United Airlines resume its Guam–Saipan service beginning May 2, the airline's Corporate Communications announced. United will operate the GUM-SPN service aboard a B737 jet aircraft three-times weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. United flight UA174 will depart Guam at 7:30 a.m. and arrive in Saipan at 8:11 a.m. The return flight (UA117) will depart Saipan at 9:15 a.m. and arrive in Guam at 9:55 a.m. "United is pleased to be able to resume the lifeline connection betwe

Along with many around the world, I have watched Covid-19 since it was first announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 11. It was then confined in Hubei province of China, with only 41 positive cases and one death. As the cases grew and reached other countries, I empathized with those afflicted and began considering how this would impact our island, moreover, the world. Then on Jan. 30, the WHO declared Covid-19 as a “public health emergency of global concern.”

Sen. Therese Terlaje is seeking her colleague's support for a swift override of the governor's veto of a Covid-19 transparency bill, which would require the administration to submit a monthly report pertinent to the use the Covid-19 relief assistance from the federal government. "The immediate enactment of Substitute Bill No. 333-35 (COR) is urgent as it mandates transparency relative to the expenditure of the $129 Million in federal funds allocated to Guam through the CA

Veterans in a vocational rehabilitation and education program will now be protected, if their schooling ends because of the coronavirus. President Trump has signed into law a bill drafted by Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, the CNMI's delegate to Congress, as part of the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. Sablan’s bill, H.R. 6262, allows the Veterans Administration to keep paying for a veteran’s housing and providing a subsistence allowance through the end

Sen. James Moylan has introduced a pair of bills proposing relief assistance to small businesses and employees impacted by the Covid-19 using Guam's share of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Bill 350-35 proposes the establishment of an Economic Support Program, with a $20-million allotment, that would provide eligible individuals a cash payment of $800. The bill would require the establishment of mechanisms for qualifications, which primarily foc

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero on Friday signed an executive order officially extending the public health emergency through May 30 and establishing he Pandemic Conditions of Readiness (PCOR) system that determines the levels of restrictions on community activities. “This extension does not prevent me from relaxing any current restrictions but it is necessary as long as some measures remain to prevent further spread of the virus,” the governor said at Friday’s press conference. “While