Journal 8/5/1983 P1 Strings attached to $150 million?Section 177 of the proposed Free Association Compact took most of the August 3 Nitijela session. Opposition speakers joined against what they claim are strings attached to the document and how the $150 million fund is to be spent. Wotje Sen. Tomeing said he didn’t think the Marshalls […]
GIFF JOHNSON People who attend opening ceremonies of Nitijela are used to listening to presidents deliver what might be called a “laundry list” of accomplishments and plans. Sometimes the speeches talk about plans; other times, there are a variety of completed activities to announce. Our observation as one of the people who regularly sit through […]
President Hilda Heine, Cabinet members and diplomats took a tour of the Nitijela’s new but still under construction building Tuesday afternoon with Jerry Kramer and Pacific International Inc. officials. The occasion marked completion of installation of the roof over the building, which will now allow PII to step-up its work operations to complete the interior […]
GIFF JOHNSON President Hilda Heine on Tuesday this week signed an executive order declaring a “state of emergency for Ebeye,” enabling a fast track RMI government response to last Saturday’s devastating fire on Ebeye. The fire left over 100 homeless and destroyed two major businesses on the island. As it did in the wake of […]
Earlier this month, President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet held a one-day summit on drugs and security with local government mayors, traditional leaders and community representatives. Now, there is a regional call for a summit to be held next year to tackle the drug crisis impacting many islands in the Pacific. “The Pacific region is […]
Two months after President Hilda Heine joined with the presidents of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia to urge the US government to exempt freely associated state citizens from a new US directive limiting issuance of commercial drivers licenses, the US government last last week issued the exemption. This outcome was the result of […]
GIFF JOHNSON The May distribution of Enra funds will happen next week, according to the Marshall Islands Social Security Administration, which handles the quarterly payments. The bigger news is that next week’s payment will be larger than the March distribution due to President Hilda Heine’s advocacy to increase money going out to citizens during a […]
National and local leaders gathered last week for the first RMI National Security and Substance/Drug Summit, aimed at strengthening coordination to address the growing threat of illicit drugs and broader national security challenges. Hosted by the Office of National Security (ONS), the summit brought together mayors from across the outer atolls, members of the Council […]
GIFF JOHNSON The first of two new American-made aircraft — the Cessna SkyCourier — arrived last Thursday and was officially blessed at the AMI hangar Monday morning. The plane was hailed as a model of cooperation among the Marshall Islands, Taiwan and the United States. “For many, this may look like just an aircraft,” said […]
Journal 3/29/1983 P1 President Kabua in Honolulu to present treaty to USPresident Amata Kabua and Attorney General Carl Ingram are in Honolulu to present to US Ambassador Fred Zeder the draft treaty between the United States and the Marshalls. According to RepMar releases, the treaty would recognize the Marshall Islands as independent but would not […]
