By Journal on February 22, 2024
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GIFF JOHNSON Dropped calls and calls that don’t go through. That’s been a way of life for cell phone users in the Marshall Islands. The upcoming Micronesian Games is not only improving and expanding sports facilities that people here will enjoy long after the games, but it is leading to what is hoped to be […]
By Journal on November 9, 2023
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GIFF JOHNSON We don’t use the word “resurrection” lightly. But in the non-religious sphere of the Marshall Islands, we believe it is fitting to use that term for two events that took place largely out of the view of most local residents in Majuro. Twelve-and-a-half-years after the roof collapse halted use of the ECC national […]
By Journal on August 18, 2023
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Marshall Islands wrestlers went to the Oceania Championships in Australia 10 days ago and did what RMI wrestlers have a habit of doing in international competitions: They brought back medals. Both wrestlers — Meinshu Peter Jiang and Ricktak RJ Iban Jr. — were competing for RMI for the first time. But the two wrestlers held […]
By Journal on July 13, 2023
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WILMER JOEL Demon Town located in Jenrok — next to a cemetery and a major sports venue for the upcoming Micronesian Games — was once among the areas most vulnerable to sea level rise but has since turned into a hotspot for trouble. It is a neighborhood with a high rate of youth unemployment, substance […]
By Journal on April 20, 2023
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EVE BURNS “There is no excuse to not win the top medal,” said Coach Francis Vicente, referring to the upcoming Micronesian Games. Francis arrived in Majuro last month to take up coaching of the RMI women’s volleyball team, a post he held for the 2018 Micronesian Games in Yap, guiding the RMI team to the […]
By Journal on April 13, 2023
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The Ministry of Education, Sport and Training said this week it made the difficult decision to delay the date of the Micronesian Games. The decision was based heavily on recommendations from the Ministry of Works, Infrastructure and Utilities and the Micronesian Games Organizing Committee/Facilities Sub-Committee’s assessment of facility readiness for the July dates. This was […]
By Journal on March 17, 2023
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GIFF JOHNSON From the opening of the ECC gym in Delap in 1997 to its closure in 2011 due to roof damage, I spent a remarkable amount of time inside it. Playing basketball, coaching teams, refereeing games, running training clinics for coaches and referees, managing sports events. If it had to do with basketball at […]
By Journal on January 19, 2023
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HILARY HOSIA The countdown for the Micronesian Games officially kicked off Tuesday following the Micronesian Games Council’s (MGC)’s visit to Nitijela. The MGC officials were introduced and recognized during the Nitijela session prior to the showcasing of the countdown platform that was blessed by United Church of Christ Pastor Tim Mea. The platform, which displays […]
By Journal on January 5, 2023
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GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands is facing hard times — prices of food, fuel and other goods have skyrocketed, while worker salaries have remained stagnant. This was a message delivered repeatedly by President David Kabua during his address to the nation at Monday’s Nitijela opening. Kabua said Covid, climate change and the war in Ukraine […]
By Journal on December 3, 2021
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The Marshall Islands High School gym is getting a makeover for the Micronesian Games, now delayed to 2023. RMI Builders Enterprises is the contractor working at MIHS.Completion was supposed to be in July but perimeter fence materials are delayed due to global supply chain production issues affecting aluminum material needed for fencing as well as […]