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Attorney General Posesi Bloomfield
A suspect was being held in jail earlier this week, but no criminal charges had been filed as of Wednesday and Attorney General Posesi Bloomfield said he was waiting for police reports before charges would be filed.
The young man was reportedly killed in the Batkan area of Majuro by another youth who hit him with a piece of lumber, police said.
There were no injuries as a result of the problem on the flight Saturday.
As of Wednesday this week, AMI mechanics were still attempting to identify the cause of the problem with the Dornier and the matter remained under investigation - but it also means there was no date for a return of air service for the outer islands.
“We're looking at a possible extended grounding of the Dornier,” AMI general manager Dan Fitzpatrick told the Journal Wednesday. This means air travel to and from the outer islands will likely be on hold for at least another week.
The Marshall Islands could be headed for its best copra year in more than a decade.
The outer islands are on track to easily crack the 5,000-ton mark for copra production this year - the first time this has happened since 2001.
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials were on island late last week to confirm a new $14 million grant for improvements at Amata Kabua International Airport.
Although he resigned from Cabinet the week before the start of Nitijela on August 6, there was no change in his seating location and he was still referred to as “Minister” by the Speaker and during roll call.
Speaker Litokwa Tomeing did not change his seat from the Cabinet front bench to a back bench location, where all senators are seated, because he had not received any official notification from the President about a change in Zackios' status.
In fact, Zackios didn't attend the first two working days of the Nitijela (August 7 and 8) because of the ongoing confusion over his situation.
But last week Friday, after 10 days of uncertainty about Zackios' status, Speaker Tomeing took action, although he still had not received any notification from the President.
Zackios is now seated in a back bench chair that was previously occupied by Senator Fountain Inok.
For the first 10 days of the current session, the Nitijela clerk's morning roll call referred to Zackios as Minister, but as of this week he is being called “Senator.”
And comments at the Nitijela repeatedly danced around the protocol problem, with the Speaker commenting on “the situation” but not referring to it directly, until action was taken last Friday to put the issue to rest.
The first chief justice of the Marshall Islands High Court died in California earlier this month.
John C. Lanham “was a very experienced judge who knew what needed to be done in the Marshall Islands,” said High Court Chief Justice Carl Ingram.
Dr. Frederick Landro of the USS Peleliu, which will arrive in Majuro later this month. Landro's unit will do minor sugeries on 96 patients from Ebeye and Majuro on board the ship.
Shown here are just a few of the stories that appeared in the August 31, 2007 issue of the Marshall Islands Journal.