The ROC (Taiwan) today added US$100,000 to its June contribution of US$200,000 in support of the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ (RMI) hosting of the 44th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). Ambassador George T.K. Li, in making the donation to RMI Minister of Foreign Affairs Phillip Muller, also committed to further beautification assistance including a dump truck and flowers for the September event. ...
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President Christopher J. Loeak called last week for national unity in the Republic of the Marshall Islands - the need to forge strong partnerships and working together to find solutions to the pressing issues facing the country. Addressing the nation during the Nitijela (Parliament) 34th Constitutional 2nd session’s opening ceremony, the President said that the global financial crisis has affected...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Public Service Commission's search for candidates for Secretary of Health, Secretary of Public Works, and Attorney General continues with application deadlines extended for the three posts. Secretary of Health: 14 August 2013 Secretary of Public Works: 21 August 2013 UPDATE as of 8/26/13! Attorney General: 4 September 2013: MI-097-13-Attorney...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Public Service Commission is accepting applications to seek employment for Secretary of Public Works. Application deadline has been extended to August 21, 2013. POSITION TITLE: SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS GRADE & SALARY: PL-13/3 $30,000.00 Per Annum REPORTING TO: ...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Public Service Commission is accepting applications to seek replacement for the position of Secretary of Health. The application deadline has been extended to August 14, 2013. POSITION TITLE: Secretary of Health GRADE & SALARY: PL-13/3 $30,000.00 Per Annum MINISTRY: Health LOCATION: Majuro, RMl EA NO.: MI-040-13 OPENING DATE:07/30/l3 CLOSING DATE: 08/14/13...
s main airport, while a state of emergency was called over a drought the government said was driven by climate change, prompting aid to be sent by Australia . De Brum told Guardian Australia that the Marshall Islands looked upon Australia as a regional "big brother" that needed to do more to help its islander neighbours. "We think Australia should take more of an active and globalist role in climate...
s first climate change refugees, with rising sea levels threatening their nation's existence. Senator de Brum told me he sees the similarities between those post World War Two nuclear tests and the islands precarious existence now. The parallels are of course there. We had to cope with the mass displacement of communities and populations from one atoll to another. The testing program did leave many...
s vision for the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders' meeting, including RMI...
Summit (MPS) held 10-12 July in Koror, Palau. He joined the Federated States of Micronesia President Emanuel Mori and the host of this year's MPS, Republic of Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. The Micronesian Presidents Summit concluded with the signing of the Ernguul (Old name for Koror) Communiqué. MORE: 13th Micronesian Presidents...
The U.S. State Department last month released its annual global analyses of trafficking investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences. Of 188 governments, only thirty continued to address the problem meeting the minimum compliance standards of Tier 1. Ninety-two countries in Tier 2 did not fully comply. From that group, forty-four nations, including the Republic of the Marshall Islands which...
Australia and US offer desalination and reverse-osmosis units as severe drought worsens in Pacific archipelago About 6,000 people who live on the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific are facing an acute shortage of fresh water as a severe drought worsens. A state of disaster was declared in the north. Australia announced it would provide AU$100,000 (£65,335) for emergency desalination units. The...
the end of history' unless action is taken to stop sea levels rising Every country in the Caribbean faces huge economic losses caused by rising sea levels over the coming decades, losing hospitals, airports, power plants, multi-million dollar tourism resorts, roads, bridges and farmland, according to a UN report. Diplomats from the 43 Caribbean, African and Pacific nations grouped as Aosis (Alliance...
s registration under the flag of convenience of the Marshall Islands has been brought up in Congress as a safety issue Political ripples from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster have travelled as far as the north Pacific, where authorities of the remote Marshall Islands have been found to be the ones technically responsible for scrutinising safety standards on the doomed BP rig. The rig, which was owned...