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May 11, 2026
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent One of the biggest electricity increases in the history of the Marshalls Energy Company was implemented last week — the first of a two-step tariff increase. Power charges rose by 6c per kWh across the board for government, business and residential. On May 18, the price ... <a title="Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up cash programmes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/majuro-reels-from-huge-power-rate-increase-as-govt-steps-up-cash-programmes/" aria-label="Read more about Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up cash programmes">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fire engulfed the Marshall Islands Nitijela (Parliament building) just after midnight on last night with firefighters risking their lives as they battled the blaze early today in a bid to save the complex. “Sometime around midnight or shortly after this morning, the Parliament building in Majuro caught fire, started burning,” RNZ Pacific’s correspondent ... <a title="‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/26/all-destroyed-fire-engulfs-marshall-islands-parliament-complex/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
RNZ Pacific Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson says US President Donald Trump’s decision on aid “is an opening for anybody else who wants to fill the gap” in the Pacific. Trump froze all USAID for 90 days on his first day in office and is now looking to significantly reduce the size of the ... <a title="Trump’s USAID freeze ‘undermines relationships in Pacific’, says editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/trumps-usaid-freeze-undermines-relationships-in-pacific-says-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s USAID freeze ‘undermines relationships in Pacific’, says editor">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack is raising the alarm about criminal behaviour involving Marshallese deported from the United States, saying the “impact of these deportees on our local community has been nothing short of devastating”. Marshallese deported from the United States have been convicted over ... <a title="Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/alarm-raised-over-wave-of-havoc-by-marshallese-deported-from-us/" aria-label="Read more about Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
By Giff Johnson in Majuro A five-day Media, Elections and Democracy workshop wrapped up last week in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro with the first-ever Summit on Democracy: Public Engagement, Communications and the Media. More than 40 students, journalists and public information officers from government and NGOs participated in the programme organised by the Pacific ... <a title="Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/majuro-workshop-and-summit-spotlight-media-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the covid outbreak in the Marshall Islands a Public Health Emergency. A total of 571 new omicron cases of the virus were recorded in the latest 24-hour reporting period. Three people have died and more than 10 percent of the population in the capital Majuro have ... <a title="WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/who-declares-public-health-emergency-for-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Marshall Islands is a live demonstration that the omicron BA.5 variant is the most contagious covid variant yet to appear. In the first five days of the outbreak in the Marshall Islands, more than 10 percent of the population in Majuro, ... <a title="Marshall Islands covid spread demonstrates super variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/marshall-islands-covid-spread-demonstrates-super-variant/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands covid spread demonstrates super variant">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal posts of freedom of press and freedom of expression in the Marshall Islands, a country that had virtually no tradition of either, by establishing an independent newspaper that today ... <a title="No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/no-money-little-experience-but-marshall-islands-media-icon-leaves-lasting-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy">Read more</a>
