By Journal on October 3, 2025
COP30, Global Center on Adaptation, Global Climate Adaptation Action, Hilda Heine, United Nations General Assembly
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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 […]
By Journal on September 25, 2025
Antonio Guterres, climate change, Fourth World Conference on Women, Hilda Heine, UN Peacebuilding Fund, United Nations General Assembly
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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 […]
By Journal on September 25, 2025
Chewy Lin, Christopher Landau, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Leilani Macquinn, Nitijela, Samuel Paparo, US Congress, US State Department
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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 […]
By Journal on September 5, 2025
Ailinglaplap, Air Marshall Islands, Christopher Loeak, Hilda Heine, Iroojlaplap Christopher Loeak, Tommy Kijiner Jr., Uliga Church
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The remains of the late Iroojlaplap and President Christopher Loeak was returned to Majuro, on a charter flight in the afternoon of August 28. His casket was accompanied by family members. They were met at the airport by an honor guard of RMI national policemen who provided an escort to Uliga Church for the state […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Jerry Kramer, Joe Lomae, Nitijela, Nitijela fire, Pacific International Inc., RMI Cabinet, Wilmer Joel, Wisely Zackhras
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GIFF JOHNSON Tuesday morning, while the fire still burned at Nitijela, the RMI Cabinet held an emergency meeting at the MIMRA headquarters conference room to discuss its response. By mid-afternoon, President Hilda Heine had issued a short statement posted to the President’s Office Facebook page describing the situation and the government’s next steps. President Heine […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Bruce Loeak, Central Union Church, Christopher Jorebon Loeak, Hilda Heine, Honolulu, Iroojlaplap Christopher Loeak, Tommy Kijiner Jr., UCC Uliga Church
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Six Marshallese pallbearers carried the casket of Iroojlaplap Christopher Jorebon Loeak into historic Central Union Church in Honolulu, where a memorial service was held last Saturday for the former President. Hundreds of Marshallese packed the church for the service, including current President Hilda Heine and First Gentleman Tommy Kijiner, Jr. The remains of the late President […]
By Journal on August 7, 2025
Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Hilda Heine, Natioonal Ocean Symposium
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine in her keynote speech to the opening of this week’s National Ocean Symposium underlined the importance of conserving and protecting ocean resources for today and future generations. She exhorted participants to take individual and community-level actions to keep the ocean environment healthy. “While the government can set policies, and experts […]
By Journal on June 19, 2025
deep sea mining, Federated States of Micronesia, Hilda Heine, New Zealand, Nice France, Oceans Conference, Palau, Samoa
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The Marshall Islands has joined a growing number of nations saying “no” to deep sea mining. At the Oceans Conference last week in Nice, France, President Hilda Heine announced that the RMI would join the countries calling for a moratorium on all deep sea mining, bringing the number to 37. Four other nations — Luxembourg, […]
By Journal on June 5, 2025
Chewy Lin, cmi, College of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, RMI outmigration, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL* One of the issues I would like to address — which I have deep concern over — alongside Her Excellency President Hilda Heine is the growing challenge of outmigration. But the outmigration I speak of today is not just about people leaving our islands — it’s about our best minds, our brightest talents, […]
By Journal on May 22, 2025
Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Ariana Tibon Kilma, Darlene Keju, Greenpeace, Hilda Heine, Kathy Jetnil Kijiner, Raibow Warrior III, Selina Leem, Zabeena Buksh
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During the extended visit of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior III in the Marshall Islands, the organization featured many Marshall Islands-related stories and photos on its website, greenpeace.org/. It also posted brief items on “Six Marshallese women activists who are changing the world.” The feature was written by Zabeena Buksh, the digital campaigner for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. […]