Iran Seizes Houston-Bound Oil Tanker In Gulf, US Navy Says
The US Navy announced Thursday that Iranian commandos have seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman off Iran's coast. The statement emphasized that the seizure happened in international waters. The US statement…#iran #usnavy #iranian #gulfofoman #chevron #kuwait #houston #viamarinetrafficcom #islamicrepublic #persiangulf (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Another Indian pharma manufacturer in news after WHO's substandard medicine alert
The alert was issued for a batch of substandard (contaminated) Guaifenesin Syrup TG Syrup. The substandard product was identified in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia and reported to WHO on 6 April 2023, a WHO statement said. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare
A US Navy nuclear test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. FPG/Getty Images In modern-day war, the fear of a nuclear bomb is real. If a nuclear attack were headed toward the US, residents would have fewer than 30 minutes to prepare. Actions immediately following a nuclear bomb blast amid…#usnavy #marshallislands #fpg #russian #ukraine #vladimirputin #western #cuban #moscow #emergencyalert (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marshall Islands Adopt Law Recognizing DAOs as LLCs – 24/7 Wall St.
The Marshall Islands passed a law that recognizes nonprofit and for-profit DAOs as limited liability companies (LLCs), the government announced Thursday. The move comes just a few months after Marshall Island became the first nation to recognize DAOs as legal entities. DAO Act of 2022 Underlines…#smartasset #pacificisland #marshallisland #dao #daoact #marshallislands #rmi #tokenist #daosrapidgrowth #ftx (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marshall Islands legally recognizes DAOs as domestic limited liability companies
The Republic of the Marshall Islands, an independent island state located in the Pacific Ocean near the Equator, has announced that the Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Act of 2022 has officially been passed into law. The law recognizes decentralized autonomous organizations and enables…#pacificocean #bransenwase #marshallislands #dao #daoact #sov (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Marshall Islands Wants Money-making DAOs To Call It Home
The Marshall Islands is taking a notable step forward in terms of regulating DAOs: legally recognizing both nonprofit and for-profit versions of the autonomous organizations like limited liability companies (LLCs.) It marks the latest move by the island nation to make a play for a slice of the big…#miller #wyoming #bransenwase #telegram #ftx #dao #adammiller #marshallisland #marshallislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DAOs recognized as limited liability companies by the Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands passed a law providing recognition of DAOs as limited liability companies (LLCs) The Pacific island nation passed the Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Act of 2022 on Thursday, extending the legality of DAOs, according to an announcement. Earlier in the…#midao #blockcryptoinc #brensenwase #marshallislandsdao #daoact #marshallislands #finance #dao #pacificisland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
If the Marshall Islands can support green shipping, so should everyone
Our economy depends on it but, as rising ocean levels threaten our home, tightening regulation is key (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US military atomic cleanup crews were sent out in the wake of American nuclear testing, and many paid a heavy price, veterans say
The fireball of the "Seminole" blast begins to show the shape of a mushroom cloud on June 6, 1956. CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Over a period of more than a decade, the US military conducted dozens of nuclear tests in the Pacific. Years later, soldiers were sent to the Marshall Islands to try…#marshallese #aec #nonhodgkins #enewetakatoll #bikiniatoll #hiroshima #kenbrownell #francislincolngrahlfs #castlebravo #explosionofnucleardevice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Persons with Disabilities Integral Players in Determining Innovative Solutions to Fully Inclusive Societies
By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 2022 (IPS) Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities. This week, we meet again to assess how the governments have delivered on their commitments, to secure those gains and develop the innovative solutions needed to achieve fully inclusive societies.
Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaMinisters, government officials, persons with disabilities, civil society and private sector allies from across Asia and the Pac...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Tags: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Development & Aid Headlines Health Human Rights Labour TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Marshall Islands, Once Nearly Covid-Free, Confront an Outbreak
The Pacific nation was one of the last places on the planet to see its first Covid-19 cases. Now the virus is spreading rapidly. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Victor Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) International Relations Marshall Islands Source Type: news
Marshall Islands, Once Nearly Covid-Free, Confronts an Outbreak
It was one of the last places on the planet to see its first Covid-19 cases. Now the virus is spreading rapidly. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Victor Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) International Relations Marshall Islands Source Type: news
Alternatives for the Marshall Islands to cope with the anticipated sea level rise by climate change - Nakayama M, Fujikura R, Okuda R, Fujii M, Takashima R, Murakawa T, Sakai E, Iwama H.
There are four atoll states in the world: The Republic of Kiribati, the Maldives, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Tuvalu. These countries are comprised entirely of low-lying land approximately 2 m above sea level. The Intergovernmental Pane... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; MCH Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant Program, OMB No. 0906-0042-Extension
The initial comment period for an information collection regarding the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Jurisdictional Survey that is administered in the U.S. territories and jurisdictions has closed and comments were submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The MCH Jurisdictional Survey is designed to produce data on the physical and emotional health of mothers and children under 18 years of age in the following eight jurisdictions: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OMB will accept additional comm...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 3, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
The Window to Adapt to Climate Change Is ‘Rapidly Closing,’ Warns the IPCC
After decades of failure to stop emissions rising, a landmark new report released Monday from the United Nations’ climate-science body warns that the impacts of climate change are here and now humans need to accelerate efforts to adapt.
“It is unequivocal that climate change has already disrupted human and natural systems,” states the report’s summary for policymakers.
The next decade will prove a crucial test of whether the world can move fast enough to implement plans to adapt to this increasingly complex challenge. “Any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and...
Source: TIME: Science - February 28, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Kyla Mandel and Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized adaptation climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
