Sam Lanwi Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

RMI advocates for people with disabilities

By Journal on March 26, 2026 Doreen deBrum, Jess Gasper, Natalie Nimmer, Rights of people with disabilities, Sam Lanwi, United Nations News

KAREN EARNSHAW A Marshallese delegation led by Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs Jess Gasper attended an important United Nations meeting on the rights of people with disabilities in Geneva, Switzerland this month. The event was the thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in a media release the […]

Fish carrier hits Taka reef

By Journal on January 10, 2019 aground, Ben Graham, fish carrier, Ou Ya Leng No. 6, Sam Lanwi, Shen Lian Cheng 737, Taka Atoll News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The 24-man crew of a Chinese-flagged fish carrier vessel that ran aground last week at Taka Atoll in the northern Marshall Islands was rescued over the weekend by Marshall Islands Sea Patrol’s Lomor patrol boat and a Chinese fishing vessel. The crew of the Ou Ya Leng No. 6, a Chinese-flagged fish carrier, […]