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June 2009
Earlier this year, we sent
you a press release on the Maui
Jim's Pacific Expeditions
fishing show (see attached).
From that visit, two shows were
produced and will be broadcasted
during the following dates and
times:
The VERSUS Network, a COMCAST
network
Part One
Tuesday
June 16
2:00 pm est
1:00 pm central
12:00 noon mountain
11:00 am pacific
Saturday June
20
1:30 pm est
12:30 pm central
11:30 am mountain 10:30 am
pacific
Part Two
Tuesday
June 23
2:00 pm est
1:00 pm central
12:00 noon mountain
11:00 am pacific
Saturday June
27
1:30 pm est
12:30 pm central
11:30 am mountain 10:30 am
pacific
The residents of Majuro will
have the opportunity of seeing
the shows firsthand on MBC's
Channel 18 this week. The
shows will also be available
online in the coming days on www.pacificnetwork.tv.
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March 30, 2009:
Notice to all public that
Japanese Luxury cruise ship
Nippon Maru will be visiting us
for the first time on Monday,
April 13, 2009, carrying about
300 passengers. She will
be arriving at her anchorage
site, which is off the lagoon in
front of the RRE compound around
8am and will be off loading her
passengers at the RRE Shoreline
around 9am. For those of
you that are interested in
selling their local products,
please, you’re all welcome to
book a space at the Local Market
area with Tema at RRE
headquarters office.
Booking rate for each stall is
just $10.00 and ground rent is
$8.00 only.
March 30, 2009:
Naan in karon nan aolep ro ilo
belakin Marshall in bwe juon
tima in jambo jen Japan etan
Nippon Maru enaj lotok aelon
kein ad ilo raan in Monday,
April 13, 2009. Tima in ej
kab naaj kein ka-juon an lotok
aelon kein ad im enaaj lon
emaron 300 pajinjea ie.
Tima in enaaj jino anko im emaan
iaar in RRE Compound eo ilo 8
awa jibbon im naaj ekto im ektak
pajinjea ro an ilo RRE Shoreline
jino jen 9 awa maan lok.
Nan ro im ej itok limoer in
wiakake jerbal in Majol ko aer
ekwe komwoj kanooj in ruwainene
in kojnolok jikum ilo Local
Market eo an RRE ippan Tema ilo
office eo elap and RRE.
Wonen rent e juon mon wia ilo
Market en ej $10.00 wot.
Im wonen rent e jidrik bwidej
nan am kajjutak am imon wia ak
table in wiakake ekwe ej $8.00
wot tom moj.
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March
30, 2009:
The RMI Landowners Forum,
conducted by Johnny Edmonds of
Irimana Enterprises, New
Zealand, attracted 25
participants, representing
various groups, over the 2½ day
training event.
The outcome of the forum
led to the creation of an action
plan which will enhance MIVA’s
relationship with the landowners
of the Marshall Islands,
including the local governments
from the individual atolls and
more importantly, a sense of
cultural revitalization for the
participants.
Some of the activities
include a partnership with all
relevant stakeholders on the
construction and operation of a
Marshallese Village (a cultural
learning center which will be
available for tours), combining
tourism awareness week and Manit
Day activities (Culture and
Tourism Week) starting in 2010,
a touris business mentoring
project and other activities.
MIVA will be conducting a
series of presentations to the
relevant organizations, plus
follow up sessions, to gain
support in the implementation of
the activities in the action
plan.
MIVA thanks
its local partners, especially
the Council of Iroij for
approving such training, and
also Mr. Johnny Edmonds and the
South Pacific Tourism
Organization for their
participation and support.
Mr. Edmonds receiving a gift of
thanks from some of the
participants.
The Marshall Islands Visitors
Authority (MIVA) is a statutory
government corporation
established in October 1997
tasked with the overall
development of tourism in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands
through planning and product
development, marketing and
promotion, human resources
development, maintaining visitor
statistics, and tourism and
environmental awareness. It’s
seven-member, predominantly
private sector Board of
Directors guides the MIVA
Secretariat in fulfilling these
objectives. Office hours are
from Monday through Friday
8:00am to 5:00pm. POC: Dolores
deBrum-Kattil, General Manager.
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Kiteboarding in the RMI
John Bilderback has just posted a short movie
from the Legends at the Abyss
expedition with Pete Cabrinha,
Moehau Goold, Mauricio Abreu and
Kristin Boese; and Jody has
created a very cool slideshow of
some of the images captured.
