Journal 5/25/1982 P1 Zeder and deBrum reported ‘eyeball to eyeball’US Ambassador Fred Zeder said Thursday’s he’s “eyeball to eyeball” with Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum in negotiations on the political status of the islands, according to a story in Pacific Daily News. Zeder, suffering from the flue and a 103-degree temperature, quickly left the […]
Journal 7/25/1986 P4 Hot party in Enid By all accounts it was a bit Marshallese celebration in every sense of the world: nearly 200 people, food enough to feed any army, singing and dancing, and volleyball, softball and basketball competitions. The occasion? July fourth weekend. The place: Enid, Oklahoma…where else? As unlikely as it might […]
KAREN EARNSHAW When US Marines Corps Private First Class Teia Chutaro took part in the grueling, three-day training exercise that marks the culmination of boot camp her ankles were already swollen from being sprained and one of her Achilles tendons was strained. Known as The Crucible, the famous event included a 45-mile hike over hills […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Marshall Islander Teia Chutaro will be amongst 54 women making history on May 6 as successful participants in the first integrated group of male and female recruits at the 100-year-old Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. The daughter of Ben and Suzanne Chutaro and a former Majuro Cooperative School student, Teia told […]
The Honolulu-based Marshallese community celebrated the achievements of Marshallese students at the 10th Annual Marshallese Education Day (MED) event last Saturday at McCoy Pavilion. Education Minister Wilbur Heine, who attended the event on behalf of President Hilda Heine, congratulated the 43 Marshallese students from various schools on Oahu for making it into their respective school’s […]
