Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa began their Covid-vaccine programs in mid-December. However, the Marshall Islands became the first independent nation in the Pacific to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccinations with just a few…
Some very encouraging news has been coming out of the RMI over these past couple of months. The border cases identified at the end of October, one active infection of COVID-19, was cleared to re-enter…
As soon as there was community spread of the novel coronavirus outside of Asia, the RMI closed its borders. There has been discussion and debate all year surrounding the possible repatriation of essential workers to…
I waited a very long time to meet the right person to get married. When my husband proposed to me last summer, he was eager to get married. We thought that last fall would have…
The Marshallese leaders and pastors of Springdale, Arkansas gathered together at the Marshallese Pastors Conference held on September 29 at The Apollo on Emma. The event also included the FBI, the Springdale Police Chief, the…
At the beginning of the year, the Marshall Islands had limited travel within the country because of an outbreak of dengue fever. They then extended the restrictions for international travel when the novel coronavirus broke…
Olivia Paschal, a journalist in Northwest Arkansas, has been reporting on poultry processing workers. Read the complete article first published by Facing South on August 20, 2020 and translated and republished with permission. This is…
In June there were 500-600 active cases and 33 deaths in the Marshallese community in Northwest Arkansas. There were 9 deaths in July. They made up the majority of Benton and Washington county’s COVID cases….
Before all the chaos of the year 2020, the Marshallese Tennis Club of Springdale, Arkansas enjoyed spending their days training for sporting events and simply being in each other’s company. The Marshallese Tennis Club began…
On Sunday, September 13, 2020, we learned that Sepe Bolkiem had died of a heart attack. Her friends and family mourn her sudden loss. A friend and family member, whose youngest sister was adopted by…