To view the movie please
go here. For slide show
go here
Offshore Oddyseys |
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| December 2008 PATA
Micronesia Chapter Annual
Meeting (PDF) -
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October 27, 2008
The Marshall Islands Visitors
Authority welcomes Mr. Mathan J.
Jacob, MIVA’s new Special
Projects Officer. “We were
looking for a charismatic and
responsible individual for this
position for it requires working
with various members of the
community, including our
traditional and government
leaders. We are very lucky
to have Mathan on our team,”
says Dolores deBrum-Kattil,
General Man ager for MIVA.
Mr. Jacob will be responsible
for MIVA co-sponsored community
projects and conducting various
tourism and environmental
awareness activities as
prioritized in the 2008-2011 RMI
National Tourism Development
Plan.
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JAKI-ED:
MARSHALL ISLANDS CLOTHING MATS
Second Annual Exhibition and
Auction
September 24, 2008
Majuro, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia
Upholding the tradition of being
among the finest weavers in the
Pacific islands this year’s
Jaki-ed clothing mat exhibition
showed even finer weaving and a
greater variety of designs than
in 2007.
Created from pandanus, with
overlays of banana, hibiscus and
beach burr (ata ata) fibers
these mats are condensed texts,
aesthetic expressions of family
rank, genealogy, wealth,
spiritual and religious beliefs.
Diamonds with crosses (star of
the eye), parallel stripes (man
and woman), zigzag lines (the
wavy land of islands), lozenges
(under belly of turtles)
symbolize social and economic
relations, as well as the
natural world surrounding these
small atolls in the middle of
the great Pacific Ocean.
The revitalization of weaving
clothing mats Jaki-ed) started
in Nov. 2006. Maria Kabua Fowler
a traditional leader and
activist and Dr. Irene Taafaki,
Director of the Marshall Islands
Campus of the University of the
South Pacific, with the
assistance of Mary Lou Foley in
Honolulu, viewed the Bishop
Museum’s collection of
Marshallese mats. The resulting
workshops, where traditional
weavers shared their skills,
culminated in a revitalization
of Jaki-ed mats which were
exhibited with a sold out
auction in 2007.
The 32 mats from 23 weavers on
exhibit this year incorporated
an increasing number of
traditional designs from the old
mats as well as innovative
fringes and combinations of
fibers. A woven highly decorated
colorful bed cover mat loaned by
Iroij Michael Kabua was a
special feature. Money
from this year’s sold out
auction and prizes gave a
substantial return to the
participating weavers.
Congratulations to Neiran, first
place winner from Wotho!
Thanks to all whose
contributions made the evening
such a success including
Continental Airlines, Bank of
the Marshall Islands, Marshall
Islands Visitors Authority,
University of the South Pacific
and Marshall Islands Resort.
This year a related workshop
with Master Weavers and High
School students is helping to
ensure the mat weaving tradition
continues as part of traditional
Marshallese culture. We hope to
see these students entries in
future exhibitions and that the
names of Ailinglaplap, Ujae,
Arno, Wotho Namdrik, Likiep,
Mejit and other in the Ralik and
Ratak chains of the Marshall
Islands will continue to be
synonymous with great weavings
of the future as well as of the
past.
Caroline Yacoe
Majuro, Marshall Islands
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| All Micronesia
Fishing Tournament - Marshalls
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For immediate release:
 September
2, 2008 Majuro, Marshall Islands
– The Budweiser 16th Annual
All-Micronesia Fishing
Tournament hosted by the
Marshalls Billfish Club was held
this past weekend in Majuro,
Marshall Islands. This
year’s tournament was a
record-breaking event for the
All Mike tournament with two
record Pacific Blue Marlins
caught in both days.
On Saturday, August 30th Team
Marshall Billfisb Club I (MBC #
1), led by Captain Anja Andy on
MEC Brits Too, caught a 643lbs
marlin, breaking the All-Mike
fishing record of 597lbs held by
Captain Ben Reimers Team
MBC # 2 from last years’
15th All Micronesia fishing
tourney.
Surprisingly, on Sunday, August
31, Team Pohnpei Sportfishing
Club # II, led by Alex Tretnoff,
aboard Lorraine K with Captain
Gabriel Capelle, reeled in
a 794lbs Pacific Blue Marlin,
the biggest ever caught in RMI
waters, topping both All Mike
and July Billfish tournament
records(719 lbs Captain Kyle
Aliven in July 2001). It
took the team over three hours
to fight the huge monster!
