Guam Liberation Day

Business group questions hasty passage of GovGuam pay raise bill

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Business group questions hasty passage of GovGuam pay raise bill

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Chamber of Commerce criticized Democratic senators for voting in favor of a bill raising...

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Who will backpedal on Bill 12-37?

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Speaker Therese Terlaje today sought to clarify the intention of Bill 12-37 amid muddled assumptions...

Guam legislature approves pay raise bill in party-line vote

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5 days ago

Guam legislature approves pay raise bill in party-line vote

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan After three days of marathon special session, Guam senators on Friday night passed an administration-endorsed...

Navy and Coast Guard begin Oceania maritime security initiative patrol

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Navy and Coast Guard begin Oceania maritime security initiative patrol

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have begun their joint patrol in the Western Pacific under the...

A. Samoa delegate nixes expansion plan for Pacific Remote Islands sanctuary

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A. Samoa delegate nixes expansion plan for Pacific Remote Islands sanctuary

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Closing off more areas around the Pacific Remote Islands would only invite foreign vessels to poach into the U.S....

Solomons shuns geopolitics, hits US military investments in Pacific region

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Mar 22

Solomons shuns geopolitics, hits US military investments in Pacific region

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Caught in a tug-of-war between the world's superpowers, the Solomon Islands sought to strengthen its...

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Mar 12

Heartbreak for Fåhang in Malesso

By Olympia Terral In mid-2021, slowly at first and then in a flood, Fåhang established a breeding colony in the heart of Malesso’...

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Mar 11

All these places had their moments…

I smiled as I read Rita’s email. The February column had her remembering her prom at Panciteria Far East, which was glitz and glamour. It...

Navigating the regional organizations in the Pacific

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Mar 9

Navigating the regional organizations in the Pacific

In today’s Pacific island world, there is no shortage of regional efforts, meetings and organizations. If you have an idea and cannot...

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Mar 11

I am not a robot

Manila – In the world we live in today, checkboxes have become part of our reality. Chances are, if you’re not a human being, you’re...

Serving Mediterranean fare, Anemos restaurant opens in Tumon

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Mar 8

Serving Mediterranean fare, Anemos restaurant opens in Tumon

By Gina Tabonares-Reilly Set out on the front yard of Sand Castle in Tumon, Anemos— which means “wind” in Greek— will offer the island’s...

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Mar 5

Cruising through Bermuda Triangle

Bridgman, MI—When Sharon and I married in 2004, we planned our honeymoon to be on a 13-day Grand Holiday Caribbean Cruise of the Cunard...

Remembering WWII while fighting a new 'war'

By Ethan Perez

Jul 3, 2020
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Remembering WWII while fighting a new 'war'

Team Andersen Airmen participate in the 75th Annual Guam Liberation Day Parade July 21, 2019 in Hagatna, Guam. File photo Airman 1st...

Nelson: Put Guam Visitors Bureau in charge of Liberation Day

Pacific Island Times Staff

Feb 2, 2019
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Nelson: Put Guam Visitors Bureau in charge of Liberation Day

For years, Guam's Liberation Day has celebrated the freedom obtained from Japanese occupation by the 1944 American invasion and its...

Guam's 74th Liberation parade had it all, even a pugua drop

By Bruce Lloyd

Jul 21, 2018
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Guam's 74th Liberation parade had it all, even a pugua drop

All the elements were there, since after more than seven decades, Guam certainly knows how to put on a show to mark this seminal island...

Guam Liberation Festival kicks off at the Paseo

By Bruce Lloyd

Jul 11, 2018
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Guam Liberation Festival kicks off at the Paseo

The annual festival which leads up to Guam's July 21st Liberation Day observation got underway Wednesday night as tourists lined up for...

Marching toward the Guam invasion, July 19, 1944

Pacific Island Times Staff

Jul 18, 2017
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Marching toward the Guam invasion, July 19, 1944

If you were a stateside civilian in 1944, there was a pretty good chance that you were toiling in a defense plant, grinding out the war...

Malesso massacres preceded liberation: Tinta and Faha

Pacific Island Times Staff

Jul 16, 2017
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Malesso massacres preceded liberation: Tinta and Faha

Governor Calvo at Tinta, Photo Tim Rock Solemn ceremonies near Guam's Malesso Village marked a very painful pair of memories from the...

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