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Guam braces for impact of federal shutdown

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero today ordered government agencies to prepare contingency plans to mitigate the impact of the federal shutdown resulting from Congress' failure to reach a deal to continue government operations after funding lapses.

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4 hours ago

Newly retired Guam hospital chief reflects on navigating the toughest years

Lilian Perez=Posadas By Ron Rocky Coloma On more than one occasion, Lillian Perez-Posadas thought about walking away. The longtime...

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20 hours ago

THE PACIFIC

WHO urges action to control hypertension, save millions of lives in Western Pacific

In Palau, a staggering 48 percent of its population aged between 30 and 79 years old have high blood pressure. That is 14 percentage points above the global average of 34 percent.

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2 days ago

State of emergency declared for Chuuk over oil leak from WWII shipwreck

A state of emergency has been declared in Chuuk (formerly Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia, after divers discovered oil leaking from a WWII shipwreck on Sept. 11.

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3 days ago

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LIFE & ARTS

Change of course? US sending mixed signals in the Pacific region

View from the West By James C. Pearce Republicans of old are all a little perplexed about something lately: national defense. It was...

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8 hours ago

The era of tyranny is over: Democracy prevails in the people’s house

By Christopher Duenas The 38 th Guam Legislature has spoken. By overriding the Governor’s veto, we ended the chapter of one-party...

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2 days ago

Yumiko Furukawa’s ‘Prismatic Existences’ illuminates Guam’s cultural memory

When Yumiko Furukawa describes her new exhibition, she reaches for light. She compares existence to a prism in the dark, scattering color in every direction. That image became the foundation of “Prismatic Existences,” her latest show on Guam.

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Sep 23

Artists offer new perspectives of Guam’s ocean at ‘Gineftao' exhibit at Guam Museum

By Ron Rocky Coloma When drone pilot and freediver Mike Quitugua pieced together more than 1,600 photographs into a single image, he saw...

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Sep 22

Guam braces for impact of federal shutdown

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero today ordered government agencies to prepare contingency plans to mitigate the impact of the federal shutdown resulting from Congress' failure to reach a deal to continue government operations after funding lapses.

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