The winner raked in a cool
$6500.00 with their record
breaking billfish of which
$2500.00 was sponsored by
Senator John Silk former
Minister of Resources and
Development along with the
world’s worst newspaper the
Marshall Islands Journal.
Team Pohnpei continues to
dominate the tournaments winning
it’s seventh tournaments in a
row. Go “sakau magic”!
The Marshalls Billfish Club is a
non-profit organization which
was established in 1982.
The club holds monthly
mini-fishing tournaments with
two major annual events, Annual
July Billfish Tournament in
conjunction with the National
Fishermen’s Holiday, and the
Annual All Micronesia Fishing
Tournament with participants
from all over Micronesia,
including Japan, Australia, New
Zealand, Hawaii and the U.S.
Check out
www.billfishclub.com for
information and results of the
Budweiser 16th All-Micronesia
Fishing Tournament.
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2nd Annual Jaki ed
(Marshallese Mats) Exhibit and
Auction
September 25, 2008
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall
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Marshallese women are considered
the finest and most productive
weavers in Micronesia.
Since World War II there has
been a gradual loss of knowledge
of the traditional form of fine
weaving and the beautiful
symmetrical designs that
characterized Marshallese
clothing mat-making artistry.
Traditional leader and activist
Maria Kabua Fowler and Dr. Irene
Taafaki, University of the South
Pacific RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS
critical to revive and share
traditional mat designs. They
shared photographs from the
Bishop Museum collection with
local weavers and held an
exhibit/auction of 19 mats in
April 2007. Namdrik weaver Patsy
Herman took first place
receiving $1340 in prize money
and auction proceeds. All mats
were sold, one purchased by the
Bishop Museum and one mat on
display at Outrigger Reef hotel
in Honolulu.
Based on the overwhelming
success of the 2007 event, the
2nd exhibition and auction of
mats has been rescheduled for
September 25, 2008 at the
Marshall Islands Resort in
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall
Islands.
More than 20 mats from Namdrik,
Arno, Ailinglaplap, Ujae, Mejit,
Kwajalein and Majuro atolls will
be on exhibit and available at
the auction. Iroij (high Chief)
Michael Kabua will exhibit
family heirloom mats and the
Bishop Museum photos will be on
display. Honolulu based
collector/dealer Caroline Yacoe
will assist with the exhibit and
facilitate sales of the mats to
private collectors and museums.
Admission is free.
Donations accepted for cash
prizes for the weavers.
This event is part of a series
of collaborations between Maria
Kabua Fowler and Dr. Irene
Taafaki. The first
collaboration began in 2001 with
a Marshallese Herbal Plant
Workshop and culminated in their
recent book Traditional Medicine
of the Marshall Islands- the
Women, the Plants, the
Treatments (University of the
South Pacific Press and
available at Na Mea Hawaii in
Honolulu, Hawaii).
The Republic of the Marshall
Islands is located just north of
the equator and 2400 miles
southwest of Hawaii. 1,225
tiny islands form 29 atolls and
five single low islands.
The Marshall Islands is served
four times a week from Honolulu
by Continental Airlines.
The largest hotel, formerly
operated by Outrigger, is the
Marshall Islands Resort, www.
marshallislandsresort.com.
For further information:
About the Project, Exhibit and
Auction, contact: Dr. Irene
Taafaki:
Taafaki_i@usp.ac.fj
Travel information: Marshall
Islands Visitors Authority:
www.visitmarshallislands.com
Bill Weza,General Manager,
Marshall Islands Resort:
mirhtl@ntamar.net
(692) 625-2525
For photos of the 2007 exhibit:
Caroline Yacoe:cyacoepp@aol.com
or
Marylou.foley@outrigger.com
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February 18, 2008:
The Marshall Islands Visitors
Authority (MIVA) has designated
the week of March 10-15 as
Tourism Awareness Week.
“This is the first ever of its
kind to take place in the
Marshall Islands and we are
hoping for full community
support and participation,” says
Dolores deBrum-Kattil, General
Manager. Activities to
take place will include an essay
contest for all 8th grade
students in Majuro schools on
the importance of protecting our
marine resources and how tourism
can help, a “Crisis Management
in Tourism” training seminar in
collaboration with Pacific Asia
Travel Association (PATA)
Micronesia Chapter and RMI Small
Business Development Center,
school and community visits, a
tourism job fair, clean-up and
tree planting project, a local
products fair, Marshalls
Billfish Club mini-tournament
and other activities. The
opening ceremony will take place
on March 10 at the International
Conference Center with a guest
speaker from the PATA Micronesia
Chapter.
