Marshall Islands

Four local organisations received 2000 books, valued at $170.000, from The Asia Foundation as part of the Foundation's contribution to the Pacific Regional Initiative, supported by USAID, to promote literacy as a prevention against trafficking in persons

Majuro's sports and extracurricular programme is organising summer camps for young people, including a very successful ukulele training session at Delap

This year the United Church of Christ sees more than 2.000 participants at its youth conference in Majuro, an event held once every two years for a two-week duration

The Enja Enos Memorial gymnasium on Rongrong Island was inaugurated by local government officials from Majuro Atoll, with their counterparts from Taiwan

Ebeye students recently took part in a robotics event at Jabro Gymnasium, where they were trained to build and programme robots from scratch

New Marshall Islands Ambassador Anjanette Kattil was recently sworn in to begin her term as ambassador to Taiwan and non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore

Elizabeth Marques is breaking the norm in Majuro with her work as a taxi driver, trying to encourage other women to take up the job; there are only two female drivers in Majuro, she stated

The twice-postponed Micronesian Games will be held from 15 to 24 June 2024 in Majuro, Marshall Islands

Stevens Elementary School, with more than 30 Marshallese students, reflects the Marshallese population of Spokane County, in Washington State, which has about 5.000 residents

A ship "flying the flag of the Marshall Islands" has been seized by the Iranian Navy in the Gulf of Oman, after it allegedly collided with an Iranian vessel and attempted to flee the scene

Of the 193 member countries of the UN, the Marshall Islands is the only one without a national football team; after the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation was founded in late 2020, activities are under way to form a team

Team Hangloose, with captain Larry Hernandez Jr., won last weekend's Marshalls Billfish Club fishing derby with a 390-pound marlin