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MARSHALL ISLANDS NATIONAL FISHING TOURNAMENT 2009
The Marshall Islands' best fishermen are vying for top honors at the 27th Annual Fishing Tournament this week in Majuro.
Sponsored by the Marshalls Billfish Club, the Tournament is held the first weekend in July, in conjunction with the National Fishermen's Holiday on July 4.
To share the event with Marshallese scattered abroad,the Club will carry live/real-time weights and pictures of the July 3rd and 4th Tournament on its WEBSITE, according to Mack Capelle.
Chosen for this year's Miss Billfish is Rose In Eañ Kabua, who welcomes the participants at the Uliga dock.
Since 1983, the Marshalls Billfish Club has been the biggest proponent of sport fishing in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, organizing more than 140 sportsfishing tournaments.
Currently, the club holds an average of 10 tournaments a year, the largest tournaments being the Annual National Fisherman's Day Tournament and the All-Micronesia Fishing Tournament held in August.
- (by Aenet Rowa; cover photo courtesy of Marshalls Billfish Club)
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 Marshallese Youth from Hawaii, Mainland Meet for Bible Camp in Arkansas
Youth from Marshallese churches in the U.S. mainland and Hawaii are gathering in Arkansas July 13-19 for the 2009 Summer Bible Youth Camp. King's Cathedral Marshallese Fellowship of Maui, under the leadership of Pastor Datsun Imakita, is sponsoring the event and sending its Intergeneration Youth Group to present special programs of interest. The Camp, hosted by King's Chapel in Springdale, will feature Bible studies, sports events and field trips. The event is expected to draw youth groups from California, Kansas, Missouri, and throughout Northwest Arkansas.
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Health Survey Draws Over One Thousand Marshallese Participants
A Northwest Arkansas health initiative, with a focus on improving public health programs and services to the Marshallese in the region, drew several hundred more participants than initially requested.
"The Jones Center for Families along with the Arkansas Assessment Initiative extends a sincere "thank you" to the 1,100 Marshall Islanders who came to the Jones Center to participate in the Marshallese Health Survey," said Dr. Grace Donoho, director of education at the Jones Center in Springdale.
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 Minuteman III Successfully Launched from Vandenberg to Kwajalein
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly launched from North Vandenberg today at 3:01 a.m. The launch was an operational test to verify the weapon system's reliability and accuracy.
The missile carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles approximately 4,190 miles at speeds in excess of 24,000 mph to their pre-determined targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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Marshall Islands: Conclave of Alabs to be Convened on Kwajalein
The Mojen of Jeimata, the Iroijship of Imata Kabua, Iroijlaplap, has issued a call for the convening of a Conclave of Alabs, on July 6, 2009, at South Loi (Loojeirok), Kwajalein. This solemn meeting of elders of Ralik Chain, will be the first of its kind in recent memory for the holders of land rights in over half of the inhabited atolls of the Marshall Islands. Alabs (elders) from all the atolls of the Mojen, including Jaluit, Ailinglaplap, Kwajalein and Bikini are expected to begin travelling by air and sea to Ebeye, Kwajalein, beginning next week.
The Conclave is expected to discuss and resolve outstanding issues of custom and tradition including but not limited to customary recognition of titles and inheritance of land. It will also endeavor to seek traditional advice on resolution of outstanding land issues pertaining to Kwajalein and other Mojen property.
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 Conference Speakers Relate Tragedy and Legacy of US Nuke Testing
The Nuclear Awareness Conference, April 18-20, 2008, at the University of Alaska Southeast, featured Hiroshima survivor and three speakers on behalf of the Marshallese people in the aftermath of the nuclear testing conducted by the U.S. The first-person stories and historical narrative describes the fall-out poison, birth abnormalities, disease, and deaths related to the nuke legacy. The three-day event was a joint project of the Hiroshima Peace Museum, The Marshall Island Government, Veteran’s for Peace, Alpha Phi Omega (Alpha Zeta Theta Chapter) and the UAS Chancellor’s office. The audio files of the conference are now available in MP3, IPOD downloads, and streaming:
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Marshall Islands' Birth Defects and Radiation Exposure Connection "Unlikely", States LLNL
The feature article of a new journal, published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, contends that there are misconceptions about the links between radiation exposure and genetic (birth) defects. During the period between 1946 and 1958, a total of 67 nuclear tests were conducted on Bikini and Enewetak Atolls and adjacent regions within the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In recent years, there have been Marshallese children born to parents living in the northern atolls, diagnosed with Waardenburg’s syndrome.
"Based on current medical and scientific data, a connection between Waardenburg’s syndrome and radiation exposure in the Marshall Islands is very unlikely," concludes the study.
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 UN Rep Presents Credentials to Marshall Islands President
The head of the Fiji based United Nations agencies; Mr Knut Ostby met and presented his credentials on Tuesday, June 6, 2009, to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Honourable Litokwa Tomeing. Also present at the event were members of the RMI Cabinet.
Representing 10 countries in the region including RMI and in his capacity as the new UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Mr Ostby’s visit is to meet the Marshallese Government officials as well as look at existing projects.
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Reproductive Health Report Launched in Marshall Islands
The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Knut Ostby launched the Reproductive Health Commodity Security status assessment report in the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) on June 17, 2009, in the presence of Government officials, UN officials, the local Youth to Youth group and the media.
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Hawaii TV Broadcasts Replay of Marshallese Education Day Program
The Second Annual Marshallese Education Day in Honolulu held on April 25, 2009, honored young people who had achieved academically during the past school year. The program, "Booj Lolatat non Jelalokjen (Educating Minds for the Future), highlighting outstanding students, will be streamed on the website of OLELO Community TV on channel NATV this Tuesday. Beginning at 8:00 a.m., the ceremony, Toddlers, High School, and Parents Sessions will be presented.
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 Army Sergeant from Marshall Islands Becomes U.S. Citizen
Two Joint Task Force-Bravo Soldiers became U.S. citizens here June 10 in the first U.S. naturalization ceremony to take place in Central America.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Damien Milne and U.S. Army Sgt. Carmen Villa raised their right hands and took the oath of citizenship reaffirming the oath they both took when they became Soldiers in the U.S. Army several years ago.
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 Marshallese Community Outreach Coordinator Position Announcement
The Jones Center, in Springdale, Arkansas, announces the opening for a Commmuity Outreach Coordinator, dedicated to serving the Marshallese in the area. This is a full-time salaried, grant-funded position, which has funding until the summer of 2011.
Interested applicants should send a letter addressing the points in the job description; a current resume; and a Jones Center job application, which is available on-line at www.jonesnet.org. The closing date for applications is June 24. According to Kathryn Birkhead, Diversity and Inclusion Director, they expect to conduct interviews in early July. Applicants should note that the Jones Center will not be able to pay for transportation for interviews. Position Description follow:
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