Ejit Island

Ejit marks Bikini Day

By Journal on April 12, 2018 Bikini Day, Ejit Island, March 1946, Rongerik Atoll Feature Articles

The Bikini community on Ejit Island marked Bikini Day last month with a ceremony involving raising of the RMI, US and KBE flags, and numerous activities involving Ejit Elementary students (who are lined up for the flag ceremony). The annual ceremony for the Bikinians this year marked the 72nd anniversary of their March 1946 relocation […]

Lagoon flooding in Majuro

By Journal on October 20, 2016 Alson Kelen, Ejit Island, flooded, flooding, Majuro, Melvin Majmeto News Archive

Waves pushed by storm winds Tuesday afternoon flooded parts of Majuro, damaging seawalls and structures located close to the lagoon shore. There were no reports of injuries, but a peak high tide for the month was driven over shorelines facing south by gusting winds of a storm that developed earlier in the day. “It was […]