The Asian Development Bank and the RMI government signed off last week on the bank’s largest-ever grant to the Marshall Islands. The $52.5 million grant will be focused on fresh water, sanitation and solid waste management improvements on both Majuro and Ebeye. The largest portion of the grant will be directed toward Majuro Water and […]
WILMER JOELThe stake youth leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized a three-day youth conference last week with the theme, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me,” taken from Philippians 4:13. The stake youth conference is an annual gathering for youth from seven of the wards, from Laura […]
HILARY HOSIA Over 900 pounds of betel nuts was seized by authorities last week Wednesday at the Amata Kabua International Airport. The betel nuts were taken off the United Airlines Island Hopper flight that was inbound from Guam and Pohnpei. Although it is not illegal for betel nuts to enter the Marshall Islands, the distribution […]
GIFF JOHNSON Shades of 2005 — when garbage was pouring out of the Batkan dump onto the main road, forcing drivers to veer around it — have returned to the Batkan dump. For months, at a standstill on expansion or a new site, the dump has seen tons of garbage continue pouring into the facility. […]
The dark clouds of smoke rising from the fire at the MAWC dumpsite facility last Friday could be seen from miles away around the atoll. The fire started around noon last Friday and was quickly out of control. The National Disaster Management Office and Red Cross responded quickly, and MIPD’s fire truck was on the […]
Despite the low number of jepta (group) performances and attendees at the United Church of Christ mother church in Uliga on Christmas day, the spirit of giving remained intact. Whether out-migration or the fact that Majuro has numerous churches simultaneously hosting jeptas
Majuro Atoll Waste Company officially launched its new recycling program Friday in support of the government’s container deposit legislation. President Hilda Heine led a delegation of VIPs to the ceremony that showed off MAWC’s recycling equipment located in a warehouse at the entry to the Batkan landfill. Heine did the honors of cutting the ribbon […]
Fifteen CMI Environmental Science students spent exactly one hour collecting trash on the beach in the Uliga area of Majuro to study how much money they could earn with Majuro Atoll Waste Company’s new “Cash for Trash” program starting soon. The program seeks to recycle plastic and glass bottles, as well as aluminum cans by […]
Prior to the 38th Constitution Day float competition last week, the Constitution Day Committee made an agreement to engage three judges — whose identities were kept secret from the public — to determine the winning floats. The identity of judges was kept secret even from the committee members to make sure there was no inside […]
