By Journal on December 7, 2023
Eve Burns, Malaki Riklon, Mattie Sasser, Merean Atantaake, Mike Riklon, Pacific Games, Raymond Patterson, Solomon Islands, Takaneti Atantaake
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EVE BURNS Four athletes from the RMI weightlifting team returned home last Friday after medaling in the Pacific Games in Solomon Islands. They left home and their families to train and compete for Marshall Islands, won all 10 of RMI’s Pacific Games medals, but returned to be met with no appreciation at the airport except […]
By Journal on October 12, 2023
2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Apia, Atantaake Bureka, Australia, Joshua Ralpho, Junior and U23 Championships, Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee, Mattie Sasser, Merean Atantaake, Mike Riklon, New Zealand, Philip Masi, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Takeniti Atantaake, Terry Sasser, Tony Muller
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In the first session of the 2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Junior and U23 Championships in Apia, Samoa last week, Marshall Islands weightlifters started strong with Mike Riklon winning the gold medal in the under-23 category in his 55kg (121 pounds). Not only is he now the reigning Oceania U23 Champion, but his six-for-six […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
Covid, El Niño, Glen Joseph, Hilary Hosia, La Niña, MIMRA, Papua New Guinea, rebound, Solomon Islands, tuna
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GIFF JOHNSON MIMRA records show that tuna transshipment in Majuro rebounded following the disastrous first year of Covid in 2020, when transshipment plummeted by 60 percent compared to the year before. “Are they coming back?” MIMRA Director Glen Joseph asked rhetorically about the purse seine transshipment operations. “Yes, but a review of the data shows […]
By Journal on October 14, 2021
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The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority put on a special program last Friday at the Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room to launch a new book — the first ever to document the Marshall Islands commercial fishing story.President David Kabua headlined the event, offering praise for MIMRA and the book, “Our Ocean’s Promise — From Aspirations […]
By Journal on December 26, 2019
Jabubu, Majuro block party, Rosie Delmah, Solomon Islands, Yale jilo kramer, Zeah
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GIFF JOHNSON “Shy” is not a word that I would attach to Solomon Islands music star Rosie Delmah from watching her concert and YouTube performances — and soon to be live on stage in Majuro at the Block Party next week. Still, this was the advice offered before I met up with the globally popular […]
By Journal on March 9, 2018
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Eight PNA countries plus Tokelau celebrated Wednesday night with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new four-story headquarters building, set to replace the old Won Hai Shien building on Uliga Dock on Majuro. Ministers from the member countries donned helmets and vests and shoveled dirt, commemorating the event. The event was held in the lead up […]
By Journal on February 9, 2018
Brenson Wase, Cook Islands, FSM, Iris Claus, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rebecca Lathrop, Richard Neves, RMI, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu
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REBECCA LATHROP A workshop, “Forecasting Managing Fishing Revenues,” opened in Majuro on Monday. In his opening remarks RMI Minister of Finance Brenson Wase welcomed the group of 49 participants and stressed the importance and timeliness of the workshop. Wase pointed out that as fishing revenue has increased dramatically over the past ten years and with the […]
By Journal on September 2, 2016
Daniel Kramer, Nauru Airlines, Onetox, Solomon Islands
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The Onetox band from the Solomon Islands washed through Majuro like a typhoon over the weekend causing a buzz of excitement for local residents. The band was the highlight of the great Summer Jam concert organized by Power 103.5FM and its head honcho, Daniel Kramer. And how could the visit not have been superb, with […]