GIFF JOHNSON The conversation in Majuro has been dominated by the word “Enra” for the past week. Everywhere you go, people are talking about Enra. Did you register? Is it really going to happen? How much are we getting? When is the distribution? Did you see the traffic backed up from MISSA with people trying […]
Taiwan Chargé d’Affaires Hank C.C. Liu presented a check in the amount of $7,819,658 to Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko and Acting Secretary of Finance Ministry Sana Anien at Minister Kaneko’s office on November 12. The funding is for Capital Projects support for fiscal year 2025 under the annual financial assistance package from the government of […]
Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko headed the Marshall Islands delegation at the outset of the global climate summit in Belém, Brazil this past weekend. He delivered a statement and was on hand for the initial stages of COP30 at which many heads of state and high-level government leaders participated. RMI Minister of Environment Bremity Lakjohn is […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Only a fraction of Marshallese who are US military veterans are registered with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and as a result they are not receiving the many benefits due to them. As well, according to Coast Guard veteran and Treasurer of the Marshallese Veterans’ Alliance, Marlene Tolliver, many vets who are […]
WILMER JOEL A new Early Childhood Development office opened last Wednesday at the Ministry of Cultural and Internal Affairs. ECD Project Director Dr. Pablo Stansbery said the opening of the office was “a new day of delivering services for young children.” The new office, which is a wing of the MOCIA main building in Uliga, […]
WILMER JOEL A new 11.5 million gallon water reservoir was handed over from the government of Japan to the Majuro Water and Sewer Company last Wednesday. The water storage capacity of MWSC has expanded to over 47 million gallons, augmenting the six existing reservoirs. The new reservoir, which is worth over $14 million, took 18 […]
Ground was broken for the start of construction of the new Nitijela building earlier this month. President Hilda Heine honored the leaders past and present who had used the previous Nitijela for decades. While she said the nation was saddened by the fire that destroyed the Nitijela in August, the government was moving ahead to […]
President Hilda C. Heine delivered a statement at the Global Climate Adaptation Action: Shaping Resilient Futures event, hosted by the Global Center on Adaptation on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The high-level dialogue was co-convened with the governments of Norway and Kenya and brought together […]
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine left Majuro Saturday night headed for New York City and this week’s annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly session. She was scheduled to speak to the General Assembly Wednesday evening between 6-7pm (New York date), late morning, 10-11am Thursday this week Majuro date. In the lead up to […]
GIFF JOHNSON There were three major outcomes of the high-level United States government visit to Majuro last week. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo led a delegation for an overnight visit to Majuro that included talks with President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet, tours of fisheries operations, and an […]
