Dream Maker Lands on Likiep
KAREN EARNSHAW August, 2018 Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. Children’s nursery rhyme University of Georgia students Christopher Lee and Jacob Pope had a dream: To row across the Pacific from California to Hawaii. They trained, they raised money from sponsors, they Read More
Ocean Day Clean Up
Weeks of organizing paid off last Friday as the members of various local NGOs volunteered to do beach cleanups around Majuro in honor of World Oceans Day. The local beaches and ocean environments were the winners, with tons of plastic, cans, and assorted debris picked up and brought to disposal centers. One group, the members Read More
Yacht Club Beer Can Race
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club Beer Can Race, held at the Marshall Islands Resort on Sunday, was a huge success with over 30 people competing in the shallow waters off the MIR beach. Race Director Larry Jones gave the ‘ready, set’ go’ command on the series of heats, with each seeing five racers attempt to Read More
Marshall Islands From Above
While filming for the story on the nuclear waste dump in the Marshall Islands, the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent team of Mark Willacy, Greg Nelson, and Ben Hawke amassed more visuals than they could use in the episode. So here, for your viewing pleasure today, is a compilation of the best shots they captured from their Read More
Celebrating World Tuna Day
World Tuna Day was held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, with an activity-filled event at Delap Park. Hosting the event were the teams from the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA). Below is the first-place poem written by the Marshall Islands Journal’s reporter Kelly Lorennij. Below that Read More
Vava II Visits Majuro
The superyacht Vava II arrived in Majuro this week. She is owned by billionaires Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, who are a fascinating couple partly because of his love of high-end competition sailing and her ongoing passion for writing songs and performing. Ernesto was born in Italy and is now a Swiss entrepreneur active in the Read More
Kathy’s Latest Masterpiece
In her new poem ‘Anointed’ Marshallese poet and activist Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island on Enewetak Atoll. The poem was written and performed by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, the video was directed by Dan Lin, and produced by PREL (Pacific Resources for Read More
PII Facilities in High Demand
Pacific International Inc. is the Marshalls biggest construction company. It was founded by Jerry Kramer and is now owned and run by him and his family. In February the company celebrated the opening of its new dock facility, its new purse seiner net repair workshop, and the arrival of its new ship, Michelle K. The Read More
Enewetak’s Runit Dome
I have just added a video about Enewetak’s Runit Dome to the Enewetak page https://www.infomarshallislands.com/atolls-a-l/enewetak-atoll/ Over 2.5 million people subscribe to a YouTube channel called Be Amazed. In April, 2018, the group did a clip on Enewetak’s Runit Dome. Here’s what they wrote on YT: “You’ll be amazed by this dome hidden away on a Read More
BOMI in the Outer Islands
The Bank of Marshall Islands (BOMI) has its Mobile Banking Services team on the MV Kwajalein that left Majuro on January 20, 2017. The Kwajalein is scheduled to visit Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Mejit, Likiep and then return to Majuro. The BOMI mobile services include: Deposits and Withdrawals; Processing of Micro Loans; Mobile Banking; Collections; Money Gram Service; Handling of Read More
