How to tell that it is Enra week in Majuro? That’s an easy question to answer. Just stop by the hospital the first two days of the quarterly money distribution and what do you see? It’s really what you “don’t” see that is the point. A hospital with no patients: No people in the outpatient […]
The second Enra quarterly distribution has reportedly been pushed back to the end of March — both to complete the registration process for several thousand new applicants and to vet them for actual residence in the RMI. As the Enra — or universal basic income program — is only for citizens living in RMI, a […]
GIFF JOHNSON The conversation in Majuro has been dominated by the word “Enra” for the past week. Everywhere you go, people are talking about Enra. Did you register? Is it really going to happen? How much are we getting? When is the distribution? Did you see the traffic backed up from MISSA with people trying […]
GIFF JOHNSON After two years of discussion, arguments and debates, two major funding streams under the Compact of Free Association have been approved for distribution later this year. The US-RMI Trust Fund Committee has endorsed releasing $27.7 million for the Individual Support Distribution (otherwise known as the Enra program) and $19.9 million for the Extraordinary […]
“We should chase each other to learn and teach that which is ours and rooted in our culture,” Wilbert Alik, Marshallese Studies Chairman told his students during their culture course show-and-tell final presentation recently. They showcased a variety of Marshallese dishes including lokeed (shellfish), bwiro (fermented breadfruit), and amulikwekwe (Namdrik banana recipe). It was a […]
