Ruben Zackhras Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Registry puts on weight

By Journal on July 31, 2020 Atlan Anien, Hemos Jack, Henchi Balos, John B. Lamille, Kunar Abner, Litokwa Tomeing, President Amata Kabua, Ramsey Reimers, Ronnie Reimers, Ruben Zackhras, Tom Getty, Tom Michels, Wally Milne Back In The Day

Journal 8/2/1983 P1 Nitijela opens Nearly 50 years under the Trusteeship system is a long time, President Amata Kabua said in his brief remarks this morning at Nitijela’s opening day for the final session for the year. President Kabua noted also that during this session things are going to be a little different from previous […]

Taongi considered for tests

By Journal on January 10, 2020 Carl Ingram, CJ, David Alfred, isodre Robert, Majuro, Nitijela, Ruben Zackhras Back In The Day

Journal 1/12/1983 P8 Old age program debated The merit of the Old Age Program was debated January 10 at Nitijela. Some, like Minister of Internal Affairs Wilfred Kendall, Majuro, for one, felt the program was inconsistent with Marshallese culture where relatives take care of the old. Kendall said it is the families responsibility to look […]

Ruben made his mark on RMI

By Journal on January 3, 2019 Eominta, Isaac Zackhras, Kessai Note, Litokwa Tomeing, Nanie, Nitijela, Rothie Zackhras, Ruben Zackhras, Sharon, Wise News Archive

Ruben Zackhras, a member of the first RMI Nitijela and one of the longest-serving elected leaders in the history of this country, died in Hawaii Wednesday this week. He was 71. Zackhras had been battling cancer for months, though he continued to carry out his duties as ambassador to Fiji until recently.

Minister Matt: ‘He got things done’

By Journal on August 10, 2017 Apii McLeod, Clarence Luther, Gerald Zackios, Hilda Heine, John Silk, Jurelang Zedkaia, Kessai Note, Litokwa Tomeing, Mattlan Zackhras, Namdrik, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, Rothie Zackhras, Ruben Zackhras, Tamara Greenstone Alefaio, tobolar, Tony deBrum Feature Articles

GIFF JOHNSON Mattlan Zackhras, a four-term member of Nitijela who was a key figure in successful grassroots community development on Namdrik Atoll and who the past two years has been outspoken globally on the need for climate action, died this week in Taipei. Zackhras, 47, who has represented Namdrik Atoll in Nitijela since January 2004, […]

Election fever starting in RMI

By Journal on July 28, 2017 Ailinglaplap, campaign, Dennis Momotaro, Election, Jiba Kabua, Mejit, Namdrik, roniluial, Ruben Zackhras, Tony deBrum Back In The Day

Journal 8/1/1975 P1 The Chinese affair Last month a friendship began between the world’s smallest micro-state and the world’s largest nation. Hans Wiliander, a tall, soft-spoken Micronesian from the island of Tol, Truk Lagoon, stepped down from an airplane in Peking, China for a 20-day visit. His trip was the result of a meeting with […]

Long-awaited Con-Con starts

By Journal on April 20, 2017 Casten Nemra, Christopher Loeak, Con-Con, Hilda Heine, Kenneth Kedi, Kessai Note, Kotak Loeak, Litokwa Tomeing, Lomes McKay, Marshall Islands Constitution, Phillip Muller, Ruben Zackhras, Yolanda Lodge-Ned News Archive

Kessai Note was elected President for the 2017 Constitutional Convention at the International Conference Center Thursday. Note won by a single vote over Christopher Loeak 22-21. Casten Nemra won the vice presidency from Phillip Muller 25-18, while Yolanda Lodge-Ned got the favor of 41 delegates to win the secretarial seat by secret ballot as she […]

RMI’s USP campus moves forward

By Journal on June 2, 2016 Rajesh Chandra, Ruben Zackhras, University of the South Pacific, USP News Archive

The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the RMI government signed a Deed of Assignment on May 26 in Suva. The signing enables USP to initiate all renovation work on the Long Island, Majuro property that the RMI government has allocated for the University to develop its campus. Speaking during the signing at the […]