclear Remembrance Day nearly 40 years since the nuclear free zone agreement was initiated. “It was important for us to sign the treaty,” said Acting Foreign Minister and Finance Minister David Paul, who signed the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Monday with […]

77 RMI students honored

77 RMI students honored

President Hilda Heine congratulated 77 students and teachers who were awarded the fifth Taiwan-RMI Presidents scholarship at MIR’s Melele Room last Wednesday. Minister of Education, Sports and Training Gerald Zackios told the recipients that their achievements are a testament to their efforts and determination. “You have proven to the country that you have overcome in […]

Miss Pacific wraps happy RMI visit

Miss Pacific wraps happy RMI visit

HILARY HOSIA Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana Schwenke and her small entourage were serenaded with a night of entertainment filled with hugs and plates full of food on her last day in the Marshall Islands with a farewell in her honor at the Marshall Islands Resort last Friday. Miss Pacific said she was filled with immense […]

Iokwe red carpet for Miss Pacific

Iokwe red carpet for Miss Pacific

HILARY HOSIA The arrival of Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana Schwenke to the Marshall Islands will go down in history as the most unique and entertaining of VIP arrivals to date. In her own words, Miss Pacific said “arriving in the Marshall Islands with a heart full of gratitude — I feel the love in my […]

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