The Jaki-ed Exhibition and
Silent Auction (Traditional
Marshallese woven dress mats)
was also to take place during
this week but due to lack of
transportation and limited
materials, the organizers and
weavers have decided to conduct
a Weaver’s Workshop instead
during this week, and postpone
the actual event to early
September 2008. The
community will have a chance to
see the weaver’s in action on
Friday, March 14, during the
local products fair to be held
at the Marshall Islands Resort.
For more information on the
jaki-ed project, please contact
Maria Fowler or Dr. Irene
Taafaki at the University of
South Pacific here in Majuro.
MIVA will be working very
closely with its local partners
such as the Marshall Islands
Tourism Association, Marshall
Islands Chamber of Commerce,
Marshall Islands Conservation
Society, College of Marshall
Islands, Majuro Atoll Waste
Company, National and Local
Governments, Mieco Beach Yacht
Club and Marshalls Billfish
Club, among others, in a
collaborative effort to increase
tourism and environmental
awareness to improve living
conditions in the community of
the Marshall Islands
particularly in Majuro.
The Marshall Islands Visitors
Authority (MIVA) is a statutory
government corporation
established in October 1997
tasked with the overall
development of tourism in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands
through planning and product
development, marketing and
promotion, human resources
development, maintaining visitor
statistics, and tourism and
environmental awareness. It’s
seven-member, predominantly
private sector Board of
Directors guides the MIVA
Secretariat in fulfilling these
objectives. Office hours are
from Monday through Friday
8:00am to 5:00pm. POC: Dolores
deBrum-Kattil, General Manager.
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2nd Annual
Jaki ed (Marshallese
Mats) Exhibit and
Auction
March 14, 2008
Majuro, Republic of
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Marshallese women
are considered the
finest and most
productive weavers
in Micronesia.
Since World War II
there has been a
gradual loss of
knowledge of the
traditional form of
fine weaving and the
beautiful
symmetrical designs
that characterized
Marshallese clothing
mat-making artistry.
Traditional leader
and activist Maria
Kabua Fowler and Dr.
Irene Taafaki,
University of the
South Pacific felt
it critical to
revive and share
traditional mat
designs. They
shared photographs
from the Bishop
Museum collection
with local weavers
and held an
exhibit/auction of
19 mats in April
2007. Namdrik
weaver Patsy Herman
took first place
receiving $1340 in
prize money and
auction proceeds.
All mats were sold,
one purchased by the
Bishop Museum and
one mat on display
at Outrigger Reef
hotel in Honolulu.
Based on the
overwhelming success
of the 2007 event, a
2nd exhibition and
auction of mats will
be held on March 14,
2008 at the Marshall
Islands Resort in
Majuro, Republic of
the Marshall
Islands.
More than 20 mats
from Namdrik, Arno,
Ailinglaplap, Ujae,
Mejit, Kwajalein and
Majuro atolls will
be on exhibit and
available at the
auction. Iroij (high
Chief) Michael Kabua
will exhibit family
heirloom mats and
the Bishop Museum
photos will be on
display.
Honolulu based
collector/dealer
Caroline Yacoe will
assist with the
exhibit and
facilitate sales of
the mats to private
collectors and
museums.
Guests staying at
the Marshall Islands
Resort will receive
a ticket to attend
the exhibit and
participate in the
auction.
Special room rates
will be extended by
the hotel.
This is the third in
a series of
collaborations
between Maria Kabua
Fowler and Dr. Irene
Taafaki. The
first collaboration
began in 2001 with a
Marshallese Herbal
Plant Workshop and
culminated in their
recent book
Traditional Medicine
of the Marshall
Islands- the Women,
the Plants, the
Treatments
(University of the
South Pacific Press
and available at Na
Mea Hawaii in
Honolulu, Hawaii).
The Republic of the
Marshall Islands is
located just north
of the equator and
2400 miles southwest
of Hawaii.
1,225 tiny islands
form 29 atolls and
five single low
islands. The
Marshall Islands is
served four times a
week from Honolulu
by Continental
Airlines. The
largest hotel,
formerly operated by
Outrigger, is the
Marshall Islands
Resort, www.
