Hilda Hiene Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Covid dominates Nitijela’s return

By Journal on August 25, 2022 Casten Nemra, Covid, David Paul, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Hiene, Jiba Kabua, Joe Bejang, John Silk, Kalani Kaneko, Kenneth Kedi, Nitijela's return News Archive

HILARY HOSIA Leaders of the nation began their first Parliament meeting of the August session Monday with a moment of silence to honor the 14 Marshallese who passed away from Covid since the pandemic reached the shores of the RMI August 8. A few minutes into the session, Speaker Kenneth Kedi called for an off air […]

Friendly starts to compact talks

By Journal on June 16, 2022 Compact of Free Association, Covid, David Kabua, Donald Trump, FSM, Hilda Hiene, Jessica Dambruch, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Keone Nakoa, Kitlang kabua, Mike Pompeo, Palau, Pohnpei, Roxanne Cabral, US Army, US Marine Crops News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Nearly three years after the first in-person preliminary discussions were held between the US and the Marshall Islands for a third funding agreement in the Compact, negotiations resumed again this week with a two-day meeting at Kwajalein. The negotiations stalled after these first discussions were held in Pohnpei between President Trump’s Secretary of […]