GIFF JOHNSON Majuro is soon to see a development in the construction industry that has never happened before. Pacific International Inc. is facing both shipping delays for key components of the under-construction new Nitijela building and a daunting deadline of August to complete the building for the next parliament session. It has already been operating […]
GIFF JOHNSON Expansion of services is happening in a health program that has often been ignored or put on the back burner when the government budgets are allocated. I’m talking about the Human Services/Mental Health program at the Ministry of Health and Human Services.Over the past decade, the program has variously suffered from relatively little […]
GIFF JOHNSON Kramer Dock took front and center for a tour by the visiting Taiwan business delegation last week. The tour of fishery operations at the dock following briefings by the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority and Pacific International Inc. about the readiness of the fisheries sector for partnerships with interested investors. “At MIMRA, we […]
This week opened with a recognition ceremony for Majuro hospital doctors as part of the launch of National Health Month. The ceremony featured most of the hospital’s doctors wearing white jackets and being praised by Health Secretary Francyne Wase-Jacklick and Medical Chief of Staff Dr. Robert Maddison. Dr. Kyle Lemari led the doctors in re-stating […]
GIFF JOHNSON JR Bremen Leban won a silver and bronze medal in the annual Wrestling Oceania Championships held this year in Apia, Samoa. Daniel Myron Langinlur joined him, taking referee and coaching courses offered during the tournament. He has now completed a Level 1 Coaching Course and Level 2 Referee Course Certifications. They were both […]
GIFF JOHNSON Late Friday night, two vehicles drove through a significant diesel fuel spill on the main road by the MEC tank farm, and seconds later their engines began to smoke, the occupants pulled over and jumped out, and the cars burst into flames. The two vehicles were both destroyed by fire beyond further use. […]
Two Japan International Cooperation Agency volunteers left last month with many good things to say after 18 months in the Marshall Islands. Asked by the Journal for their “take aways” after teaching in Majuro public elementary schools over two school years, Rairok Elementary teacher Chikako Kato was quick to respond: “People’s kindness and the students’ […]
Airport parking is a mess and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future as construction gets moving on what is now the “former” parking lot. With the main parking lot at Amata Kabua International Airport fenced off as of last week, airport customers are parking just about anywhere they can find a space. […]
GIFF JOHNSON Bank of Marshall Islands teller operations and the loan department moved out of the main branch three weeks ago and remain displaced due to fuel odors pervading the bank from leakage at the nearby RRE gas station. “The source of the BOMI odor incident is confirmed as a leak in RRE’s underground fuel […]
The RMIS Jelmae, Sea Patrol’s new patrol vessel, arrived to a big welcome ceremony at Delap Dock Wednesday afternoon this week. Captain Dennis Jibas and his crew sailed the vessel from Australia over the past 10 days. The vessel was funded by the Australian government as part of its Pacific Patrol Boat program.
