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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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16 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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1 day ago

Senators override governor's veto of Guam's 2026 budget bill

The 38th Guam Legislature on Monday voted 11-4 to override Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero’s veto of the 2026 budget bill, which rolls back the business privilege tax—the main source of disagreement between the Republican-led chamber and the Democratic administration.

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2 days 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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4 days ago

Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu step up push for Taiwan's reinstatement to UN

Marshall Islands president says China can't invoke UN Resolution 2758 to invade Taiwan By Mar-Vic Cagurangan The Marshall Islands,...

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4 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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20 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

Restoring the strength of the Fourth Estate and reforming GovGuam

oliticians make up the vast majority of our political system. But there were aberrations, like the late former Sen. Bob Klitzkie, Joe Ada and others who cared deeply about our island and its people.

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5 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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