By Journal on August 3, 2023
Deborah Zuercher, Dr. Natalie Nimmer, Hilda Heine, Huswyn Abo, Laura Lynos, Luislynn Katmel, Mercy Calimlim, Rod Lanwe, Theresa Kijiner, Wilbur Heine, Wilmer Joel
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![Huswynn Abo, left, and three other University of Hawaii graduates, Rod Lanwe, Luislynn Katmel, and Mercy Calimlim, who were and are affiliated with Northern Islands High School, are pictured at their graduation last month in Majuro with former NIHS employee Dr. Natalie Nimmer, second from left. Natalie is now the associate director for the Pacific Masters in Education program at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, which the four graduated from late last month. Photo: Wilmer Joel. 24 get UH MAs](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PACMED-8-4.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL Two dozen Marshallese who finished the two-year Pacific Masters in Education program at the University of Hawaii-Manoa graduated with their master’s degrees in Education in Curriculum Studies last week at the University of the South Pacific campus in Majuro. There are two graduates who live in Ebeye and one person who lives in […]
By Journal on April 6, 2023
CMI 30th Foundation Week, College of the Marshall Islands, Freeda Sam Barai, Hilda Heine, Irene Ta'afaki, Irene Taafaki, Jakio Lanwe, John Phillips, Kelly Schellhase, Kessai Note, Mary Silk, Marynuia Lenja, Palyann Ruben, Rosina Korean, Sepe David, SSG Solomon Sam, Taylor Barai, Valynn Chong Gum, Walton Bohanny
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![This fine memorial to SSG Solomon Sam, the only Marshall Islander to die in the Iraq war, was unveiled at the CMI Foundation Day opening Monday. At right are Sam’s older sister Freeda Sam Barai and Master Sgt. John Phillips. At left: Sam’s cousin Jakio Lanwe and niece Taylor Barai, and CMI’s Kelly Schellhase. Photo: Hilary Hosia. CMI honors many on 30th](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cmi-sam-4-7.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA College of Marshall Islands kicked off its 30th Foundation Week celebration Monday at the Staff Sergeant Solomon Sam Sports Center in Majuro. Different activities were scheduled throughout the week, including a career fair, car wash barbecue, trivia night, international night and a volleyball tournament to conclude the event. To add on, CMI will […]
By Journal on December 8, 2022
Cary Yan, David Kabua, Gina Zhou, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, New York City, Nitijela (parliament), RASAR, Rongelap Atoll, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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![The Journal’s front page the week that the story about Cary Yan and Gina Zhou being extradited from Thailand to the US to face bribery and related criminal charges in New York. Yan pleads guilty in NYC](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/yan-inside-12-7-22.jpg?resize=420%2C350&ssl=1)
Three months after their extradition from Thailand to face bribery and money laundering charges in the United States, two naturalized Marshallese citizens pled guilty Friday in a New York court to conspiring to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a multi-year scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands […]
By Journal on November 3, 2022
Carmen Cantor, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, JEMFAC, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kenneth Kedi, Taylor Ruggles
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![Interior Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor, right, met with Speaker Kenneth Kedi Tuesday. With her is US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral and State Department’s Pacific Bureau Director Taylor Ruggles. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Big week for Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/US-11-4.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Two senior US government officials are — or will be — in Majuro for high-level talks with RMI authorities this week. Wednesday’s first in-person JEMFAC meeting in three years is to be followed by one or more days of Compact negotiations late this week with the arrival Thursday of the chief US negotiator. […]
By Journal on September 9, 2022
Arsima Muller, Carol Ann Carl, Downtown Art Center, Dr. Mary Therese Hattori, Dr. Nicole H. Yamase, Ed Greevy, Floyd K. Takeuchi., Hilda Heine, Honolulu, Isabela Silk, Jacqueline Keringilianged Tellei, Jocelyn “Josie” Howard, Kimberly Graham, PF Bentley
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![Attorney Arsima Muller, left, and RMI Consul General Isabela Silk, the two Marshallese featured in Floyd K. Takeuchi ‘The Micronesians’ shine in Hawaii](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Micronesians-9-9-.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
Two prominent Marshallese women are among nine Micronesian women who are featured in an upcoming photography exhibit in Honolulu that’s designed to challenge Hawaii stereotypes about Micronesians. Diplomat Isabela Silk, Consul General of the Marshall Islands to Hawaii, and attorney Arsima Muller, a partner in Honolulu’s oldest law firm, are in “The Micronesians,” a photo […]
