MAJURO, 17 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — Police in the U.S. state of Washington have informed the Marshall Islands community in the area that they are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting death by a police officer of a 25-year-old Marshallese man last month. The police investigation in Spokane, Washington follows the shooting death […]
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Marshall Islands bans government travel
MAJURO, 10 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — The Marshall Islands on Friday issued an indefinite ban on all international travel by government employees and elected leaders to reduce the risk of importing the coronavirus now affecting over 34,000 people in 28 countries and territories. Marshall Islands President David Kabua signed a proclamation late Friday night […]
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Marshalls gets U.S medical team support with dengue treatment
MAJURO, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — With Majuro hospital wards overflowing with dengue fever patients, a U.S. volunteer medical team has arrived to bolster the hospital’s treatment programme. An AmeriCares medical team of one doctor and several nurses arrived earlier this week to work at Majuro hospital, with additional medical personnel from the U.S.-based […]
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Marshall Islands bans direct travel from China
MAJURO, 27 JANUARY 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) —- In the midst of mounting global concern about a coronavirus that officials in China say has caused the deaths 15 more people, the Marshall Islands issued a travel advisory Friday night banning travellers coming directly from the People’s Republic of China, where the virus originated. “Any traveller with […]