By Journal on August 15, 2019
Donald Trump, Giff Johnson, John Silk, Mike Pompeo, Naoaki Kamoshida, Taro Kono
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![Marshall Islands Foreign Minister John Silk, center red shirt, with Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono (to his left) and Japan delegation on visit to Majuro August 8. Kono announced a variety of Japan aid to the Marshall Islands during the short visit. Photo: Giff Johnson. US, Japan ramp up FAS aid](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/japan-8-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON World War II battlegrounds, 1950s hydrogen bomb test sites, and prized real estate controlled by the United States during the Cold War era with the former Soviet Union, the islands of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands in the north Pacific were relegated to backwater outposts the past three decades […]
By Journal on July 25, 2019
Bank of Marshall Islands, Giff Johnson, Hermai Makroro, MISCO market, Patrick Chen, Ralik Ratak Fishing Company
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![Misco Market, started two years ago, continues to expand to meet local market demand. Photo: Giff Johnson. Misco Market continues expansion](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/misco-market-7-26.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON From a modest start as a retail facility for fresh fish and handicrafts, the Misco Market in Majuro continues to expand, adding a wholesale operation, food processing, local produce, and soon a sizable walk-in freezer and cold storage facility to store fish for both local and export markets. The Misco Market is a […]
By Journal on June 27, 2019
Ebeye, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Jambo Arts, Majuro, Majuro Middle School
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![Students produce creative RMI stories Students produce creative RMI stories](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Animation-6-28-19.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Local students in Majuro and Ebeye were given the chance to show their audiovisual creativity in a series of workshops that will lead to a soon-to-be-released film and graphic adaptations of Marshallese legends. A team from the United Kingdom collaborated with the local organization Jambo Arts to sponsor drawing and animation workshops involving […]
By Journal on June 27, 2019
Enewetak, Giff Johnson, Runit
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GIFF JOHNSON After decades of no one outside the Marshall Islands paying attention to the nuclear waste storage facility known as the Runit Dome, it is increasingly in the international spotlight with attention like never before. Following UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ comments of concern last month about possible leakage of radioactivity from the Runit […]
By Journal on June 14, 2019
Giff Johnson, hospital, Isaac Marty, Majuro, US
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GIFF JOHNSON A small fire on an electrical panel in the TB ward Monday caused power to go off for the facility at Majuro hospital. It confirms ongoing power issues that plague Majuro hospital’s electrical system — problems highlighted in an assessment of the electrical system conducted late last month by a US expert. “The […]
By Journal on May 31, 2019
Defence Nuclear Agency, Giff Johnson, Hawaii
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GIFF JOHNSON The 18-kiloton atomic bomb test “Cactus” detonated at Enewetak Atoll in May 1958 was, by all accounts, unremarkable. At 18 kilotons, it was smaller than the atomic bombs that had leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War Two, and paled in contrast to the massive hydrogen bomb tests that were […]
By Journal on May 23, 2019
FSM, Giff Johnson, Majuro, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, President Doland Trump, President Dr. Hilda Heine, The white House, Tommy Remengesau
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![Trump meets FAS ‘family’ Trump meets FAS ‘family’](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Trump.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON President Hilda Heine joined with Palau and Federated States of Micronesia presidents in a historic meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday (Majuro date) at the White House — the first time the three presidents from the freely associated states have met an American president as a group. In lead up meetings with Interior […]
By Journal on February 14, 2019
Arthur Kaylor Laukon, Arthur Laukon, Carrie Heine, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Jeja, Julius Lejjena, Kewan Jela, Khama Preston, Ted "Jeja" Kiluwe, Ted Kiluwe
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![Arthur Kaylor Laukon, who died earlier this week in Honolulu, in a recent photo taken by his “Jenrok Hotspot,” from which he managed Kewan Jela. ‘He was Kewan Jela’](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Laukon-2-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A local man who transformed the nature of Marshallese political debate has died in Honolulu at the age of 56. Arthur Kaylor Laukon became the key manager of the Marshall Islands Facebook page Kewan Jela, which was founded in September 2013 to stimulate debate on a variety of Marshall Islands issues. The site […]
By Journal on December 14, 2018
Bank of Marshall Islands, Giff Johnson, ICDF Program, Yung-Hsin Lin
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![Far left is Yung-Hsin Lin, ICDF Program Officer for Lending, who was in Majuro last month to continue development of the proposal that would see an additional $900,000 be provided by ICDF for the micro loan program managed by Bank of Marshall Islands. BOMI Micro loan expansion](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fl-bomi-12-14.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON An agreement is expected to be signed next year that will more than double the level of funding for micro loans in the Marshall Islands.
By Journal on July 19, 2018
Giff Johnson, Ministry of Health and Human Services
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![Dozens of Marshallese and American volunteers have joined with Ministry of Health and Human Services staff to support the mass TB/leprosy screening program that started June 12 in Majuro and is ongoing into September. TB screening in high gear](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TB-7-20.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON In five weeks of the TB/leprosy screening program, one-third of Majuro’s population has been checked, putting the Ministry of Health and Human Services on track for completing the screening of 26,000 Majuro residents by September. The screening also confirms predictions health officials made before the start of the program on June 12 that […]