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MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The powerful Pacific island fisheries bloc known as the Parties to the Nauru Agreement is scheduled to officially open their four-story headquarters in Majuro Feb. 13.

Island pets and residents have healthier options in Guam as a new pet store and the only indoor rock-climbing gym began business.

Zoomies Pet Supply opened for operations on Dec. 12 in Tamuning, the same street of Oka Pay-Less Supermarket, offering premium products for fur babies.

TOKYO, Japan — The recovery in outbound tourism from Japan lags behind that of other countries, but there is growing optimism that a gradual resumption of travel is finally under way and that more sun-seekers may be opting for a vacation in the Marianas Islands in the coming months.

A lot of numbers are talked about in relation to the Pacific region and the U.S. military’s plans for the islands.

The largest of these figures relate to the funding planned to be spent on construction - $1.2 billion to $2 billion a year, with $1.2 billion forecast to be spent in fiscal 2023 and $2 billion in 2028.

BY OYAOL NGIRAIRIKL and BY MAUREEN N. MARATITA
Journal Staff

Route 3 in Dededo leads to Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz and is an arterial road in Guam’s largest village. 

The area is ripe for development but looks as if little has changed since a surge of buyers invested in the area in 2015.

There are reasons why.