Giff Johnson

Copra set to dip in 2025

Copra set to dip in 2025

GIFF JOHNSON It would take a Herculean effort by the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation and copra makers to hit the 7,000 ton mark by the end of the fiscal year September 30. Four weak months of copra deliveries to the Tobolar Copra Processing Authority in Majuro put the nine-month total tonnage at 4,480 tons, according […]

AIMing high for summer fun

AIMing high for summer fun

GIFF JOHNSON The well-known local group AIM Band organized a music camp for a month starting in July. The camp was for children generally in the elementary and middle school age group, with most of the kids in the 8-12 age range. The band members led the music camp three days each week much to […]

Hilda: People are key to conservation

Hilda: People are key to conservation

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine in her keynote speech to the opening of this week’s National Ocean Symposium underlined the importance of conserving and protecting ocean resources for today and future generations. She exhorted participants to take individual and community-level actions to keep the ocean environment healthy. “While the government can set policies, and experts […]

END windfall for RMI?

END windfall for RMI?

GIFF JOHNSON The END proposals submitted to the US government two weeks ago could bring a windfall of nearly $20 million to 11 local governments this October when the new fiscal year starts. But US officials have already begun seeking clarifications and further details for some of the proposals submitted by the RMI government on […]

NTA’s CEO focused on key areas

NTA’s CEO focused on key areas

GIFF JOHNSON Dr. Yukiko Muller took over the reigns at the National Telecommunications Authority six weeks ago and is focused on a series of improvement projects. The new CEO updated the Journal about the many projects on the priority list for NTA in the coming months. Two of the upgrade projects are funded and in […]

Fishermen under investigation

Fishermen under investigation

GIFF JOHNSON Community complaints about a large group of fishermen living in an apartment building in the Batkan area of Majuro led to law enforcement raiding the building and removing the men from the location last week, first to the MIPD Uliga jail and later to the former Covid quarantine facilities at CMI’s Arrak Campus. […]

ABC launches Majuro service

ABC launches Majuro service

ABC Radio Australia hit the airwaves in Majuro at 7pm last Friday going live for the first time in over a decade with its 24/7 programs on 106.7FM. To mark the milestone development, Australian Ambassador Paul Wilson hosted a gathering at Wallaby Downs Friday evening that featured a countdown to the official opening of the […]

Game-changer for tuna

Game-changer for tuna

A “game-changing” tuna loader arrived in Majuro and is now set up and ready for operations at the Pacific International Inc. dock. The equipment is specially designed to unload tuna from a purse seiner and funnel it through an extended conveyor belt into a freezer container at dock side. The equipment is expected to cut […]

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