This issue of the Journal’s stories — as usual — covers a variety of news. News is brought to you exclusively on topics of interest to business readers, or because the paper has a perspective on issues of the day.
Our breaking news updates can be found on the Journal’s website at www.mbjguam.com, which is currently complimentary.
Current and future on-line stories do and will update you on the uncertainty that surrounds decisions by the Trump Administration and how that will ultimately affect federal aid to the Micronesia region.
Decisions made in Washington, D.C. will radiate out to the islands. Any U.S. decisions and actions on international tariffs will influence Guam’s cost of living also, and not for the better.
Those decisions will also give us insight into the attitude of the Trump Administration towards Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the three freely associated states of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
This issue of MBJ deals with the uncertainty of homelessness, a situation which has become visible to residents in Guam and Saipan through encampments, publicly accessible meetings, encampments, and panhandling. Some residents aim to avoid engaging with individuals on our streets, who can be violent due to drugs or frustration. And a destination with visibly homeless individuals and panhandlers makes tourist visitors uneasy.
We also look at performance reviews and how several companies that do business in our islands approach them. For both employees and their superiors, performance reviews can be an encounter of uncertainty, particularly for the ill-prepared. One part of the broad discussion is whether they should happen at all.
One thing is certain. The entrepreneurial spirit lives on in the islands. We frequently update readers on developments in the business community – expansions by long-standing groups and new businesses of every type. This paper is no different and brings you that information.
Make no mistake – opening a new business takes courage, particularly in such uncertain times. But uncertainty has been with us for decades and we applaud individuals who step forward and contribute to the economy with their investments. mbj
Our breaking news updates can be found on the Journal’s website at www.mbjguam.com, which is currently complimentary.
Current and future on-line stories do and will update you on the uncertainty that surrounds decisions by the Trump Administration and how that will ultimately affect federal aid to the Micronesia region.
Decisions made in Washington, D.C. will radiate out to the islands. Any U.S. decisions and actions on international tariffs will influence Guam’s cost of living also, and not for the better.
Those decisions will also give us insight into the attitude of the Trump Administration towards Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the three freely associated states of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
This issue of MBJ deals with the uncertainty of homelessness, a situation which has become visible to residents in Guam and Saipan through encampments, publicly accessible meetings, encampments, and panhandling. Some residents aim to avoid engaging with individuals on our streets, who can be violent due to drugs or frustration. And a destination with visibly homeless individuals and panhandlers makes tourist visitors uneasy.
We also look at performance reviews and how several companies that do business in our islands approach them. For both employees and their superiors, performance reviews can be an encounter of uncertainty, particularly for the ill-prepared. One part of the broad discussion is whether they should happen at all.
One thing is certain. The entrepreneurial spirit lives on in the islands. We frequently update readers on developments in the business community – expansions by long-standing groups and new businesses of every type. This paper is no different and brings you that information.
Make no mistake – opening a new business takes courage, particularly in such uncertain times. But uncertainty has been with us for decades and we applaud individuals who step forward and contribute to the economy with their investments. mbj