. Preparing Guam’s future workforce: The strategic role of Career and Technical Education and educator readiness Opinion: Columns Posted on: Mar 09, 2026 Share this News Preparing Guam’s future workforce: The strategic role of Career and Technical Education and educator readiness Guam is not short on opportunity. Defense investment under the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act directs approximately $1.3 billion toward projects on Guam.
. MBJ Life — Cities and celebrating in Japan News: Japan Department: MBJ Life Posted on: Mar 09, 2026 Share this News MBJ Life — Cities and celebrating in Japan Joe C. Nowell property & projects manager, Ada’s Trust & Investment Inc. and president, Chief Energy Partners
. Shared Prosperity: Government officials, businesses talk investment in the Pacific News: Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau Posted on: Mar 09, 2026 Share this News Shared Prosperity: Government officials, businesses talk investment in the Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii — More than 170 representatives from Pacific Island nations, the U.S. government, and the private sector convened at the inaugural Pacific Agenda: Investment, Security, and Shared Prosperity Summit held at the Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall in the University of Hawaii Manoa campus from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24.
. Crime wave in Majuro could be linked to funding drug habits News: Marshall Islands Posted on: Mar 09, 2026 Share this News Crime wave in Majuro could be linked to funding drug habits MAJURO, Marshall Islands — A series of burglaries in the last two weeks of February in Majuro has heightened concern about drug-motivated crime and the need for greater law enforcement response.
. Businesses come and go in rocky economy in the Mariana Islands News: Northern Mariana Islands Posted on: Feb 09, 2026 Share this News Businesses come and go in rocky economy in the Mariana Islands SAIPAN and TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands —While many businesses across the commonwealth continue to close, downsize, or suspend operations amid a prolonged economic slowdown, others are still opening, relocating, or experimenting with new models in hopes of staying viable.
. Letter to the Editor: Evolving plans and collaboration with the Guam Community College Opinion: Columns Posted on: Feb 09, 2026 Share this News Letter to the Editor: Evolving plans and collaboration with the Guam Community College Editor, I would like to share our progress and evolving plans to develop an advanced manufacturing facility in collaboration with Guam Community College.
. Tourism is economic infrastructure: from recovery to resilience in the Marianas Opinion: Columns Posted on: Feb 09, 2026 Share this News Tourism is economic infrastructure: from recovery to resilience in the Marianas Resilience runs deep in the Marianas.* From the seafaring Chamorro and Carolinian ancestors who first settled these islands, through centuries of foreign rule, war, natural disasters, and pandemics, the people of the Marianas have endured repeated cycles of trials, hardship, and resilience. Once again, the Marianas is working to move forward from another challenge: a prolonged downturn in its primary economic driver, tourism.