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The Journal’s occasional culinary review. The Westin Resort Guam is offering a special Korean dinner buffet for a limited time.

InSynergy Engineering Inc. was awarded a $49 million “firm-fixed price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract for architect-engineer services.”

Local food truck vendors called on government leaders to establish standardized fees, streamline permitting procedures, and designate specific operating zones during a legislative roundtable discussion addressing food truck operations held at the Guam Congress Building.

A sweeping proposed rule issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration could expand federal contracting and loan eligibility for businesses in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands by significantly raising revenue thresholds and streamlining industry classifications.

NASA commemorated the full restoration and return to service of its Guam Remote Station on Sept. 10 following more than three years of disaster recovery work triggered by Super Typhoon Mawar in 2023.

Leaders from the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Pacific Command and Joint Task Force-Micronesia met for the quarterly Stakeholders Meeting in Saipan on Sept. 9 and 10, according to a Sept. 15 release from JTF-M.

Regional fishery leaders, emergency managers, and industry stakeholders gathered at the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa on Sept. 11 and 12 for the U.S. Pacific Islands Fishing Industry Resilience & Recovery Workshop, aiming to address critical governance gaps and streamline post-disaster relief for local mariners across the Marianas.

The per diem allowances for U.S. military personnel for hotels in Guam and the islands of the Northern Mariana Islands have increased effective Sept. 1, according to the Aug. 25 Department of Defense notice in the federal register.

MBJ Life spoke with working parents in 2017 to see how they aligned parenting with dual careers. Almost a decade later, we checked back to see how the families are doing now, juggling busy working days with their children’s schooling and activity schedules.