By Journal on February 8, 2024
Andrew Morgan, Connie Livai Jr, Elaisa Riklon, Ernest Miller, Hilary Hosia, Hirobo Obeketang, jobwa, Kilinwojke Kabua, Kitlang kabua, Kwajalein, Mike Kabua, Mike Sakaio, Operation Flintlock, Shimiko Chong Gum, Stacey Morgan, US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll, USAG-KA
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![Kwajalein Commander Andrew Morgan and his wife Stacey welcome Iroojlaplap Mike Kabua to the Operation Flintlock ceremony at Kwajalein last week. They are surrounded by, from left, Command Sergeant Major Ernest Miller, MI Resort General Manager Hirobo Obeketang and USAG-KA Host Nation’s Mike Sakaio. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Honoring Operation Flintlock](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kwaj1-80th-2-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA The remains of a fallen US service member believed missing since World War II in the Marshall Islands was finally homebound last week following the official handover by the US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) at the Richardson Theater last Friday. The development was one of the many highlights during the four-day celebrations in […]
By Journal on December 14, 2023
Alfred Alfred Jr., Bernard Adiniwin, Casten Nemra, Daisy Alik-Momotaro, Gerald Zackios, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Jemi Nashion, Jiba Kabua, John Silk, Kenneth Kedi, Kitlang kabua, Marie Milne, Mike Kabua, Nitijela, Peterson JIbas, RMI election, RMI Electoral Administration, Sonny Bakidri Milne, Sonny Milne, Tommy Kijiner
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![Police officers move postal ballot boxes from the Uliga post office to the ICC tabulation headquarters Monday December 4. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Vote 2023: 4 women in Nitijela](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/election-12-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The final unofficial election results were issued by the Electoral Administration Tuesday December 12 this week, confirming that 13 Nitijela seats will change hands. Most postal absentee votes either didn’t arrive in time or were rejected for technical reasons, muting their impact. It appeared that only one Nitijela race — Likiep — was […]
By Journal on November 23, 2023
Alington Robert, Anderson Jibas, Atbi Riklon, Bori Ysawa, Bremity Lakjohn, Brenson Wase, Casten Nemra, Daisy Alik-Momotaro, David Anitok, David Kramer, David Paul, Gerald Zackios, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Hiroshi Yamamura, Jemi Nashion, Jess Gasper Jr., John Silk, Justin Lani, Kalani Kaneko, Kessai Note, Kili Kabua, Kitlang kabua, Ladie Jack, Lanny Kabua, Margaret Alee Bigler, Marie Davis-Milne, Mike Halferty, Peterson JIbas, Riem Simon, Robin Kios, Rosetina Morris, Sonny Milne, Stephen Phillip, Stevenson Kotton, Tommy Jibok, Tony Muller, Waylon Muller, Whitey Loeak, Yolanda Lodge-Ned
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![Kwajalein tabulation: Following Monday’s voting, Electoral Administration tabulating teams at Ebeye began the tedious ballot-by-ballot hand count at the Wilmer Bolkeim Memorial Gym. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Mayor Ladie back for third term](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/elec-kwaj-11-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON In the still preliminary and unofficial vote tabulation, Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack was outpolling main challenger Margaret Alee Bigler by more than two-to-one and three of the four incumbent Majuro Nitijela members were showing the highest numbers. Incumbent Stephen Phillip and candidates David Kramer and Yolanda Lodge-Ned were locked in a battle for […]
By Journal on October 12, 2023
Baha'i Church, Blue Lagoon, Chewy Lin, College of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, Irene Taafaki, Jane Taafaki-Sam, Kitlang kabua, Marie Maddison, Sultan Korean, University of the South Pacific, Wilmer Joel
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![Family members, friends, students, and dignitaries, with many falling into many of these categories, attended the memorial for Dr. Irene Taafaki at CMI. Photo: Chewy Lin. Irene farewelled in Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Dr-Irene-10-13-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL The late Dr. Irene Taafaki, the former president of the College of the Marshall Islands, was buried Sunday next to her Blue Lagoon home, close to the Baha’i House of Worship. Her life was honored with a three-day memorial service that included a candlelight vigil, funeral, and burial. Dr. Irene’s casket was transported […]
By Journal on October 5, 2023
Australian government, Derek Taylor, Hatty Kabua, Indigenous People of Taiwan, K&K Island Pride, Kitlang kabua, Ladie Jack, Lance Posey, Majuro Atoll Local Government, MALGov, Mike Kabua, Office of Insular Affairs, Waan Aelon in Majel, WAM
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![At the WAM groundbreaking ceremony, from left: Mayor Ladie Jack, US Embassy Chargé Lance Posey, Mayo Jack, Australian Embassy Chargé Derek Taylor, Acting President Kitlang Kabua, and WAM board member Hatty Kabua. Photo: US Embassy. From ashes to action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WAM-10-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
