By Journal on April 21, 2022
Covid border cases, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Jack Niedenthal, Kwajalein Atoll Local Government, Kwajalein US Army base
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![Kwajalein Atoll Local Government police officers provide security at the Covid quarantine facility at the Kwaj Lodge at the US Army base at Kwajalein Atoll in this file photo from September 2011. Marshall Islands Covid prevention protocols require that all doctors, nurses and security personnel involved in quarantine live in with the repatriation group for the 14-day quarantine period to eliminate the possibility of spread to the community. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Large number of Covid border cases](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Covid-Kwaj-4-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine Friday April 15 saw the largest number test positive for Covid since managed repatriation started nearly two years ago. Seven out of a repatriation group of 72 people tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a government announcement issued late Friday night. All seven are in […]
By Journal on April 7, 2022
Amata Kabua International Airport, Giff Johnson, Larry Hernandez, Melvin Dacillo, United Airlines
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![This file photo of a familiar scene of passengers boarding a United Airlines flight at Amata Kabua International Airport has not been seen since mid-January, when United suspended in and out-bound passengers from Majuro due to unsafe conditions in the airport terminal. This could change as early as April 11 now that the terminal renovation is completed. Photo: Giff Johnson. Airport set to reopen](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/united-4-8.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Last weekend’s completion of renovation work at Amata Kabua International Airport’s main terminal has paved the way for resumption of air service by United Airlines in the near future, according to RMI Ports Authority. Tentative plans were in motion this week for passenger service to resume next week April 11. Passenger pickup and […]
By Journal on March 25, 2022
David Kauba, Gerald Zackios, Giff Johnson, Henry Puna, Lionel Aingimea
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![President David Kabua in a 2021 file photo. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Kabua pushes Forum peace plan](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Fl-pres-david.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The President of the Pacific nation whose nomination for the Secretary General post became a flashpoint for the possible breakup of the Pacific Islands Forum has said not only does he not want the Micronesia area nations to pull out of the Forum, he wants current Secretary General Henry Puna to stay on […]
By Journal on March 10, 2022
2G and 4G systems, Bill 66, David Paul, Giff Johnson, National Telecommunications Act, Wilmer Joel
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![NTA customers flooded the telecom with their modems Saturday in response to a text message from NTA to bring modems in so they could be reconfigured to restore internet service. Photo: Wilmer Joel. NTA reform gets push](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NTA-3-11.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The briefest amendment in the history of the Nitijela could have an outsized impact on the Marshall Islands. It is a one-word proposed amendment to the National Telecommunications Act that was introduced Tuesday this week by Nitijela Member David Paul. The one word change proposed by Bill 66 for the NTA Act is […]
By Journal on March 3, 2022
Fisherman’s body found in lagoon, Giff Johnson, Majuro Stevedore and Terminal, Marshall Islands Police Departmen, MIFV, Rubeiariki Beriki, Vincent Tani
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![Marshall Islands Police Department CID detectives Captain Vincent Tani (back to camera) and Lt. Carney Terry check and photograph the body of an I-Kiribati fisherman found in the water next to Delap Dock Tuesday morning. Fisherman’s body found in lagoon](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/death-3-4.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The body of an I-Kiribati fisherman was hauled out of Majuro lagoon Tuesday morning after it was discovered during the offloading of containers from a vessel at Delap Dock.The body of Rubeiariki Beriki, 29, was discovered by Majuro Stevedore and Terminal employees who were offloading containers from a MELL container ship. The body […]
By Journal on March 3, 2022
Alson Kelen, Chewy Lin, Chris deBrum, Giff Johnson, Hirobo Obeketang, MIPD fire department, Public School System, Waan Aelon in Majel
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![The blaze that reduced the WAM offices and workshops to rubble started in the early morning hours Sunday February 27 Fire wrecks canoe center](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Wam-fire-1-3-4.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Fires have long been the scourge of Majuro and Sunday’s blaze that destroyed the Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) two-story offices and workshops proved that point.Firefighting equipment and know-how is rarely able to stop a fire in progress. The best that can be hoped for in Majuro is that […]
By Journal on February 24, 2022
Giff Johnson, Isocker Anwell, Jo-Jikum, Local Artist, Majuro Cooperative School, Marshall Islands High School, Rita Christian High School, Roxanne Cabral, Seventh Day Adventist School, US Embassy, Waan Aelon in Majel
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![US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral speaks to students from various Majuro high schools during an art exhibit she hosted at her residence recently Exhibit showcases local artists](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/fl-US-2-25.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
The US Embassy hosted an art exhibition at the Ambassador’s residence earlier this month, an event that brought together students from four Majuro high schools with NGOs Jo-Jikum and Waan Aelon in Majel. The students viewed both locally made works of art that were displayed in the outdoor ground floor deck area under the main […]
By Journal on February 17, 2022
Covid, Eve Burns, Gederick Henos, Giff Johnson, house to house, Jack Niedenthal, Kanson Basin, Mailynn Konelios-Lang, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Simiko Jomuly
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GIFF JOHNSON The government ramped up its ongoing Covid vaccination program Monday this week by starting house-to-house immunizations throughout Majuro. The move takes a page out of the measles vaccine program three years ago and the initial start of Covid vaccines in January 2021 by taking the program into the community.Monday’s outreach effort showed the […]
By Journal on January 27, 2022
AKIA CAFE, Amata Kabua International Airport, Bank of Marshall Islands, Daniel Kramer, Dexter Jikit, Giff Johnson, Hangar Bar, Larry Hernandez, RMI Ports Authority, Suspension, United Airlines
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![Angeline Heine-Reimers snapped this photo from her seat on last Tuesday’s United Island Hopper flight as it moved away from the Majuro airport terminal with its Marshallese repatriation group to the friendly goodbye of the United staff on the ground. Ports in overdrive for airport fix](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/UA-staff-1-28.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Major changes are ongoing at Amata Kabua International Airport in the wake of United Airlines’ suspension of air service to the capital beginning last week Wednesday. But even with the emergency action that is moving with unprecedented speed, it appears that it could be March at the earliest that passenger service can be […]
By Journal on January 21, 2022
Amata Kabua International Airport, Daniel Kramer, Giff Johnson, Junior Aini, Kino Kabua, Larry Hernandez, Salome Andrike, Thomas Maddison, Tonga, United Airline
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![The main terminal at Amata Kabua International Airport, the roof of which a February 2020 engineering evaluation determined was at “high risk” of collapse. Photo: Giff Johnson. United flights to Majuro halted](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/akia-1-21.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A once in one thousand year natural disaster in Tonga last weekend broke its submarine fiber cable in two places, severing Tonga’s communication links to the outside world. Majuro, this week, also experienced a severing of links to the outside world in a different way. A man-made disaster in the form of lack […]