By Journal on October 13, 2016
Arlington Tibon, basketball, cmi, Giff Johnson, Junjun Bellu, Ralik Ratak Shootout, Rickiano Antibas, Steph Curry
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![BOMI 16th Ralik Ratak Shootout basketball tournament champions Lae men (top) and Aur women celebrated their victories Tuesday night at the SSG Solomon Sam Memorial Court at the College of the Marshall Islands. Photos: Hilary Hosia, Giff Johnson. BOMI’s 16th Ralik Ratak shootout](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ralik-ratak-10-14-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON “This was the toughest BOMI Ralik Ratak Shootout in my era,” said Tournament Director Rickiano Antibas Tuesday after championship night at the SSG Solomon Sam Memorial Court at CMI. The crowd, estimated at well over 1,000 — sitting on top of cars, in the backs of pickups, on apartment walkways across the street, […]
By Journal on September 8, 2016
Anole Valdez, Giff Johnson, Imogen Ingram, mercury, Miram deBrum, WUTMI
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![Island Sustainability Alliance of the Cook Islands representative Imogen Ingram (top left), with the assistance of WUTMI’s Miram deBrum, pulls strands of hair from WUTMI’s Anole Valdez’s hair to have it tested for mercury. Residents’ mercury levels tested](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mercury-9-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands is participating in the region’s first study checking the levels of mercury in local residents. Cook Islander Imogen Ingram, who is conducting the survey in at least five Pacific nations, was here last month working with WUTMI to take hair samples of 30 women that will be laboratory tested for […]
By Journal on September 2, 2016
Andy Andrew, Dr. Richard Brostrom, Giff Johnson, Kalani Kaneko, TB, tuberculosis
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![Ministry of Health officials have been developing a plan for a big TB screening program with representatives of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization. Pictured in Majuro in July, from left: Dr. Richard Brostrom, CDC’s TB Medical Officer for the Pacific Region, Andy Andrew, Project Officer in CDC’s Division of TB Elimination, and RMI Health Minister Kalani Kaneko. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Mass TB screening for Ebeye](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TB-9-2.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A plan for a mass screening of people on Ebeye for tuberculosis (TB) is anticipated for later this year as a first step in a new effort to reduce the level of TB in the Marshall Islands. With the TB problem continuing at high rates for many years, health officials are looking at […]
By Journal on June 24, 2016
Giff Johnson, red cross, Telbi Jason
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![Red Cross helps soldiers Red Cross helps soldiers](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fL-red-cross-6-24.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A little known service offered by the Marshall Islands Red Cross Society provides valuable help to members of the US Armed Forces when immediate family members die or are critically ill. This is among a range of services that the establishment of a Red Cross Society in the Marshalls offers to people living […]
By Journal on June 10, 2016
Alvin Jacklick, Col. Michael Larsen, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Hirata Kabua, IAEA, JCM, John Silk, Joint Committee Meeting, Justina Langidrik, Kalani Kaneko, Kwajalein, Maynard Alfred, Mioriana Phillip
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![The annual Joint Committee Meeting was held Wednesday at the ICC in Majuro with a lineup of United States government officials, including Kwajalein Commander Col. Michael Larsen, in attendance at the annual dialogue on military-related issues. The RMI team was led by Foreign Minister John Silk (right), and Senator Maynard Alfred, Minister Kalani Kaneko, Kwajalein Senators Alvin Jacklick and David Paul, Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua, and Chief Secretary Justina Langidrik. Photos: Hilary Hosia. Toxic fish focus of JCM talks](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JCM-6-10.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Chemical contamination of fish at Kwajalein Atoll “is a public health concern of epic proportion that we cannot take lightly,” Kwajalein Senator David Paul said in advance of this week’s annual RMI-US military consultation in Majuro. Paul and other RMI officials called for action on the contamination issue at the Joint Committee Meeting […]
By Journal on May 6, 2016
Benedict Yamamura, Dr. Dirk Spennemann, Giff Johnson, Michael Petterson, Tom Armbruster, Wake Island
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![An aerial view of Wake Atoll, which is controlled by the United States as an unincorporated territory. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org US: Time to Wake up](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Fl-wake-5-6.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Although the United States claims Wake Island as its territory, the Marshall Islands has now put its competing claim on record at the United Nations, reaffirming that the RMI considers “Eneen Kio” home territory. The Marshall Islands has ties to Wake — which is known as Eneen Kio in Marshallese language — that […]
By Journal on April 22, 2016
David Paul, Ebeye, Giff Johnson, KADA, Kwajalein
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![A 1967 aerial view of Ebeye Island, which is to be the focus of Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority projects. Ebeye’s low-hanging fruit](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ebeye2-4-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Kwajalein’s development agency is focused on delivering action on four projects over the next few months, while it plans for bigger, more costly projects going forward. “These are the low-hanging fruit we are going after immediately,” said Kwajalein Senator David Paul, who doubles as chairman of the board of the Kwajalein Atoll Development […]
By Journal on March 17, 2016
flooding, Giff Johnson, king tide, waves
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![Waves crash over seawall next to the Marshall Islands Club Storm-driven tides cause flooding](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/high-tide-3-18.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON King tides and storm surges combined to inundate low-lying areas in the Marshall Islands last week, tossing rocks and debris into roads, backyards and homes. No one was injured and damage was slight compared to flooding over the past two years. But repeated inundations over the past several years in the Marshall Islands […]
By Journal on March 10, 2016
flooding, Giff Johnson, king tide
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![As predicted by US Weather officials on Guam, ocean water began flooding onto Majuro Atoll’s north shore late Wednesday afternoon. In this photo in the Alwal area of Rita, Majuro, Dr. Karl Fellenius of the College of the Marshall Islands can be seen standing at the shoreline taking photos as ocean water floods onto the road. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Guam warns of tidal flooding](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tides-3-11.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Majuro was warned Tuesday by Guam weather officials to expect king tide flooding from Wednesday through Friday this week. The National Weather Service on Guam issued a “Special Weather Statement” Tuesday warning the combination of the highest tides of 2016 coupled with high winds from a storm that is brewing near Wake Island […]
By Journal on December 24, 2015
Alfred Alfred, Giff Johnson, Nitijela, RMI President
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![In this 2011 file photo, the opening day of the Nitijela session. Who will win the vote for President when the Nitijela convenes on January 4, 2016? Who will be next RMI President?](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nitijela-12-25.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON As the Marshall Islands heads into the heat of the holiday season, with exuberant celebrations of dance and music ongoing from last week through the first week of January at island churches, another type of frenzy is building in force with a January 4 deadline: Negotiation to form a new government for the […]