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Tempo: ‘Forgotten islanders’ advocate

By Journal on March 22, 2018 Ailuk, Bikini, Bravo Nuclear Test, Meisei University, Nuclear Survivor, Outrigger, Rongelap, Seiichiro Takemine, Tempo Alfed, Utrik News Archive

SEIICHIRO TAKEMINE Ailuk islander Tempo Alfred, 77, died in Majuro earlier this month. One of a dwindling number of elder Marshallese survivors of the US nuclear weapons testing program, Tempo was born on Ailuk. As a 13-year-old boy, he was an eyewitness to the March 1, 1954 Bravo hydrogen bomb test. He remembered a flash […]

RMI biggest b-ball event

By Journal on July 15, 2016 basketball, Majuro, Outrigger Back In The Day

Journal 7/13/1977 P3 Fishing authority averaging one ton daily Marshalls Fishing Authority is averaging one ton of fresh fish daily now, according to Houstan Jonathan, accountant for the authority. Most of the catch recorded has been skipjack and yellow fin tuna, both sold for 55 cents a pound. According to Jonathan, the price, however, created […]