By Journal on August 29, 2019
Ahmadiuyya, Aun James, Bernie Hitto, Daniel Cadra, Dryships Inc., Falai Taafaki, George Inok, Giff Johnson, Handy Emil, Hering Drebon, Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund, James Plasman, Jerakoj Bejang, Kejjo Bien, Kwajalein, Ladie Jack, Lokoro Ishiguro, Madiullah Joyia, Michael Kabua, Michael Seabright, Mili Atoll Local Government, MJCC, Mudge Samuel, MV Mell Springwood, postal ballots, Richard Seeborg, Robson Almen, Tommy Leban, Witten Philippo
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A hearing scheduled for this week in the High Court for two lawsuits seeking to restore voting by postal ballots for off-island Marshallese was cancelled as the judge sent the dispute to the RMI Supreme Court. The two lawsuits had been scheduled for their first hearing in the High Court August 27. Although the plaintiffs […]
By Journal on August 22, 2019
dengue fever, Giff Johnson, Jack Niedenthal, Lina Herkinos
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GIFF JOHNSON The first suspected cases of dengue fever were reported late last week in Majuro, as the outbreak on Ebeye Island continues. Majuro numbers continued to increased this week. Ebeye was the focus last week of a major mosquito spraying and cleanup program to eradicate mosquito-breeding areas. Health authorities said this week the count […]
By Journal on August 15, 2019
Donald Trump, Giff Johnson, John Silk, Mike Pompeo, Naoaki Kamoshida, Taro Kono
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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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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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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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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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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 […]