HILARY HOSIA The long-awaited Solar Electricity Generation System on Ebeye has finally launched installation following a groundbreaking ceremony at the Ebeye Power Plant last Wednesday. The system is the brainchild of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the RMI National Energy Office under the Office of Environment. The solar system will reduce power costs […]
HILARY HOSIA President David Kabua assured the people of Lib Island that his government would prioritize working on the ocean passage during the inauguration of the Lib local government last Sunday. Kabua and his delegation witnessed firsthand the difficulty of navigating in and out of the pass upon arrival at the island following a two […]
HILARY HOSIA The death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna Monday morning in California is considered the crash heard around the world — even in tiny Marshall Islands thousands of miles away in the central Pacific. Hundreds of Marshallese, some of whom named their sons after Kobe, took to social media to […]
Of the 16 child petitioners who filed a complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in September last year, three are from the Marshall Islands. Teens Litokne Jowalan Kabua, David Ackley, Jr. and Ranton Anjain joined children from 12 other countries to protest the lack of government action on climate […]
Minister in Assistance Chris Loeak stood in for President David Kabua to deliver Kabua’s first state of the nation speech Monday as part of the official inauguration of the new government. It was a break from the tradition of the sitting president delivering their own speech. The speech praised outgoing President Hilda Heine and the […]
The eldest Bikinian died last week Wednesday at her home in Ejit Island, Majuro. Lirok Joash, who was 95, was in good health virtually until the day she died last week. She was one of the original 167 Bikinians who were relocated from Bikini in 1946 to make way for the first post-World War II […]
President David Kabua’s new Cabinet lineup was officially announced to RMI ministry secretaries and department heads last Friday by the Clerk of Cabinet, Earlie Bing. According to the memo, Speaker Kenneth Kedi formally appointed President Kabua as the ninth president of the RMI last Friday. He was elected by Nitijela Monday of the same week. […]
Meet Mr. 2020: Kai’ka Isaiah, 6lbs, 12 ounces. Kai’ka was born on New Year’s Day at Majuro hospital to parents Laura Erakrik and Rison Isaiah. The parents called their bundle of joy their “New Year’s gift.” Kai’ka is the youngest of four siblings, and as is tradition, his grandmother in Indiana blessed him with his […]
HILARY HOSIA Bye bye to plastic bags full of candies. I remember as a kid going home with a plastic bag full of candies from church on Christmas Day. I remember sitting on the church floor, one littered with candy wrappers of all sorts. I remember making the hard decision to leave my space knowing […]
HILARY HOSIA Like its Micronesian neighbors, church is considered sacred in Marshall Islands — it is the one place throughout the islands that can hold hundreds of people under one roof and still have a much quieter demeanor than a school library. But unlike its Micronesian neighbors, Marshallese literally rock and roll inside the church […]
