By Journal on December 8, 2022
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WILMER JOEL Marshallese across the country filled local churches December 4 to honor the 165th anniversary of the arrival of the gospel onboard the Morning Star. Biits, songs, and dramatic performances were the main spectacles that lasted throughout the day up to the middle of the night, featuring different jeptas from all walks of life […]
By Journal on December 2, 2022
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WILMER JOELYouth from the Church of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints took it to the dance floor last Friday breaking off from being shy young teenagers to dancing enthusiasts. A local band with frontman Martin Baso cranked up the music throughout the night for three hours. The church organizes youth dances twice a year to “build […]
By Journal on November 18, 2022
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EVE BURNS and HILARY HOSIA Vulnerable families received Asian Development Bank Covid relief funding from Ministry of Finance this past week. The funds being distributed were from a $1.5 million Covid grant provided by the Asian Development Bank. Finance used the Early Childhood Development (ECD) program’s list of vulnerable families to identify the families in Majuro […]
By Journal on November 17, 2022
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HILARY HOSIA Navigating the hospital and police system is not for the weak of mind or body. In layman’s terms, the current system is a maze. Say a person is trying to get chauffeur license to become a taxi driver. The person would need a hospital clearance card given to chauffeurs and food vendors. Initially, […]
By Journal on November 10, 2022
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WILMER JOEL US Special Presidential Envoy Joseph Yun and his delegation set foot on the Runit Dome in Enewetak for the first time last Friday. Minister Kitlang Kabua and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted this visit. “We live in fear, fear of the bombs, guns, and nuclear,” were the words in a […]
By Journal on November 10, 2022
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WILMER JOEL MIHS has officially decided to return to full swing starting the first week of the second quarter with the green light from the Public School System. For more than five weeks, the largest high school in the country has been following a split schedule system for instruction — one of the last public […]
By Journal on November 3, 2022
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Teachers and staff from MIHS received a special surprise from the Student Body Government (SBG) last Friday at the school’s library. For the first time, SBG officers organized a combined in-person and virtual teachers’ day event for the more than 60 teachers in the school. The officers kept the planned event secret for two weeks. […]
By Journal on October 27, 2022
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WILMER JOEL The US Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs put together an event commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Compact of Free Association last Friday at ICC. “Let us work together to find the solutions to the challenges that affect us all,” said Ambassador Roxanne Cabral. “Because of our shared history and our […]
By Journal on October 14, 2022
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Who says members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can’t have fun? Well, they sure did during an activity for seminary students at the Rita Chapel. Their face was on the line if they lost the game of rocks, paper, and scissors. If a player loses the game, the winner gets to […]
By Journal on October 7, 2022
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Majuro public schools are now scheduled to open next week Monday — nearly a month after Health authorities said they could open. Meanwhile, although Majuro public schools have been late to open following the Covid outbreak in August, Ebeye public schools opened last week and all Majuro private schools started the week of September 19. […]