Canoe trip ‘out of this world’
Jacque Spence, Executive Vice President of the Canvasback Medical Missions, and her team recently went sailing on a couple of traditional Marshallese canoes. Her verdict? “Sailing on a Marshallese canoe is out of this world! Marshallese were master canoe builders, indigenous navigators and amazing sailors. It is so great that they are making efforts to Read More
Taking a Taxi
The cheapest way to get around town is by hopping in a taxi. A ride between Rita and the bridge costs $2 per person. You share the cab with others. You can indicate how many passengers by holding up the relevant number of fingers. If the driver flashes his lights, he’s full. Rides that go Read More
Batmon Goes to Laura
Batmon vs Majuro is showing at Laura High School on Saturday, November 12 (7pm and 9pm). Tickets are $3 and $1. Enjoy! The film premiered on Friday, October 14 at Jitak en in Small Island, Majuro and over the next two days hundreds of people turned up to enjoy the show. Here’s the story line Read More
Vet Clinics
The Marshall Islands Organization for Animal Welfare will be conducting veterinarian clinics from November 9 to 19. Follows is the schedule for venues. November 9, 10, 11: Lojkar Apartments, Long Island November 12, 13: CMI Science Lab November 14, 15, 16: Rita Salvation Army November 17, 18: Laura (location to be announced) November 19: CMI Science Lab Read More
WAM Open Day
WAM Director Alson Kelen explained to the audience why the program always includes women: We went to the Council of Chiefs and they did not need to stop and think about it, because they understood that everyone in the community has a task to do when making and sailing a canoe. It doesn’t matter if Read More
President’s Office Newsletter
4 In early August, 2016, the Office of the President launched a newsletter called Kidid Kwōjkwōj. In her welcome to the new publication, President Hilda Heine explained the meaning of the title: “In the olden days, when Kidid, a wandering tattler, visited our islands, people believed that was a sign of good tidings. Kwōjkwōj means communion or feast. Through Read More
Domestic Flights with AMI
The domestic airline, Air Marshall Islands (known as simply AMI), was established in 1980 with the current name adopted in 1989. The airline is wholly owned by the RMI government. AMI operates regular services from Majuro to several outer islands, generally on a weekly basis. Its fleet is made up of a Dornier 228-212 and Read More
Helping Dismasted Yacht Windryder
Yacht Club assists with radio schedules
The following story first appeared in the Marshall Islands Journal’s July 15, 2016, issue. “At around 6:30 pm on 7/7/16 our forward stay broke taking our mast with it. I worked till 9 to release it to Davey Jones’ locker. Our jib was still in the water so I couldn’t run the engine. I got the Read More
The Sound of Crickets at Night
“The Sound of Crickets at Night is wonderful! I love how the film intertwines modern day Majuro with Marshallese legend. The music is amazing and the young actress stole my heart. This film is a great vehicle for teaching our current generation the effects of the U.S. bombing of Bikini.” –Rebecca Lathrop, Principal of the Read More
Virtual Museum of Clothing Mats
The revival program of jaki-ed (clothing mats) includes a virtual museum of the world’s collections of jaki-ed, many of which were collected from the turn of the century through to the 1920s. The museum was spear-headed by the University of the South Pacific’s Majuro campus Director Dr. Irene Taafaki. The museum was designed and created by Read More
