Likiep Atoll Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Locals build Likiep dock

By Journal on March 16, 2023 Chris deBrum, Likiep, Likiep Atoll, US Department of Interior News Archive

A new dock at Likiep Atoll is nearing completion. The funding for the dock was provided by the Department of Interior through its Maintenance Assistant Program. Likiep Local Government advisor Chris deBrum estimated that the work is 90 percent complete for the dock. “Our local guys are working day and night to complete the project,” […]

Pandanus is ‘divine’

By Journal on December 29, 2022 alcohol from coconuts, Atoll Hooch, Ben Reimers, bõb juice, Likiep Atoll, Pacific Pure Water, pandanus, Ramsey Reimers, Robert Reimers, RRE, Tide Table, World War II, WUTMI News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Local businessman Ramsey Reimers has long been focused on pandanus, a super-crop unique to atolls. Known as “bõb” in Marshallese, pandanus seems to have an almost limitless number of uses. “It’s the divine tree of the Marshall Islands,” said Ramsey. “We can make so many things from pandanus.” Two decades ago, Ramsey began […]