MAJURO,13 APRIL 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — Although the Marshall Islands has no confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, Marshall Islands residents are increasingly on edge about the possibility of its introduction despite a government ban on inbound travelers. The container vessel Kota Hakim, which came from Lautoka, Fiji, was given an exemption from the 14-day […]
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Secretary Bernhardt Announces $1,656,055 in FY 2020 Funding for Four Atoll Healthcare Program in the Marshall Islands
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has authorized $1,656,055 in funding to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health and Human Services under the Four Atoll Healthcare Program. This program is used to provide basic healthcare services for the people of the four nuclear-affected atolls in the RMI […]
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RMI awaits test results of possible case of coronavirus
The Republic of the Marshall Islands yesterday said that it is investigating a possible case of coronavirus with a 66-year-old Majuro resident currently isolated at the Majuro Hospital. According to the government’s Ministry of Health and Human Services, the Person Under Investigation is being treated and that the patient specimen has been sent to a […]
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Marshall Islands gets ready for coronavirus
MAJURO, 02 MARCH 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — While escalating efforts to prevent contact with people from coronavirus hot-spots globally, the Marshall Islands is fast-tracking quarantine facilities and safety supplies for health workers to prepare for what health authorities believe is an inevitable arrival of the illness. “The World Health Organisation is telling us it’s great […]
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Call for U.S to do more to address nuclear legacy in Marshall Islands
AUCKLAND,17 JULY 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — There is a call for the United States to do more to help the Marshall Islands, where it conducted nuclear weapons tests more than 60 years ago. A large-scale investigation has found extremely high levels of radiation still persist in much of the country’s north. The research from the […]
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David Kabua new RMI President
David Kabua is the new President of the Republic of Marshall Islands after edging out incumbent Hilde Heine with votes of 20 to 12 during the first RMI Parliamentary session yesterday. The 69 year-old veteran politician and former cabinet member, who is also the second son of the Marshall Islands first President Amata Kabua, became […]