Marshallislandsresort.com.
For further
information:
About the Project,
Exhibit and Auction,
contact: Dr. Irene
Taafaki:
Taafaki_i@usp.ac.fj
Travel information:
Marshall Islands
Visitors Authority:
www.visitmarshallislands.com
Bill Weza,General Manager, Marshall Islands
Resort:
mirhtl@ntamar.net
(692) 625-2525
For photos of the
2007 exhibit:
Caroline
Yacoe:cyacoepp@aol.com
or
Marylou.foley@outrigger.com
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KOJELLA
MIVA emoj an
karoke bwe week en
kein Karuo ilo March
2008 (March
10th-15th) ej
TOURISM WEEK.
Juon ian kebojak ko
enaj komon iloan
week en ej Kawinin
kin Jaki Ed eo kein
karuo an Marshall
Islands.
Kemij kir im kelewetak
aolep kora bwe ren
komone juon, ruo ak
jonan eo remaron eje
non ien kawinin kin
Jaki Ed in enaj
komon ilo March 14,
2008. Jaki Ed
kein rej aikuj
kojerbal wot maan,
lo im atat.
Kojerbal wot kauno
kilmej ak brown.
Drettan juon Jaki Ed
enjab aitoklok jen 3
ne.
I.
Naj wor etali im
jejji (judge) jaki
kein ilo lajrak kein
(a)
Tiljek im Mejerik
(b) Mej in
etto ko kojerbali
(c)
Jonan airik in idren
jaki
II.
Kawinin ko
(a)
First Prize
-
$1,000.00
(b) Second
Prize
-
$ 600.00
(c)
Third Prize
-
$ 400.00
(d) Naj bar
lelok nebar non
lalim (5) jaki kin
$100 juon.
III.
Enaj wor ien an
Jikul ko im armij
otemjej aluji jaki
kein
IV.
Jaki kein naj
wiakaki ilo juon
kain wia etan
“Silent Auction”
V.
Jouij im kotobrak
tok Jaki kein non
Majuro mokta jen
week en iman ilo
March 2008.
Jilkintok non
Dolores
deBrum-Kattil ilo
MIVA, ak Irene
Taafaki im Maria
Fowler ilo USP
Marshall Islands
Campus.
VI.
Komol im Jeramon non
ro renaj bok konair
ilo Kawinin kin Jaki
Ed in.
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Marshall
Islands Aims High
for Tourism
Development –
Majuro, MH.
In an effort to step
up tourism
development over the
next few years, the
Marshall Islands
will conduct a
series of strategic
planning exercises
through the end of
2007, including a
Strategic Tourism
Summit scheduled for
November 9 and 10 in
Majuro. The
strategic planning
process, headed up
by the Marshall
Islands Visitors
Authority (MIVA),
will help to clarify
the RMI’s tourism
development vision
and objectives and
will ultimately
produce a National
Tourism Development
Plan covering the
years 2008 to 2011.
This month marks
exactly 10 years
since MIVA began
operating as the
national tourism
organization. MIVA
was established in
October of 1997, the
result of a
technical assistance
grant from the Asian
Development Bank to
the Government of
the RMI. MIVA was
one of the first RMI
public agencies to
have a majority of
its Board members
representing the
private sector.
While tourism
development in the
RMI remains in its
early stages, with
Majuro Atoll (the
capital and gateway)
seeing just under
8,000 air arrivals
and anywhere between
100 to 2,000 sea
arrivals a year
(depending on yacht
and cruise ship
traffic), overall
growth in visitor
numbers as well as
private tourism
investment has been
steady. For example,
throughout the
1990s, the RMI saw
just 200 to 300
scuba divers a year,
while today that
range has jumped to
between 500 to 1,000
divers a year.
The years 2006 and
2007 are landmark
years for tourism,
with the arrival of
the first-ever
direct charter
flights from Japan
to Majuro (which
will impact visitor
numbers
significantly),
ongoing improvements
at the Amata Kabua
International
Airport, and
significant private
investment flowing
into both new and
expanded hotel and
resort facilities on
the main island of
Majuro and across
the lagoon in the
northern islands
area.
“We’ve made steady
progress in the past
decade,” says MIVA
General Manager
Dolores
deBrum-Kattil. “It’s
a good time to take
stock and to talk
about what kind of
destination we want
to become. These
strategic planning
exercises should
help us clarify
where we are today,
where we want to be
in the future, and
what it will take to
get there.”
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