By Journal on September 4, 2025
Brenson Wase, David Paul, Giff Johnson, Jack Ading, Kalani Kaneko, Nitijela, Pacific International Inc.
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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 […]
By Journal on August 29, 2025
Arno Atoll, Arno Atoll Local Government, Bikarej, Pacific International Inc., RMI Ministry of Public Works, Ulien, US Department of Interior
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Pacific International Inc. (PII) mobilized for a significant outer island construction project earlier this month. A PII construction crew has set up shop at Bikarej Island in Arno Atoll to begin construction of a long-awaited boat channel project. Bikarej, which sits at the northwest corner of one of the biggest atolls in RMI, is a […]
By Journal on August 28, 2025
Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Jerry Kramer, Joe Lomae, Nitijela, Nitijela fire, Pacific International Inc., RMI Cabinet, Wilmer Joel, Wisely Zackhras
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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 […]
By Journal on June 12, 2025
Beau Bigler, Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Majuro Stevedore & Terminal Co., Majuro tuna loader, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Pacific International Inc., Ricardo Christians, Shafick Hector
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A “game-changing” tuna loader arrived in Majuro and is now set up and ready for operations at the Pacific International Inc. dock. The equipment is specially designed to unload tuna from a purse seiner and funnel it through an extended conveyor belt into a freezer container at dock side. The equipment is expected to cut […]
By Journal on March 27, 2025
Bobby Muller, excavator, Gary Ehrsam, Joseph Mika, Karen Earnshaw, LOVOL FR700F, Pacific International Inc.
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KAREN EARNSHAW After a few shipping delays, work deconstructing the capital building is now underway with a vengeance and is expected to be “completed in two months,” Pacific International Inc.’s Executive Project Manager Bobby Muller said Monday. PII brought in a big yellow “heavy excavator” to do the muscle work on tearing down the iconic, […]
By Journal on January 16, 2025
Bobby Muller, Kelly Lorennij, Kyowa, Pacific International Inc., RMI capital building
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The aging RMI capital building is scheduled to be demolished starting at the beginning of next month. This is the first step toward the building of a new capital facility for the RMI government. “We’re targeting the first week of February to start demolition works at the Capital Building,” said Pacific International Inc.’s Senior Project […]
By Journal on July 11, 2024
Kelly Lorennij, Pacific International Inc., RMI capital building, Taiwan
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After years of sitting dormant, largely unused and deteriorating, the former RMI capital building is slated for demolition to make way for construction of a new capital building. Cabinet issued an instruction to the Ministry of Works, Infrastructure and Utilities to move the plan forward by engaging Pacific International Inc. to perform the demolition work. […]
By Journal on May 31, 2024
Billy Paguiligan, Bobby Muller, Lojamwe weto, Pacific International Inc., US Federal Aviation Administration
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The large-scale airport paving and improvement project is expected to get underway in late July or early August, according to contractor Pacific International Inc. PII since early this year has been mobilizing its equipment and facilities in anticipation of the airport work. A large asphalt plant has been set up a mile to the west […]
By Journal on November 23, 2023
FISH4ACP, Glen Joseph, MIMRA, Pacific International Inc., Pacific tuna hub, Pan Pacific Foods
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Two studies about the Marshall Islands by the global fish value chain development initiative FISH4ACP show that investing in cold storage facilities and tuna loading equipment can transform the Marshall Islands into a hub for tuna containerization, boosting economic growth and employment, while managing the environmental impact. “Tuna accounts for nearly all fisheries production and […]
By Journal on June 22, 2023
Anderson Jibas, Kili, Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs, Pacific International Inc., Taiwan Embassy
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Kili has gone seven days without electricity since early last week when the power plant ran out of fuel. Kili has been experiencing electricity rationing since January due to depletion of the Bikini Resettlement Trust Fund, which has funded local government operations at Kili for decades. Bikini Mayor Anderson Jibas said fuel finally reached Kili […]