Journal 1/28/1983 P1 Sen. Imada Kabua opposes CompactSenator Imada Kabua (Kwajalein) became the first senator or government official to formally announce that he is against the Compact of Free Association and that he will campaign against it. On January 27 Kabua said he is taking this position is not as a member of the Nitijela […]
The Australian Embassy in Majuro hosted its annual Australia Day function this past Friday at the Marshall Islands Resort. The event was attended by traditional leaders, President Hilda C. Heine, First Gentleman Tommy Kijiner, members of the Cabinet, the Nitijela, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, Australians and friends of the Australian Embassy. Following speeches, guests […]
GIFF JOHNSON Eight years ago, following passage by Nitijela of container deposit legislation, Majuro Atoll Waste Company launched recycling of aluminum cans, and plastic and glass bottles. Now it’s embarking on a new pilot project to improve and expand its recycling and export program and is asking for community support to make it happen. The […]
Journal 1/14/1983 P1 MCAA to run major new job programA new job training program will begin operation here February 7 run by the Marshalls Community Action Agency. It will focus on providing skill training and work experiences to currently unemployed individuals. Two staff, Ione Heine, coordinator, and Ringo Betti, employment specialist, will be handling the […]
President Hilda Heine told the nation Monday that despite 2025 being a year of accomplishment, three years after the signing of the Compact of Free Association “implementation of Compact III has not yet been fully realized.” In her state of the nation speech at Monday’s Nitijela opening, the President also said bluntly that accountability was […]
Ground was broken for the start of construction of the new Nitijela building earlier this month. President Hilda Heine honored the leaders past and present who had used the previous Nitijela for decades. While she said the nation was saddened by the fire that destroyed the Nitijela in August, the government was moving ahead to […]
GIFF JOHNSON There were three major outcomes of the high-level United States government visit to Majuro last week. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo led a delegation for an overnight visit to Majuro that included talks with President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet, tours of fisheries operations, and an […]
GIFF JOHNSON The day after last week Tuesday’s fire consumed Nitijela, parliament staff were already setting up the ICC conference hall as a temporary Nitijela meeting space. Monday this week, the Appropriations Committee, with Chairman Jack Ading at the helm, completed the final series of FY2026 budget hearings from the ICC meeting location. Nitijela staff […]
GIFF JOHNSON Tuesday morning, while the fire still burned at Nitijela, the RMI Cabinet held an emergency meeting at the MIMRA headquarters conference room to discuss its response. By mid-afternoon, President Hilda Heine had issued a short statement posted to the President’s Office Facebook page describing the situation and the government’s next steps. President Heine […]
Journal 8/19/1982 P1 US compact negotiators called amateursLawyers for the Marshall Islands Atomic Testing Litigation Project are extremely critical of the way negotiations have been handled for the Compact of Free Association and the settlements offered their clients, victims of US nuclear testing in the 1940s and 1950s. “The negotiations were handled by a bunch […]
