By Journal on September 11, 2025
Hank Liu, Kalani Kaneko, Republic of China (Taiwan), RMI National Energy Office, Taiwan, Tony Alik
News

Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Hank Liu presented a check for $2 million to Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko at Minister’s office on September 4. The $2 million is for the Climate Change Transitional Fund to support efforts of the RMI to tackle climate change. The transitional fund is supported by from the Taiwan […]
By Journal on September 11, 2025
Giff Johnson, Kalani Kaneko, Marshall Islands Police Department, Nitijela fire, Pacific International Inc.
News

GIFF JOHNSON There is a striking development in regards to the fire that destroyed the Nitijela. In the Executive Order declaring a state of disaster issued by Acting President Kalani Kaneko on August 28, two days after the fire, among a list of action directives to government ministries and agencies was the directive to Marshall […]
By Journal on September 4, 2025
Brenson Wase, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Jack Ading, Kalani Kaneko, Nitijela, Pacific International Inc.
News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The day after last week Tuesday’s fire consumed Nitijela, parliament staff were already setting up the ICC conference hall as a temporary Nitijela meeting space. Monday this week, the Appropriations Committee, with Chairman Jack Ading at the helm, completed the final series of FY2026 budget hearings from the ICC meeting location. Nitijela staff […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Hank Liu, Kalani Kaneko, Republic of China, Taiwan
News Archive

Republic of China (Taiwan) Chargé d’Affaires Hank Liu presented a check for $7,240,455 to Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko on August 22. The funding is Budgetary Support to the RMI government for 2025 under the annual financial assistance from the government Taiwan to the Marshall Islands. At the presentation, Chargé Liu reiterated Taiwan’s longtime commitment to […]
By Journal on July 31, 2025
END Program, Extraordinary Needs Distribution, Giff Johnson, Kalani Kaneko, RMI government, Trust Fund Committee
News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The END proposals submitted to the US government two weeks ago could bring a windfall of nearly $20 million to 11 local governments this October when the new fiscal year starts. But US officials have already begun seeking clarifications and further details for some of the proposals submitted by the RMI government on […]
By Journal on February 6, 2025
Giff Johnson, Kalani Kaneko, Kristi Noem, Marie Davis Milne, Marie Milne, Michael Field, Trump Administration, US deportations
News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The Trump administration’s aggressive action to deport illegal aliens is reverberating around the Pacific, with commentators from Papua New Guinea to Fiji to Tonga to Samoa warning that the arrival of dozens, possibly hundreds, of islanders deported from the US is likely to result in big negative consequences for these small islands. “Quite […]
By Journal on November 7, 2024
Australian National University's Pacific Security College, Chris deBrum, Hilda Heine, Isabela Silk, Kalani Kaneko, Paul Wilson, RMI Office of National Security, Transnational Organized Crime Course
News Archive

Two significant national security and organized crime courses were held in Majuro in late October, led by the Australian National University’s Pacific Security College. This course was designed to support RMI’s efforts currently underway to draft the country’s first national security strategy. In making closing remarks to the graduates, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade […]
By Journal on August 30, 2024
Bremity Lakjohn, Kalani Kaneko, Lai Ching-te, RMI Taiwan Ambassador, Steve C.C. Hsia, Taiwan-RMI Adaptation and Contingency Fund for Climate Change, United Nations Human Rights Council
Feature Articles

Taiwan Ambassador Steve C.C. Hsia donated $200,000 from the “Taiwan-RMI Adaptation and Contingency Fund for Climate Change” to the Marshall Islands government. The donation was formally received by Minister-in-Assistance to the President and Environment Bremity Lakjohn and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kalani Kaneko, both of whom expressed appreciation for Taiwan’s continued support in […]
By Journal on August 8, 2024
Brenson Wase, David Paul, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Kalani Kaneko, Marshalls Energy Company, MV Ailinglaplap, SV Juren Ae
News Archive

HILARY HOSIA The long-awaited “Enra Bwe Jen Lale Rara” universal payment update was shared by President Hilda Heine during the opening of Nitijela Monday. The universal compensation scheme would provide money to Marshallese individuals as announced by President Hilda and her Cabinet early this year. The “Enra” plan, which is know internationally as a universal […]
By Journal on July 25, 2024
Fumio Kishida, Hilda Heine, India, Kalani Kaneko, PALM declaration, Sibi George, The Economic Times of India
News Archive

The Economic Times of India described the aid projects as including the construction of a community sports center, airport terminal, and two community centers through India’s annual grant-in-aid. India is also reported to be working on providing desalination and dialysis units to address healthcare needs here. The signing between India Ambassador Sibi George and Minister […]