NTA cuts rate
Out of fuel in Ebeye and Jaluit
Garrick Kelen plays one of the two Hamlets in the Shakespeare play of the same name that’s being put on by Marshall Islands High School students between March 9 and 13. “I saw Much Ado About Nothing when I was in seventh grade and decided I wanted to be in a play one day,” Kelen said.
Photo: Karen Earnshaw
(Continued from the home page) The fuel shortage has been caused by a lack of government vessels to transport fuel to Ebeye and Jaluit, and a disagreement on shipping prices with the one available private vessel. “We are having problems over on Ebeye,” Riklon said of the fuel shortage, which is affecting people’s ability to cook food as well as transportation between Kwajalein and Ebeye. Speaker Alvin Jacklick, who operates the ALRO fuel company that handles Ebeye and Jaluit, said he is waiting for the government landing craft Jeljelet Ae to be fixed to deliver fuel to both islands. The vessel has been beached at the old weather station area for several weeks of repairs.
Shipping Corporation officials said workers have been working around the clock during low tides to make repairs. It is expected to be seaworthy by this weekend. Jaluit managed last week to get 500 gallons of diesel from Anil Development, which is in Jaluit on a construction contract. So the power plant was able to maintain operations over the weekend. This small supply is expected to run out early this week, so the island will be out of power until the next fuel delivery. Resslynn, a private vessel operated by Kalmer Latak, is in service and has been used in the past for fuel deliveries to outer islands. But a disagreement over the costs to transport fuel has led Jacklick to refuse to use the vessel to transport fuel to Ebeye and Jaluit.
(Continued from the home page) A new option that may attract some of the current dialup customers is what Muller describes as the “interim usage-based broadband” service. For a flat monthly charge of $89.95, users can get access to a 128 KB bandwidth. With this service, there is a one cent per minute (60 cents per hour) charge for usage during peak periods, Monday to Saturday 7am-7pm.
Beginning April 1, NTA will shift its Internet service away from satellite to the fiber cable. It is now being tested and commissioned, with official launch on April Fool’s Day.
NTA is signing an agreement with Taiwan-based information technology firm Institute for Information Industry to assist NTA to develop its services with the new cable. Muller expressed optimism that Internet use will increase with the improved service and speeds of the cable and the reduced costs.

Journal 3/6/1971

Journal 3/8/1985
P1 Spokesmen for the people of Kili have requested that they be permitted to return to their former home on Bikini Atoll as soon as possible. The request was made during a meeting held on Kili between government representatives and the Kili Council. District Administrator Oscar deBrum said the government will assist the people in returning to Bikini if they so desire when the houses being built on Bikini are finished sometime next year. The Kilians want to be back by June this year. The Kilians also asserted during their meeting that the government was partly to blame for the loss of two men who attempted to swim to Kili after the engine on their boat failed. The Kilians are alleged to argue that the government did not provide oars for the boats the men were using — the boats were given to the Kili people by
P1 Plans for the imminent evacuation of Rongelap Atoll are moving ahead, said Senator Jeton Anjain who returned from the atoll last week. He will lead a delegation to Washington next week where they will restate their earlier request for US Congress assistance for the move. But US support or no US support, the Rongelap people are moving from their islands to an island in Kwajalein Atoll, said Anjain, who cited health concerns as the motivating factor behind the resettlement. “United States scientists have been lying to us for 30 years about the radiation on
our islands,” he said.
P1 RepMar officials have reached an agreement with Danish dairy producers for the establishment of a milk factory in Majuro. The Denmark Dairy Development Corporation will construct and operate a plant for recombining powdered milk and butterfat into whole milk. Discussions with the company were begun in June, 1984 when President Amata Kabua visited Denmark.
the Trust Territory government — and should therefore pay money to the families of the missing men.
P2 NOTICE: Sorry, but the necessity to perform some long-overdue alterations in our office and pressroom will prevent us from coming out next week.
P3 Evelyn Konou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Selvenios Konou of Majuro, and Donald F. Capelle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Capelle of Ebeye, have enrolled as sophomore and freshman, respectively, this semester at Mauna Olu College on the island of Maui, Hawaii. It is a four-year liberal arts private college.

Journal 3/5/1993
P6 It might be called the “Cheeseball Generation,” that unfortunate and large group of children who suffer from malnutrition. Both Ebeye and Majuro hospitals have established special malnutrition clinics and have organized systematic follow up for malnourished babies. “There are a lot of malnourished babies and children on Ebeye,” said Dr. Salvador Serano, the medical director of the Ebeye Community Health Center. A 1991 study by UNICEF and the Ministry of Health reported that up to two-thirds of Marshallese children were poorly nourished. Majuro hospital is currently treating an emaciated six year old who weighs just 27 pounds — compared to a minimum expected weight for a five year old of at least 31 pounds.
“Some children come in with swollen legs and arms,” Majuro hospital pediatrics ward nurse Maridel Pinano said. “They’re eating mostly carbohydrates — rice, donuts, koolaid — and not enough protein.”
“Many kids are being fed sodas and cheeseballs for breakfast,” Serano said. “They don’t get the nourishment they need.” The most disturbing trend for hospital staff is the number of repeat patients.