HILARY HOSIA Authorities were able to halt the spread of the fire at Special Restaurant in Batkan last week Friday to avert what could have been an even more serious fire disaster. The police and fire department scrambled to prevent the fire from spreading to the gas station attached to the restaurant while a bulldozer […]
Journal 3/14/1986 P1 Ready to go The newly formed Majuro Atoll Local Government, headed by Mayor Amatlain Kabua, iOS meeting ready to swing into action, following a week-long workshop on operations of the local government. Last week’s workshop was sponsored by Interior and Outer Islands Affairs and is also being held on other atolls that […]
MARK STEGE Laura village resident Nicky Komanta went house to house mapping and monitoring salinity levels in private groundwater wells in his neighborhood over a seven-month period ending in November. Doing this, he established a baseline of scientific data across 240 private wells that his community leaders can use to demonstrate future impacts of sea […]
Japan Ambassador to Marshall Islands Hideyuki Mitsuoka presented a $90,800 check to Majuro Water and Sewer Company General Manager Joseph Batol last week following a memorandum of agreement signing ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Rairok. The grant will fund the “Project for Improvement of Public Water Supply and Sewer System in Majuro Atoll.” Joint […]
Majuro Water and Sewer Company performed a “rain dance” Thursday that proved highly successful. As water supplies have dwindled over the pasts six weeks, dropping from over 29 million gallons at the beginning of May to under 17 million gallons as of last week Thursday, MWSC announced Thursday it was further restricting city water hours. […]
