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| PII guilty, but Ingram puts fine on hold Pacific International Inc. was found guilty on three counts related to pollution of Majuro lagoon waters following a brief trial before High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram last Friday morning. Although fighting the criminal charges that resulted when PII refused to pay an RMI EPA fine of $5,000 will surely cost it more than the fine EPA has sought, PII may have accomplished its apparent intention by forcing the matter to court: after finding PII guilty of the three pollution/reef damage charges, Ingram said he “was not prepared to impose a fine at this time” and he wanted the government to provide a rationale for why the EPA fine was increased from the original $1,000, and he wanted PII to offer a rationale for why the fine should be less than $5,000. Jared gets best time ever Jared Heine, the first Marshall Islands Olympian to compete in Bejing, finished third in a men’s 100-meter backstroke heat, touching in 59.68 — his best time in competition ever, though not fast enough to qualify for the finals. “Jared had a great swim,” Swimming Federation President Cris Lindborg told the Journal from Beijing. “He shaved more than a second from his previous best time, a good way to end his swimming career.” JAL set for October trip Japan Airlines has finally confirmed its first flight of 2008 — now scheduled for October 9-14, according to Satoshi Yoshii, owner of Marshall Islands Tours. The charter is not only being promoted to Japanese customers, but also for Taiwanese. RMI students face language crisis Seven out of 10 public school fourth graders cannot read, speak or understand English and Marshallese adequately, the scores on the latest RMI tests show — and the problem is getting worse.A total of 73 percent of all public schools either got worse or did not improve between 2005 and 2007, according to the results of the Pacific Islands Language Literacy (PILL) test results released by the Ministry of Education earlier this month. But in math there are evident improvements: 63 percent of public schools did better in math during the same period. |
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Games debut: Wrestlinig champ Waylon Muller carries the big flag to lead the RMI Olympic Games group at last Friday's opening ceremony in Beijing.
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Bingo!: Zaion Bruno spins a barrel of colorful bingo balls for a group of people enjoying a relaxing game in Uliga.
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Miss-ile: The Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time this month at Kwajalein after two sections collided. On board were the cremated remains of Star Trek actor James Doohan ("beam me up, Scotty").
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Track Zac: Teen solo sailor Zac Sunderland left Majuro on Sunday and by Wednesday was 312 miles south in Kiribati waters. He's hoping to sail to Darwin, 3,400 miles from Majuro, in one hop.
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By GIFF JOHNSON
Former Minister Rien Morris and the Public Service Commission “doomed” the
Former Minister Rien Morris and the Public Service Commission “doomed” the
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2007 election even before it started by their unconstitutional actions, says the government’s Commission of Inquiry report issued to the Nitijela Tuesday.
“Initial causes of the numerous problems during the 2007 election and its myriad failures were the actions of then-Minister of Internal Affairs Rien Morris (and) contributing causes includes the actions or inactions of the PSC and Chief Electoral Officer Carl Alik,” the report said. Morris’ “unconstitutional interference” with the PSC hiring process vetoing the PSC selection committee’s recommendation to hire Laju Sawej in favor of Alik, and his later reprogramming of funds needed to properly conduct the 2007 national election “doomed the 2007 election even before the process began,” the commission said. “The PSC further doomed the 2007 election by allowing former Minister Morris to interfere with the PSC selection process and by ignoring its own selection committee’s recommendation that Laju Sawej be appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer.” Continued
“Initial causes of the numerous problems during the 2007 election and its myriad failures were the actions of then-Minister of Internal Affairs Rien Morris (and) contributing causes includes the actions or inactions of the PSC and Chief Electoral Officer Carl Alik,” the report said. Morris’ “unconstitutional interference” with the PSC hiring process vetoing the PSC selection committee’s recommendation to hire Laju Sawej in favor of Alik, and his later reprogramming of funds needed to properly conduct the 2007 national election “doomed the 2007 election even before the process began,” the commission said. “The PSC further doomed the 2007 election by allowing former Minister Morris to interfere with the PSC selection process and by ignoring its own selection committee’s recommendation that Laju Sawej be appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer.” Continued
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By SUZANNE CHUTARO
There was no sugar coating of the global economic situation hurting the Marshall Islands at Monday’s Nitijela opening when President Litokwa Tomeing told the nation that the “path ahead will be painful.” In his address to Nitijela, Tomeing delivered sobering remarks that flatly reminded everyone that the Marshall Islands is not out of the woods yet. “Our government is burdened,” said the President, adding that while the government is thankful to its citizens for doing their part during the State of Economic Emergency, “people still need to be conservative and work harder.” Continued
There was no sugar coating of the global economic situation hurting the Marshall Islands at Monday’s Nitijela opening when President Litokwa Tomeing told the nation that the “path ahead will be painful.” In his address to Nitijela, Tomeing delivered sobering remarks that flatly reminded everyone that the Marshall Islands is not out of the woods yet. “Our government is burdened,” said the President, adding that while the government is thankful to its citizens for doing their part during the State of Economic Emergency, “people still need to be conservative and work harder.” Continued
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NEWS UPDATE: Friday, August 15, 2008
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Majuro resident Camilla Ingram spoke on behalf of Marshall Islands cancer survivors at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum in California late last month, exposing many of the challenges that people with cancer face in this country. She was joined at the event by Esther Lokboj and Alosiana Abner Bejang. “Four years ago, when I was 49 years old, I was diagnosed with colon cancer, Stage IIIB,” she told the conference. “It was a shock. It was hard to accept. But I followed the doctor’s advice and had the surgery and chemotherapy. After chemotherapy, I returned to my family, my friends, and my work. I am once again a counselor for the Marshall Islands NGO, Youth to Youth In Health. Also, I now serve as a spokesperson for cancer patients and survivors in the Marshall Islands.” Read more about this in next week's paper.
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