A total of 313 people – 268 American workers plus 17 Americans and 28 Marshallese expected to be released from quarantine this week – have been repatriated to the RMI through Kwajalein as of November 27, 2020. While it has proved possible to bring people into the Marshall Islands and contain COVID-cases to the border, […]
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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 the US military base on Kwajalein and Marshallese citizens. The US military successfully convinced the RMI that they could safely
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Between the president’s general disdain for mask wearing and the administration’s rush to nominate and confirm another conservative justice to the Supreme Court that more than 30 people directly got sick from the virus. After a week isolated in intensive care, former governor Chris Christie regrets letting his guard down and urges people to keep keep taking precautions.
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I waited a very long time to meet the right person to get married. When my husband proposed to me last summer, he was eager to get married. We thought that last fall would have been too soon. If only we had known that nothing was going to be normal this year. He wanted to
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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 out. The RMI government banned travel from China several weeks prior to the March 3, 2020 restrictions on international travel.
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In June there were 500-600 active cases and 33 deaths in the Marshallese community in Northwest Arkansas. There were 9 deaths in July. They made up the majority of Benton and Washington county’s COVID cases. The good news — there has not be a COVID-related death in the NWA Marshallese community since August 2. The
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Ukok jān Patrick Boaz. See here for English version. Olivia Paschal, juon rijeje nuuj ilo Northwest Akansas ej kwaļok kōn rijerbal ro ilo im̧ōn kōm̧m̧an bao ko. Riiti likio in bwebwenato eo moktata im ear diwōj ļo̧k jān Facing South ilo Okōj 20, 2020 im ear ukook bar diwōj ļo̧k kōn mālim eo aer. Enin
Olivia Paschal, a journalist in Northwest Arkansas, has been reporting on poultry processing workers. Read the complete article first published by Facing South on August 20, 2020 and translated and republished with permission. This is Part 1 of 4. Riiti ilo Kajin Majel: Kien im Jikin Jerbal raar Kajekdon Jukjukun-pad eo ejoreen jen Ajedeed in
Kōmeḷeḷe jān William Swain Jikuul? Jikuul?! Ke men eo kwōj ba in, ke?! Jikuul board ko ipeļaakin Amedka in rej jutak ikōtaan aelik im aewaar, jon̄an aer pok kōn elan̄n̄e rej jikuul ilo kanem armej, ilo cyber space (distant learning), ak kabodān in men kein ruo—hybrid. Jet rej ba rej kōttar lōmņak ko an taktō
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En̄in juon bwebwenato eo Maitha Jolet ekar kōm̧m̧ane ioon Facebook ilo raan in Mae 25, 2020 jān room eo ekar pād make iaan ilo MercyOne aujpōtal ilo Bukwōn Iowa. Kar jeje jān audio kōn jerbal eo an Selina Leem. Ej ba: Kam̧oolol Irooj m̧oktata kōn mour kab ejmour. Eļaptata ilo an kar kejeplaak eo im letok ejmour
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