SPAIN, 13 DECEMBER 2019 (SPREP) — The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the smallest ever country to secure a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, will use that platform to fight for climate and nuclear justice. The Marshall Islands, one of the most vulnerable countries on Planet Earth, was represented during the High Level […]
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Marshall Islands Opposition poised to win election
MAJURO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC via Pacific News) —Unofficial election results from the Marshall Islands show that the balance of power has shifted from President Hilda Heine’s government to the Opposition. The Opposition now appears to have an outright majority of 17, and possibly more as the country awaits the announcement of complete unofficial […]
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Heine safe, three incumbents face losing seat in Marshalls election
MAJURO, 21 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) —At least three senators in the Marshall Islands are on the brink of losing their seats as vote counting continues. On Majuro, David Kramer and Sherwood Tibon are behind in the count while seven-term Kwajelein senator Alvin Jacklick could also lose his seat. All three senators supported caretaker president […]
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President Heine urges Marshallese to stay the course and re-elect government
MAJURO, 18 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARSHALL ISLANDS GOVT) — The President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Hilda Heine says the nation has surged ahead over the last four years and has called on the Marshallese people to ensure this economic prosperity continues by re-electing her government. The President says advances such as the […]
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Dengue continues spreading in Marshall Islands
MAJURO, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARIANAS VARIERTY) — Dengue cases in the Marshall Islands passed the 1,000 mark last week as the government extended its national state of health emergency for another month in an effort to control the outbreak. Ebeye Island, where the outbreak started in July, has gone over two weeks without any new […]
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How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
MAJURO, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 — Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator, on a far-flung spit of white coral sand in the central Pacific, a massive, aging and weathered concrete dome bobs up and down with the tide. The Runit Dome holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet […]