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MAJURO, Marshall Islands — New United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands called the western Pacific nation American’s “closest partner.”

GUALO RAI, Saipan—Taniguchi Ruth Makio Architects currently is working on a number of projects in the CNMI, including the Northern Marianas College Student Center, Center for Research, Extension, and Development (CRED) Building, and two classroom buildings in Finasisu, the CNMI Cultural Event Center in Chalan Kanoa, and the CNMI Department of Finance Economic Resiliency Center on Capitol Hill.

In 2016, Dwayne W. Meadows, a conservation biologist with the National Science Foundation, petitioned the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Marine Fisheries Service (the lead office for implementing the ESA) to list the Tridacninae giant clams (excluding Tridacna rosewateri) as “Threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.”

Tucked away in the eastern coastline of Palau is the new Palau Sunrise Landison Retreat, which opened its doors to visitors in July.