By Journal on April 25, 2025
Aravapo Leo, Giff Johnson, health murals, Majuro Coop School, UNICEF, UNICEF-support
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Have you seen all the fabulous murals featuring children and nutrition themes cropping up all around town? They are at schools, like this one painted on the side of the Majuro Cooperative High School building, and on numerous stores around the island. This is a UNICEF-supported venture to promote awareness of children and their needs. […]
By Journal on April 24, 2025
Bikar, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Daniel Wagner, Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Megan Cook, MIMRA, Nautilus, Noelle Helder, Ocean Exploration Trust, Solomon Islands
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GIFF JOHNSON A deep sea mapping project will focus on the Marshall Islands as one of several islands in the region to have their ocean floors mapped later this year. The Ocean Exploration Trust is partnering with the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority on the upcoming visit of its vessel Nautilus. In addition to partnering […]
By Journal on April 17, 2025
Alson Kelen, Atherria deBrum, Badilan Jibom, CMI's Adult Basic Education, Daisy Menajet, Giff Johnson, Karlinda Abta, Life Skills Academy, Melcy Minajet, Mina Jejom, RMI National Training Council, Waan Aelon in Majel
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GIFF JOHNSON Twenty-five Marshallese young people are mid-way through a life-changing training program — following a path that hundreds more have followed in recent past years. The Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) program operates a six-month life- and vocational-skills training program that is unlike any other in the Marshall Islands. For […]
By Journal on April 3, 2025
DOGE, Donald Trump, East-West Center, Elon Musk, Giff Johnson, Tess Newton, US Institute of Peace, Voice of America
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GIFF JOHNSON President Donald Trump’s team’s takeover of the United States Institute of Peace, closure of Voice of America, and plan to defund the East-West Center was, perhaps, predictable but is nevertheless undermining US relations in the Pacific region and with allies around the world. All three institutions have been in place for decades, furthering […]
By Journal on March 13, 2025
Bremity Lakjohn, Bunny McDiarmid, Giff Johnson, Greenpeace, Henk Haazen, Hilton Kendall, Jeton Anjain, Mejatto Island, Ota Kisino, Rainbow Warrior, Rongelap, Uliga Dock, Waan Aelon in Majel
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GIFF JOHNSON The Rongelap community, local government leadership, national RMI government leaders, traditional and religious leaders turned out to provide a warm welcome Tuesday at Uliga Dock for the arrival of Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior III. The vessel was greeted by three outrigger canoes from Waan Aelon in Majel as it approached Uliga Dock. Then, […]
By Journal on March 13, 2025
Andrew Mejbon, Carlson Joel, Eli Lenak, Francyne Wase-Jacklick, Giff Johnson, Jaluit, RMI SAR, Sara Muir, sea ambulance, Timson Nathan, US Coast Guard
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GIFF JOHNSON The hull of the missing sea ambulance washed into the Jitoken area of Jaluit Atoll Tuesday this week, following debris from the boat being spotted Monday at Imiej Island. None of the four men on board the boat had been found as of Wednesday this week, 10 days after they departed Majuro. As […]
By Journal on March 6, 2025
Chewy Lin, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, Nuclear Remembrance Day
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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 […]
By Journal on February 27, 2025
Elina Akinaga, FSM, Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Jelta Wong, Leban Gisawa, Matthew Chigiyal, Noan Pakop, Pacific Island Tuna, Papua New Guinea, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, RMI, Tony Muller, Vessel Day Scheme, Walmart, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
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GIFF JOHNSON For decades, the Marshall Islands and other Pacific Islands struggled with how to generate more revenue from the commercial tuna industry. Now, a three-nation agreement signed Monday in Honiara, Solomon Islands, could be the latest game-changer for Pacific fisheries cooperation. Beginning in the 1980s, island nations for the first time began selling licenses […]
By Journal on February 21, 2025
Giff Johnson, Marlyn Paul, Maureen M. Tani, Maureen Tani, Neitaak Kenny, Regina Alberttar, Regina M. Alberttar, RMI Valaentine's Day, Thomson Dooley, tobolar
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Tobolar Copra Processing Authority promoted its range of beauty products for Valentine’s Day last week. The staff put up a booth next to the processing facility and had varieties of coconut soap and coconut oil on sale. Of note is the improved labeling and packaging of the products that made them perfect as gifts for […]
By Journal on February 20, 2025
David Paul, ELM Motors, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, RMI passport
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The tiny RMI passport office is soon to get a new home. President Hilda Heine told the Journal that the government has approved renovating the former cafe and grocery store that sits between ELM Motors and Majuro Water and Sewer Company in order to turn it into an office for the passport program. “It’s a […]