IDIK TŪR EO KŌN TŌPRAK IM TOKJEN
• Keplaak bwe en ewōr jāān in jipañ rūtto ro ad ekoba ro ewōr ṃōjṇo ilo ānbwin im kōmālij.• Keplaak im lolorjake bwe iṃōn jokwe ko an aolep rūtto ro ioon Majuro ren kōkāāl.• Keplaak…
RMI
Former Secretary of Health Niedenthal Continues to Advocate against Mishandling of Bikinian Trust Funds
Jack Nidenthal, former RMI Secretary of Health & Human Services and Bikinian by marriage, recently wrote in The Pacific Island Times about the recent mishandling of the Bikini Claims Trust Fund and Resettlement Trust Fund….
Restoration Efforts after Fire Destroyed WAM Canoehouse and Office
Early Sunday morning, February 27 2021, around 2AM, Waan Aelōn̄ Majeļ burned down. No casualties or injuries. No damage to PSS nearby except for a loss of power to surrounding buildings. The workshop, most of…
A Tale of Two Vaccines: Fighting COVID-19
In an interview with New Zealand Pacific Beat, RMI Secretary of Health Jack Niedenthal talked about the success in using the Moderna vaccine in the urban atolls but he said they are waiting for the…
RMI Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
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…
Successful Repatriation of Essential Workers to Majuro
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…
First Marshallese Group to Clear Quarantine Protocol for Repatriation This Week
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…
Despite Success in Kwajalein, RMI Travel Ban Likely to Continue All Year
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…
