Tomato, Veggie, Coconut Soup
This cherry tomato, vegetable, and coconut milk soup is a great way to use local produce.
Fish Markets
The Majuro fish market. Photo: Giff Johnson.
Hardware
For a relatively small town, Majuro has a bunch of stores that carry hardware items. The list below includes the main outlets, but are likely to find other sources of specific items.
Phones and Internet
Telephone and internet services are looked are by the National Telecommunications Authority. They have various plans for phone and internet services.
Riwut Racing
Riwut canoes are miniature canoes that zip along at incredibly high speeds. The racing of these tender vessels seems to have phases of popularity. The slideshow of photos are by the crew of Westward II alongside the Uliga reef. “This particular toy canoe is fast, surfing on the waves in the lagoon of Anebun. Get […]
Telephone Directory
The National Telecommunications Authority (NTA) office is in Delap. This is where you can pay for your phone connection, internet and other related items.
Logan’s Lens
Many people have taken beautiful photos of the Marshall Islands. Here’s a glimpse of some of the photos by Jamison Logan.
Climate Justice
The Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean are sinking because of climate change. Litokne Kabua, a 17-year-old climate activist, is part of a global youth movement fighting to save his own home and the rest of the world. Watch the video.
Banking and Finance
Find out about banking and general financial options in Majuro.
MIMRA FADs
The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority is working on a long-term project to place Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) off many of the outer islands to attract ocean-going pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi and make it easier for the islanders to catch these fish.
Fr. Fran Hezel, SJ
Today’s guest writer for Remembering RMI is Fr. FRAN HEZEL, SJ, who has been a regular visitor to the Marshall Islands since 1965. My first visit to Majuro in 1965 was memorable. On Sundays Fr. Len Hacker would hop in his bus to pick up the Sunday mass-goers and bring them to his porch where […]
Chicken Dishes
Chicken Dishes: While grocery shopping in Majuro sometimes has its challenges, the ingredients in these recipes are pretty much always available, particularly at K&K and Payless. Enjoy!
Our Ocean’s Promise
The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s busiest tuna transshipment port, two fish processing facilities, a purse seine vessel net repair yard, and a fleet of locally-flagged and -based fishing vessels is documented in a groundbreaking new book. “Our Ocean’s […]
Fish Wrapped in Bacon
A Dream of Atolls
Described as a “love letter to the islands of his birth,” “A Dream of Atolls” is writer-photographer Floyd K. Takeuchi’s first book about the Marshall Islands comprised solely of photos taken by the veteran journalist. “A Dream of Atolls” is a large coffee table style book that features 26 of Takeuchi’s photographs of Majuro and […]
Growing Vegetables
How do you grow vegetables in a place without good soil? Or without space for big gardens? And what if water is sometimes scarce — for example in many of the outer atolls?According to Tanner Smith and Don Arkin at the Wellness Center, the answer just may be “aeroponics.” In an aeroponics installation, vegetables grow […]
Arrival of Missionaries
An interesting look at the arrival … and departure … of the first missionaries in the Marshall Islands.
Dar Dancers
After years of wowing the crowds with their Polynesian performances, the Dar Dancers are embracing their own culture and have a number of stunning Marshallese routines that include Marshallese flags and amimono fans. The group performed at the recent state dinner for the ROC President Tsai Ing-wen. The dancers’ leader, Salome Andrike, said “The Taiwanese Ambassador was very impressed […]
Marshall Islands Seal
The official seal of the Marshall Islands was approved in 1986. Follows is what is symbolizes: The centerpiece is the Angel of Peace with outstretched wings. Around the angel from the top and moving clockwise are the following… First, is the 24-point star representing the 21 municipalities of the Republic. The four long rays represent […]
The Tale of SV Liberty
Ailuk Elementary School students pictured with teachers, Principal Tibon and the Mieco Beach Yacht Club Commodore Mark Stearns. Photo: Angie Stearns. Ailuk’s Ruthy Typhoon with the SV Liberty, which is one of numerous small boats created by the children at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Oregon. Photo: Mayor Ankit Typhoon. Children pose with the […]
