EVE BURNS Covid did not stop a 14-year-old businesswoman. It resulted in a temporary closure of her store just days after it opened, but Layla’s Gallery is back in action. Layla’s Gallery held a soft opening late last month, not long before the first outbreak of Covid in RMI. The gallery sells painting and art […]
Representatives of Namdrik joined in a soft handover ceremony with the US Embassy for a container-full of solar units.Among those present was Namdrik Nitijela Member Wisely Zackhras and Mayor Clarence Luther. Luther presented US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral with two beautiful jakis (mats) during the program in thanks for the US government funding that supported purchase […]
A new publication featuring the people behind several women’s crisis centers in Pacific islands was issued this past week to coincide with the “16 Days of Activism.”“We Don’t Whisper Anymore” features the stories of women from Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati and other parts of the Pacific — though it is primarily focused on the Micronesia […]
GEOVANNIE JOHNSON Trying to play basketball? The College of the Marshall Islands basketball court was closed off to the public this past summer due to corrosion of the roof. The structure was built in 2013 by a visiting US Navy team and has served as a multi-purpose space for many events for sports, school fairs […]
Want to have a video filmed professionally? Turn your old black and white photos to look like new? These employees/work study students of the College of the Marshall Islands Media Center do all this and more. CMI went back to school for the fall semester earlier this month and the campus is hopping with students, […]
GEOVANNIE JOHNSON EPPSO Director Fred deBrum and his team organized a promotional event for the upcoming RMI census at the Cabinet conference room at ICC with the Minister in Assistance and Environment Chris Loeak and numerous other officials in attendance. Joining the event were diplomatic officials from the US and Taiwan embassies, and representatives of […]
It’s the end of the summer semester for the College of the Marshall Islands and you know what that means? A new two-week program for Jo-Jikum to lead!The workshop is targeted to high school students who are learning songwriting, weaving or painting all related to climate issues.The Majuro-based youth organization just recently completed a film […]
Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) held a launching ceremony for their collaborative project, the WAM vessel that has been named “Kõto im Al” (Wind and Sun). Afterwards, participants were able to ride the vessel around the lagoon for a short cruise using an outboard engine powered by solar panels.The project is […]
GEOVANNIE JOHNSON The Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office (EPPSO) has been preparing for months for August 23, the first day of the RMI 2021 national census. EPPSO is in charge of the official count of the population in the RMI and manages the census on a 10-year cycle. The last one was in 2011. […]
Captain Tom Jack, fishing on Mon Ujoj, caught the biggest marlin of the 39th annual Marshalls Billfish Club tournament last weekend, a sizable 308 pounder.Quite a few other marlin were caught, but they were all relatively small.Captain Ronnie Reimers fishing on Kirtake won the total pounds title with 485 pounds for his four marlin, the […]
