By Journal on February 4, 2022
Ayako Yamaguchi–Eliou, David Kabua, Ebon Atoll, Ginger Shoniber-Kabua, John Silk, Kitlang kabua, Lerooj Kiolani Kabua Hermon, Mary Silk, Mere Tamanisau, Nora Saul, Peggy Trevor, Rev. Jormelu, Shawn Clark, Three Library
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President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Shoniber-Kabua attended the opening of three libraries on Ebon Atoll last Thursday. Ebon leadership made a priority to provide quality education for the students which led to the idea of establishing libraries at the three schools of Ebon, Toka, and Enekoion — the three main communities on Ebon […]
By Journal on January 13, 2022
Brenson Wase, Casten Nemra, David Kabua, David Paul, Dennis Momotaro, FBI, Joe Bejang, John Silk, Kenneth Kedi, Nitijela, PIDB, RMI and USAG-KA repatriation groups, RMI Ports Authority funds, US Federal Aviation Authority, US Government
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Late last week and early this week, Nitijela covered a wide range of territory in the daily sessions.Among topics addressed:• President David Kabua is concerned about heavy out-migration to the US by Marshallese. In comments to Nitijela last Thursday, the President pointed out the latest census shows that every populated island in the RMI has seen […]
By Journal on December 23, 2021
David Kabua, fisheries, Glen Joseph, John Silk, Kiribati, Les Clark, Ludwig Kumoru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, PNA, PNAO, Sangaa Clark, tuna, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission annual session, which concluded on December 6.
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New PNA Office CEO Dr. Sangaa Clark, her husband Les Clark and MIMRA Director Glen Joseph made a courtesy call on President David Kabua and his Cabinet members earlier in the month. The RMI is playing two roles in relation to the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, said Joseph: As a member of the PNA […]
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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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 […]
By Journal on June 3, 2021
Ainrik George, Chewy Lin, Hirobo Obeketang, Joe Biden, John Silk, Memorial Day, Pamela Rubon, Roxanne Cabral
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WILMER JOEL As a proclamation by US President Joe Biden proclaimed Memorial Day on May 31, 2021 for those in the American Armed Forces who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service their countries, a memorial day event was held at the Marshall Islands Resort (MIR), with the raising of the flag as the start […]
By Journal on April 2, 2020
Dennis Momotaro, John Silk, Nitijela, RASAR, Ronglap
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The Nitijela adopted a resolution in support of the Rongelap Atoll Special Administrative Region (RASAR) late in the evening March 20, the night it wrapped up the first session of 2020. The resolution declares that “Nitijela views with favor the idea of creating a special administrative region on Rongelap Atoll in order to promote investment […]
By Journal on October 17, 2019
Brenson Wase, Hilary Hosia, John Silk, Kessai Note, Mattlan Zackhras, Nitijela
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Before wrapping up its final session in late September and dissolving, Nitijela passed a number of bills. These include: • Postal Services Amendment Act. This clarifies roles of the board and Minister responsible, as well as strengthening “the appearance of the independence of the (Postal) Authority,” according to the bill’s summary. • Import Duties Amendment […]
By Journal on August 22, 2019
Green Climate Fund, Hilda Heine, Jerry Velasquez, John Silk, Pacific Islands Forum, PIF
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At the margin of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIFS) Leaders meeting last week in Tuvalu, President Hilda Heine met with Jerry Velasquez, Director of the Green Climate Fund’s Division of Mitigation and Adaptation. The meeting was to discuss the on-going GCF program, in particular the Water and Coastal Adaptation Program in the Marshall Islands. President […]
By Journal on August 15, 2019
Enele Sopoaga, Hilda Heine, John Silk, Kelly Lorennij, Michael Traut, Tuvalu
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KELLY LORENNIJ The Micronesian region is transitioning to sustainable ocean transport for inter-island services, a move that is spearheaded by the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport that is based in the University of the South Pacific in the Marshall Islands. The Center’s Michael Traut outlined the steps that are being taken to make this transition […]
By Journal on August 15, 2019
Donald Trump, Giff Johnson, John Silk, Mike Pompeo, Naoaki Kamoshida, Taro Kono
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GIFF JOHNSON World War II battlegrounds, 1950s hydrogen bomb test sites, and prized real estate controlled by the United States during the Cold War era with the former Soviet Union, the islands of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands in the north Pacific were relegated to backwater outposts the past three decades […]