Majuro hopes rain will fall

Journal 3/8/1983 P1 Rain drops 100,000 gallonsAbout 100,000 gallons of water were caught early March 7 to bring up the total amount oof rain water at the reservoir to about 400,000 gallons, according to Noel Bigler, secretary of Public Works. The water was on for one hour Monday. P8 AMI wants to fly to PonapeThe […]

RMI soccer taking off

Among the many firsts at February’s Marshall Islands Soccer Federation training camps in Springdale, Arkansas, was that one of the players met their birth mother for the first time since adoption and many other Marshallese met with old friends. The Federation’s General Secretary Matt Webb said: “We are incredibly pleased with the first tandem men’s […]

Temporary terminal gears up

In fewer than 10 days, the airport terminal parking lot will be closed until further notice. The RMI Ports Authority made the announcement this week in a post of social media. The closure goes into effect on March 15. “The reason for the parking lot closer is to allow for the commencement of construction activities […]

MEC raises power rates

Power consumers money will now buy less each time they purchase cash power, following MEC’s third tariff increase over the past 18 months. The latest rate hike went into effect on February 9. It was not announced in a public way other than a post on the MEC website. While the company puts out media […]

‘Sacred space’ for the RMI

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine called Monday’s Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day “a sacred space for remembrance – a space where we pause to reflect upon the nuclear testing years from 1946 to 1958, and a space to rekindle our memory of those who had endured and suffered the consequences of 12 turbulent years that have […]