Marshallese Twins in Concert
Marshallese-born twins Julia and Emma Churchill performed a spectacular concert at the Marshall Islands Resort Friday. The young ladies, who were adopted by Mark and Marylou Churchill when they were eight months old, have been studying music from the age of four, with Julia playing violin and Emma the cello. Mark proudly introduced his daughters, Read More
Fish Wrapped in Bacon
Fish Wrapped in Bacon 4 g x 150white fish fillets (I used wahoo, but mahi-mahi would also be yummy) 2 leaves sprigs of fresh rosemary (picked and very finely chopped) 2 lemons (zest and juice of) freshly ground black pepper 12 rashers higher-welfare thinly sliced (smoked streaky bacon or pancetta) olive oil 4 tablespoons low-fat Read More
Early Childhood Development
“By investing in our children and ensuring they are afforded the best opportunities to learn and thrive, we are ensuring a sustainable and rich future for the Republic of the Marshall Islands,” — Marshall Islands President Dr. Hilda Heine. Over the past year or so, President Hilda Heine and former Chief Secretary Ben Graham worked Read More
Election: Majuro Results Today?
9am, Tuesday, November 19, 2019: The counting of votes in the Marshall Islands national election is reportedly going well at the International Conference Center, with results for Majuro expected to be announced late today. Many voters turned out early yesterday morning to cast their ballots at the many polling stations around the capital. By afternoon at Read More
Losing Their Voices
The Los Angeles Times spent 15 months researching a series on the results of the US nuclear age in the Marshall Islands and the effects of climate change on the nation. On November 10, 2019, the LA team launched its special series (www.latimes.com). They begin by stating: “With climate change and rising seas, the US Read More
Sustainable Fishing in RMI
The Marine Stewardship Council* is telling the world about the eight countries that make up the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), which includes the Marshall Islands. On a post it states: “Covering just over 70 square miles of land, this small island nation could more accurately be called a big ocean state. In their Read More
Marshall Islands Timeline
A chronology of key events: Note: Thanks go to the BBC which put together the great majority of this timeline. Their version ended in 2016 so I have added the following years. circa 2000 BC: First Micronesian navigators arrive in the Marshall Islands, naming the atolls Aelon Kein Ad – “our islands”. They are skilled Read More
Marshall Islands Anthem
Making a video of youth singing the Marshallese National Anthem has been a long-held dream … Now it’s a reality thanks to six young ladies who kindly performed the Marshall Islands National Anthem for this website. So here’s a big komol tata to Andrea deBrum, Tolynn Lait, Unaisi Kuilamu, Jasmine Langrine, Mine David, and Bosseline Read More
Maintaining the Moorings
A Mieco Beach Yacht Club Project
Every year mooring man Cary Evarts (a.k.a. Vice Commodore of the Mieco Beach Yacht Club) calls on volunteers to do a maintenance project on the club’s moorings at Enemanet and Eneko Islands, which are a few miles from downtown Majuro. So this week (October, 2019), he did just that with crew of the yachts Ivanpah, Read More
RMI Final Election Results
Majuro, Thursday, December 5, 2019: The Marshall Islands Journal: These are the final, unofficial election results for Nitijela and mayor contests provided by the RMI Electoral Administration. The final unofficial results were issued November 30, triggering a two-week period for candidates to call for recounts or contest results. They will become final results on December Read More