By Journal on September 8, 2022
Bangkok Post, Cary Yan, Damian Williams, David Kabua, Giff Johnson, Gina Zhou, Hilda Heine, Kenneth A. Polite, Kenneth Kedi, Marshall Islands Resort, Michael J. Driscoll, money laundering, New York, Rongelap Atoll Special Administrative Region, Thailand
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![A story and photo in the Bangkok Post shows RMI citizens Cary Yan and Gina Zhou being escorted by Thai police on their way to handing them over to US authorities last week in Bangkok for extradition to the US to face charges that they bribed leaders in the Marshall Islands to endorse the RASAR plan. RASAR promoters charged in alleged bribery scheme](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RASAR-9-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The United States Justice Department unsealed an indictment September 2 in New York City against two naturalized Marshall Islands citizens that alleges they bribed numerous high-level elected and other officials in the Marshall Islands to gain government support for establishing a controversial semi-autonomous zone for foreign investment activities. Cary Yan and Gina Zhou […]
By Journal on May 26, 2022
Ailinglaplap, Amenta Matthew, Arno, Bank of the Marshall Islands, Brenda ALik, Ebeye, Ebon, Hilda Heine, Hirata Kabua, Jennifer Hawley, Kitlang Kabua., Kora Fund, Kwajalein, Lawson Matauto, Leilani Kemem, Majuro, Marie Maddison, Mars Wang, Mathilda Johnson, Mejit, Mike Kabua, Molly Helkena, Mon LaMike, Monique Graham, Tsai Ing-wen, Ujae, Wotje
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![Kora Fund officials and Kwajalein leaders with Taiwan Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Mars Wang hand over the first check to Ebeye Kora Fund receipient Leilani Kemem. Women’s fund launches on Ebeye](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kora-fund-5-27.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Kora Fund issued its first loan to an Ebeye woman as part of its official launch for Kwajalein Atoll last week. A team of Kora (women’s) Fund and Bank of Marshall Islands officials went to Ebeye for the launch and to run a series of informational and training sessions about the new loan program. […]
By Journal on December 9, 2021
16 Days of Activism, Candida Kaious, Daisy Alik-Momotaro, Geovannie Johnson, Hilda Heine, Kathryn Relang, Kiki Stinnett, Marie Maddison, We Don't Whisper Anymore, Weto in Mour, women's crisis centers, WUTMI
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![WUTMI and other organizations sponsored a candle lighting ceremony earlier this week to honor victims of domestic violence. It was one of many activities happening in Majuro for the 16 Days of Activism. Photo: Geovannie Johnson. ‘We don’t whisper anymore’](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wutmiC-12-10.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
A new publication featuring the people behind several women’s crisis centers in Pacific islands was issued this past week to coincide with the “16 Days of Activism.”“We Don’t Whisper Anymore” features the stories of women from Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati and other parts of the Pacific — though it is primarily focused on the Micronesia […]
By Journal on November 18, 2021
Aur Atoll Local Government, Boklon Zackious, Fred Bukida, Hilda Heine, Neiar Kabua, Nixon David, Risen Hansen, Russell Edwards, swearing in
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![New Aur Atoll Mayor Fred Bukida was sworn in Monday at the courthouse by Traditional Rights Court Judge Nixon David New Aur mayor sworn in](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/slider-pic-750x410-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Aur Atoll has a new mayor. Fred Bukida took the oath of office Monday afternoon at the Majuro courthouse. His swearing in by TRC Judge Nixon David before a courtroom gallery packed with family and friends ends a period of uncertainty after the special election that ended with a court complaint from his main competitor […]
By Journal on November 4, 2021
Brenson Wase, Carl Ingram, David Kabua, Eve Burns, Hilda Heine, John Silk, Kenneth Kedi, Kessai Note, Mary Silk, Sandy Alfred
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![At a ceremony November 3 at the Cabinet conference room in Majuro, High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram, left, swore in new Cabinet Minister John Silk as Silk’s wife Mary held the Bible. Photo: Eve Burns. Kabua’s Cabinet shakeup continues](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/J.Silk-11-5.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
President David Kabua nominated Ebon Nitijela Member John Silk to Cabinet Tuesday, and Speaker Kenneth Kedi confirmed the nomination late Tuesday afternoon. This is the President’s second appointment of a former opposition Nitijela Member to his Cabinet, a development that largely blurs political lines in Nitijela, giving the President wide latitude to choose from the […]