Journal 7/30/1982 P1 US moves to prevent Marshalls holding vote on CompactThe United States has withdrawn its support for an August 17 plebiscite in the Marshall Islands to approve or reject the Compact of Free Association. US Ambassador Fred Zeder notified Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum of the cancellation at a meeting in Honolulu […]
The Marshall Islands government is injecting $10 million to the Marshalls Energy Company this fiscal year, with a planned additional $7 million next fiscal year. The purpose of the funding is to support MEC’s need to purchase new engines for the power plant, according to Finance Minister David Paul. “These are necessary investments for MEC […]
The most pressing problem facing MEC is the construction of a replacement building to house new generators that will be installed in the first power plant, originally built in 1982. Many of the Marshalls Energy Company’s improvement plans hinge on a new power plant building to house two or three new engines that are to […]
Journal 12/12/1972 P1 Majuro’s new airport opens The new Majuro airport opened December 9 for the first time, representing the culmination of more than two years of work by American International Constructors of Seattle and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The 7,000-foot strip will be only the second civil airfield in the entire three […]
