Read in English: New Majuro Sports Team Raises Interest in Soccer for Marshallese Worldwide Marshall Islands Soccer Federation (MISF) rej scout ñan rikkure, coach, im administrators ilo US bwe ren jipañ er ilo kōttōpar eo aer ñan ikkure ippān aolep laḷ. Ewōr aer website ilo www.rmi.soccer. Ejutak kōn jerbal eo an Shem Livai kōn itok-limoun eo […]
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Jeramman n̄an Jewel Mapa and Kylie Hofschneider on their showcase audition for talent agents in Los Angeles last month. Jewel, much like her father, Michael Mapa, she has taken the lead in forging a new and exciting path for herself and her family. They have recently moved from Springdale to Las Vegas where Kylie lives
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Springdale, AR — June 17, 2023 For Men’s Health Month, AenEmmaan, a Marshallese men’s group in NWA, organized their first Father’s Day Fishing Tournament. Fishing began at Springdale Lake in the early morning, followed by an award’s ceremony at Murphy Park announcing the top three prize winners. Over 80 fathers signed up for the tournament!
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Over the past month, smoke from wildfires in Canada have been impacting the air quality in the United States. Several states including Washington, Montana, Nebraska and Wisconsin issued air quality alerts in May due to smoke pollution coming from wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. Last week New York City was covered in a thick
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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. In it, he addresses the “moral, unending responsibility” of the United States to the nuclear victims of the Marshall Islands,
This week both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will raise the limit on federal borrowing, suspend the debt limit for two years, and cut back on federal spending. The legislation received broad support in the House with 149 Republican and 117 Democrat votes. Though House majority leader
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The Dubuque Marshallese community celebrated May Day a couple weeks ago (May 27 – 29) with a parade of floats, dances and sports competitions. Maitha Jolet, who is running for Mayor of Likiep, conducted the opening ceremony Saturday afternoon. Remarks were made by Iroij Heletra Hermios, Dubuque Mayor Brad Cavanaugh, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
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Arkansas stopped disenrolling Medicaid beneficiaries in 2020 per the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which increased federal funds to match state funds for Medicaid during the public health emergency. Dr. Riklon explains more about medicaid and medicaid recertification in this previous post. Last December, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law last December, issued the
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Typhoon Mawar passed over Guam Wednesday night (5 pm local time and 2 am CST) with sustained winds of 140 mph and gusts up to 165 mph, the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane. The center of the storm was located 15 miles north-northeast of Guam and was moving northwest at a slow 8
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Miss Marshall Islands, Claret Chong Gum (who had represented Jaluit in the Miss Marshall Islands 2023) is visiting high schools in the RMI throughout Education Week. Claret and her colleagues started the week with a visit to Majuro Cooperative High School and Delap Seventh-day Adventist School to present scholarship requirements and criteria with the ministry
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