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Friday, September 21, 2007
Peleliu visit nets RMI $1.5m
The 10-day humanitarian assistance visit of the USS Peleliu injected an estimated $1.5 million into the local economy, according to US and RMI officials.
Navy statistics tell an impressive story of both economic and non-economic benefits for RMI’s approximately 52,000 residents, the US Embassy said in a release.
Taiwan doctors help hospital
A Taiwanese team of doctors is in Majuro this week, following a weeklong visit on Ebeye.
The team includes an orthopedist, ophthalmologist, ear, nose and throat specialist, dentist, gynecological oncologist (cancer specialist) and a senior operating room nurse.
G&L's new store
G&L Enterprises is making a big push into the grocery business, with a new store under construction across the street from its Midtown Store location.
G&L owner Grant Labaun told the Journal that the company is building a new grocery store on the lagoon side of the road in Uliga.

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Six new houses for Majuro Coop School
Teachers at Majuro Coop School are happy with their six new houses. Pictured from left: Yoora Lee, Kristin Olson, Jill Pagels, Jay Plasman, principal Kathy Stratte, Mere Tamanisau, Scott Howe, Robbin Farrel, Mike Slinger and Geovannie Johnson.
Bank boss brutally bashed
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Teen found guilty of rape Bank of Marshall Islands president Patrick Chen and another man were viciously attacked in a home invasion early Wednesday morning in Ajeltake. Two Marshallese men broke into Chen’s residence and attacked Chen and the other man, who is Chen’s house/grounds keeper, demanding money. Chen and his companion required treatment at Majuro Hospital’s emergency room after the incident. Chen needed several stitches to close a wound over his left eye, which was bruised and swollen shut. His nose was damaged and he was suffering from a bruised shoulder and leg from the attack. He was released on Wednesday, but the condition of the other man, though stable, was worse than Chen, and he was still in the hospital Wednesday. Danny Note, a relative of the landowners where Chen lives, was at the hospital assisting the two and said the two men who broke into the house assaulted the caretaker with a piece of lumber.
A jury of three men and one woman ruled late last week that a 16-year-old Majuro boy was guilty of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl earlier this year. The jury verdict is the second in a row in which a jury has voted to convict defendants, changing a trend of juries voting “not guilty” verdicts. The jury found the teenager guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of kidnapping. Because he’s a minor, he has not been held in jail nor will he be sentenced to jail time. He has been in the “custody” of a relative since being charged. The maximum sentence for an adult found guilty of first-degree sexual assault is 25 years in prison. Judge Richard Hickson has set sentencing for October 5.
RMI budget news
A $123 million national budget was introduced last Thursday to the Nitijela by Finance Minister Brenson Wase. The budget is $1.3 million lower than fiscal year 2007. Taiwan funding and US federal grants are dropping significantly for this coming year. An increase, however, in Compact funding and special revenue — mainly from the health care fund — is maintaining the budget at nearly the same level as last year. In keeping with the Compact II mandate, Education and Health are the two ministries receiving the biggest budgets in FY2008.
Shown here are just a few of the stories that appeared in the September 14, 2007 issue of the Marshall Islands Journal.
Finance Minister Brenson Wase.