GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands goal to ramp up its domestic tuna industry led it to dispatch a team of fisheries agency managers and industry representatives for a study tour to the Republic of Seychelles. At first glance an atoll nation in the western Pacific might seem to have little connection to an island group […]
Bank of Marshall Islands showed its support this week for Marshallese students studying overseas through the United World College program. For the second year in a row, BOMI provided the Marshall Islands UWC National Committee with a donation that assists a student to study in Singapore with an approximately five percent match for her total […]
Despite the regular presence over the past six weeks of up to six tuna transshipment carrier vessels in Majuro lagoon, fish transfers have continued at a slow pace. The September transshipment report shows only eight transshipments, the second time this year that transshipments fell to single digits, according to the monthly report provided by the […]
GIFF JOHNSON A storm blew into Majuro unexpectedly early afternoon Monday following a beautiful sunny morning, typical of most days of the year in Majuro — another demonstration of the powerful El Niño now controlling weather conditions in the region. The heavy winds and rain out of the south ripped roof tops off, sending tins […]
GIFF JOHNSON A 25th anniversary remembrance ceremony for the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States was held last Friday morning on the lawn of the US Embassy in Majuro. Embassy Chargé Gregory D’Alesandro, Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko and American Legion Post 22 Commandant Edward Adiniwin — all veterans of the US military — […]
GIFF JOHNSON An unusual signing ceremony Tuesday at the Marshall Islands Resort now links the Marshall Islands — and specifically the Office of National Security — with two US National Guard units. The signing of a State Partnership Program agreement by two National Guard generals and Office of National Security Director Chris deBrum ushers in […]
The fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 Enra payments were distributed last week starting Thursday. MISSA, as it has in the past, used the ECC gym to distribute checks to those who didn’t sign up for direct deposits to their bank accounts. The ECC distribution ran from Thursday to Saturday. There were far fewer checks for […]
Hundreds of “mobility devices” in the form of wheelchairs, crutches, walkers and canes were donated to the Ministry of Health and Human Services last month by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The donation was delivered by Elder Mark and Sister Diane Nelson, who are the RMI LDS Humanitarian Coordinators. LDS Stake […]
GIFF JOHNSON People who attend opening ceremonies of Nitijela are used to listening to presidents deliver what might be called a “laundry list” of accomplishments and plans. Sometimes the speeches talk about plans; other times, there are a variety of completed activities to announce. Our observation as one of the people who regularly sit through […]
GIFF JOHNSON The Kramer Dock and everything around it on the lagoon side property is truly another world from the norm of Majuro Atoll. Driving through the other day, we noticed numerous activities ongoing that impact many areas of life in RMI and its economy. For example, currently the dock is filled with mountains of […]
