Our Ocean’s Promise
From Aspirations to Inspirations: The Marshall Islands Fishing Story
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 Read More
Battling it out on Kwajalein
KAREN EARNSHAW A series of stunning colorized photos of the US Army during the second world war in the Pacific, including a number from the Marshall Islands, were brought to life through vivid colorization by a Welshman. Royston Leonard, from Cardiff, used his master artist skills to reinvent the images … and kindly given me Read More
Fr. Fran Hezel, SJ
Remembering RMI
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 Read More
Natalie Nimmer
Remembering RMI
Today’s guest is NATALIE NIMMER who lived in the RMI between 2002-2011 for a total of six years. A WorldTeach volunteer assigned to Wotje, she later became Vice Principal at Northern Islands High School and then WorldTeach Field Director, Co-op High School Principal, and an adjunct instructor at CMI. In the Fall of 2002, a Read More
