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Guam is currently experiencing a construction boom. Military construction alone is expected to reach $10.5 billion through fiscal 2027. Roughly $8.6 billion of that work is already underway or anticipated by the end of this year, with another $1.9 billion in requested funds for fiscal 2027 awaiting approval from Congress. This is in addition to the housing, infrastructure, disaster mitigation and recovery work Guam needs to have done or requires after every typhoon season. The question is not whether the work will happen. It’s already happening. The question is whether the working people of Guam will experience the full benefits of their labor and development, as it does.

Microsoft analyzed the working patterns of 31,000 people across 31 countries in 2025 in its Microsoft 2025 annual Work Trend Index.

In September 2025, the Navy issued a Request for Proposals to acquire up to 2,400 housing units on Guam over the next seven years — roughly 1,300 units by June 2028 and another 1,100 by June 2032, structured as leases, lease-to-purchase arrangements, outright purchases, or “other transaction structures.” The headline numbers are large enough that the procurement has been read across the island as a generalized opportunity: a rising tide that will lift hotels, condominiums, dormant subdivisions, and raw land alike.

MIT researchers recently published a finding that should give every business leader pause.

Editor, I would like to share our progress and evolving plans to develop an advanced manufacturing facility in collaboration with Guam Community College.
 

The Port Authority of Guam has filed a petition with the Guam Public Utilities Commission to update a limited portion of its tariff. As the public review process moves forward, it is important to explain clearly what this filing does, what it does not do, and why it is being brought now.