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| Fish decision Monday The RMI EPA board is expected to make its decision early next week on an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for fish farming in Majuro. Good Fortune Bay (GFB) Marshall Islands has proposed developing fish farming from its current pilot stage to a commercial level of production. Koo's new Majuro home Koo’s Fishing Company opened a new three-story office building in Majuro last Friday, adding a significant improvement to the Delap industrial area. Koo’s President Johnson Chuang said the company invested more than $700,000 in the new building and its investment — as well as employment of Marshallese — will increase when it begins building its cold storage and fish processing facility on the property in the near future. Majuro Mayor Albertter dies Majuro Mayor Riley Albertter died in hospital in the Philippines over the weekend. His remains are expected to return to the capital this Saturday afternoon, after which funeral services will begin. Divers head to Bikini at last The first AMI flight since October taking divers and tourists to Bikini Atoll left Wednesday morning, following repairs made to the Dash-8 on Tuesday. A group of 12 Japanese and six European divers flew to Bikini, according to dive officials. Tobolar bumps copra up to 22¢ Tobolar on Friday announced another price hike for copra, the fourth increase since January. The price was increased effective Monday to 22 cents per pound in the outer islands and 23.5 cents per pound in Majuro. |
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Majuro’s waste company is not in crisis — Majuro Atoll is in crisis. This is the view of the Majuro Atoll Waste Company (MAWC) board, which issued a resolution last week declaring a state of emergency for the waste collection system on Majuro. With nearly all the red bins now broken, MALGov’s pickup service disintegrating, and MAWC lacking funding to fix the bins or take over public garbage collection, the capital’s waste problem is hitting the fan. “Numerous donors are ready to fund Majuro waste needs,” said MAWC manager Roger Cooper. But with funds dwindling, Cooper said he is being forced to start laying off workers this week. Continued
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The US Army and its prime contractor, TKC Technology Solutions LLC, could sign an agreement this month to officially launch the multi-million dollar submarine fiber optic cable project to Kwajalein. Although the US Embassy in Majuro told the Journal that the agreement signing could be as early as Thursday this week, National Telecommunications Authority General Manager Tony Muller said he’s doubtful the Army and TKC will sign this quickly “based on the current discussions” between the two parties. Continued
| NEWS UPDATE: Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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Raytheon Company recently won a $400 million Pentagon contract to move a missile defense radar from the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll to the Czech Republic in Europe. The plan follows discontinued use of the X-band radar currently at Kwajalein, as the US has moved missile defense testing to California and Alaska, according to reports. The missile defense plan has been controversial and heavily criticized by the Russians. To date, Raytheon (prior to KRS' current tenure, the main contractor at Kwajalein) has only received about $5 million to start planning for the transfer. Read all about it next week.
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