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MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The third quarterly distribution of universal basic income to every citizen in the Marshall Islands happened May 28, as tens of thousands received a US $200 payment.

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.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands — Being at the end of the supply chain, which most assuredly describes the Marshall Islands, is no buffer from world events as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran has demonstrated.

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MAJURO, Marshall Islands — A construction boom is underway in the Marshall Islands and with Pacific International Inc. the only large contractor here, it is dominating the sector.

MAJURO — With fuel prices skyrocketing in the wake of the United States and Israel’s Feb. 28 attack on Iran, Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine declared a “state of economic emergency” for the country on March 26.

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