A year ago Waan Aelon in Majel lost its building to a fire. Last week, WAM broke ground for a new building that will be constructed with the help of Majuro Atoll Local Government, the United States and Australian governments, Council of Indigenous People of Taiwan, K&K Island Pride Supermarket, Iroojlaplap Mike Kabua, MISCo and […]
By Journal on September 28, 2023
Amata Radewagen, Bruce Westerman, Compact of Free Association, Joe Manchin, Kitlang kabua, Mike Kabua, nuclear test legacy, US Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
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![Rep. Amata Radewagen with Iroojlaplap and Nitijela Member Mike Kabua and Minister Kitlang Kabua during the late August Congressional delegation visit to Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Amata goes to bat for RMI](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/amata-9-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSONThe absurdity of the US State Department’s position that new money under the Compact, purportedly for the Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, cannot actually be used for any purpose related to the nuclear legacy, was pointed out in a letter by American Samoa Congresswoman Amata Radewagen to the chairmen of the two committees in the […]
By Journal on August 17, 2023
Carmen Cantor, Gerald Zackios, Jessica Stone, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Kitlang kabua, Voice of America
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![Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor, US special envoy Ambassador Joseph Yun, then Minister of Foreign Affairs Kitlang Kabua, and RMI Ambassador to the US Gerald Zackios at the January Compact signing in Los Angeles. Yun on Compact talks](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/compact-8-18.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
JESSICA STONE* Congress is reviewing a proposal from President Joe Biden to create new security guarantees for three Pacific Island states: the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. If Congress passes the Compacts of Free Association by September 30, they would provide billions of dollars of economic and security assistance for the nations and would deny […]
By Journal on June 1, 2023
Anjanette Kattil, Chris Loeak, Christopher Loeak, David Kabua, Ginger kabua, Jimata Kabua, Kenneth Kedi, Kitlang kabua, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Neijon Edwards, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
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![New Taiwan Ambassador Anjanette Kattil, flanked by Acting President Chris Loeak and Foreign Minister Kitlang Kabua and joined by family and friends, was sworn in for service last week by Chief Justice Carl Ingram at the ICC. Speaker Kenneth Kedi is at far left. Anjanette to Taiwan](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Anjanette-6-2.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
New Marshall Islands Ambassador Anjanette Kattil was sworn in last Wednesday to begin her tour of duty as ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore. President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Kabua alongside Minister Christopher Loeak and Speaker Kenneth Kedi were on […]
By Journal on June 1, 2023
Albon Ishoda, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur international Susammernarbeit, Geoje Island, GIZ, Kitlang kabua, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation, Raffael Held, South Korea
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![Officials at the keel laying ceremony on Geoje Island, South Korea. In the front are RMI Foreign Minister Kabua, GIZ Low Carbon Transport Director Raffael Held, and RMI Ambassador too S. Korea Albon Ishoda (blue shirt). RMI ship’s milestone](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/New-Vessel-6-2.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW The building of the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s 150-foot sailing cargo vessel on Geoje Island, South Korea, has reached a milestone: On Friday, May 26, the Asia Shipbuilding company held a keel laying ceremony. The event was attended by a range of VIPs, including Foreign Affairs Minister Kitlang Kabua and RMI Ambassador to […]
By Journal on March 30, 2023
Anjanette Kattil, Australia, Australia-RMI trade talks, Brek Batley, COP31, Dr. Filimon Manoni, Kitlang kabua, Mat Kimberley, Penny Wong
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![Marshall Islands and Australian officials gathered for a one-day session of formal talks about the partnership between the two nations. Australia and RMI talk trade](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/australia-3-31.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Australia and RMI held their first Bilateral Partnership Talks in the Marshall Islands last Wednesday. Australian senior officials traveled to Majuro to meet with RMI government counterparts, and were joined online by more officials in Canberra. While the two countries share a long history of close engagement, these were the first multi-agency talks covering all […]