Flying Tour of Uliga, Majuro
Enjoying dinner at Aliang Restaurant near Uliga Dock one evening, I spotted a young man watching an aerial video of the nearby Uliga area on his laptop. It gave a new perspective to this downtown area of Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands. The chap was Gilbert Lin and he’d been out that day playing Read More
Mattie Sasser: Weightlifting Star
Pacific Games weightlifting win: Three golds! December, 2017: On the first day of the Pacifi Mini Games weightlifting competition, Marshall Islands’ Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser dominated the women’s 63kg category, setting five Oceania and five Pacific Games records on her way to three gold medals — the maximum possible gold medals for a weightlifter to win in Read More
The Toll of Climate Change
Britain’s Guardian newspaper has on multiple occasions sent reporters and photographers to cover issues in the Marshall Islands and most specifically the effects of climate change. This video was published on September 20, 2016 with the intro stating: If global temperatures rise more than 1.5C, the Marshall Islands are likely to disappear. “The thin atolls Read More
Pandanus and Coconut Water Drink
This pandanus and coconut water concoction is a refreshing drink that’s super-easy to make and is fantastically healthy. It comes to Karen’s Kitchen courtesy of Luc Callebaut and Jackie Lee of the Yacht Sloepmouche. Conserving electricity on his yacht, Luc is using a hand-driven juicer, but of course an electric juicer will make the job Read More
Copra Processing Plant
It’s a hot, tiring job, but the making of copra is one of the few ways Marshallese on the outer islands can make money. There are many steps in taking a coconut from a tree and turning it into sellable products, and one of the most important is undertaken by the Tobolar Copra Processing Authority Read More
Hot Radio Station
Power 103.5 FM
Listen to Power 103.5 FM live: Home | Majuro Marshall Islands | Six9too Productions The hot radio station on Majuro is Daniel Kramer’s Power 103.5 FM, with hundreds of people tuning to listen to the DJs that include Daniel (as MacGyver), Yastamon (Yasta Bolkeim), and the anonymous Income Tax and Taco. Also occasionally featured is Read More
Researching our Reefs
...And catching a huge tuna!
Sara Cannon, a Master’s student in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, was in the Marshall Islands for the summer with a team of researchers intent on measuring and photographing reefs. The hope is that when the data is analyzed it could show that reefs closer to the equator are generally Read More
Latest President’s Office Newsletter
In early August, 2016, the Office of the President launched a newsletter called Kidid Kwōjkwōj. I have just posted the latest issue at https://www.infomarshallislands.com/presidents-office-newsletter/ Links to the previous issues are pasted below the current issue. In introducing the newsletter, President Hilda Heine said: “Through this publication, we hope to enhance communications with all interested parties and communicate Read More
PNA: Key to RMI Economy
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is a wonderful success story for the Pacific region, including the Marshall Islands. A minor factor is that PNA’s HQ is in Majuro… The major one is that RMI’s earnings from fisheries used to be relatively paltry, despite the value of the fish floating around in its waters. Read More
Downtown Moorings
The downtown area of Majuro has two mooring fields, commonly known as the Southern and Northern fields. The Northern Field is owned by Robert Reimers Enterprises (RRE).Phone (692) 625-3250. The Southern Field’s moorings are owned variously by three people: Matt Holly: (692) 455-5567 matthollymarshalls@yahoo.com Ben Chutaro: (692) 625-8321 or 625-2256 Cary Evarts: (692) 455-3044 caryevarts@yahoo.com The Read More
