An aerial view of Guam's coast. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan   By Jayvee Vallejera   The 38 th  Guam Legislature has officially adopted a resolution that reaffirms its call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the region and objects to leasing more than 35 million acres of underwater lands off the coast of the Marianas region for seabed mining. In an emergency session Friday, Guam senators unanimously voted to adopt Resolution 132-38, which rejects the Bureau of Ocean Energ

An aerial view of Guam. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan/Pacific Island Times By Jayvee Vallejera   Any adverse impacts from leasing the Northern Mariana Islands' outer continental shelf for seabed mining will likely affect a wider area, including Guam,  according to the Bureau of Statistics and Plans. Lola Leon Guerrero, the bureau's director, noted that the proposed mining site, as outlined by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, is only about 128

Saipan--Federal investigators have linked Saipan to an international smuggling operation involving military-grade satellite modems and other sensitive equipment allegedly destined for China, according to a recent unsealed criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for Utah.