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Defense policy bill includes $3 billion authorization package for Guam

The U.S. House of Representatives’ version of the new defense policy bill, which narrowly passed last week, includes a proposed $3 billion package for Guam to maintain the island's strategic defense posture.

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Navy seeks to tap Guam's private sector to supply 2,400 military housing units

Concrete and scaffolding tower overhead as a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters compound undergoes construction on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in...

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21 hours ago

Guam’s push for downwinders hits another roadblock; PARS mulls lawsuit against the feds

Robert Celestial By Jayvee Vallejera A fresh try to have Guam residents compensated after being exposed to radioactive fallout from...

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2 days ago

THE PACIFIC

Fiji’s traditional knowledge preceded science

How food taboos in Yasawa Island protected mothers and babies through the ages Our Islands, Our People By Raquel Bagnol Before Fiji’s...

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Public outrage mounts against corruption in the Philippines

Before this event, Filipinos held pockets of protests around metropolitan Manila, key cities and provinces to denounce the corruption in the billion-peso flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways, its contractors and public officials.

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3 days ago

How Vanuatu’s migrants lose property investments after returning home

Nearly 12,000 ni-Vanuatu citizens are participating in Australia’s Pacific Australia Labor Mobility scheme or New Zealand’s recognized seasonal employer scheme at the current time.

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4 days ago

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'It’s time to come to the table for GMH'

By Sen. Jesse Lujan The crisis facing Guam Memorial Hospital has been debated in hearings, dissected in reports and litigated in the...

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21 hours ago

Critical deadline: GMH electrical system is only the beginning of the emergency

There must be something terrible, some horrible monster that exists in the dark grotto of the Guam Memorial Hospital electrical room.

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1 day ago

The MAGA presence in Pacific island region is not about political progress or economic development

For those of us in these islands, which are directly controlled by or heavily influenced by the United States, it is a confusing statement. Are we supposed to look backward to the time when America ran everything in these islands? Are we supposed to be commemorating or nostalgically looking back to the military government?

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5 days ago

Community Events: Culinary feast for charity; Canned food drive

PHR Club Guam's signature dining charity event, “The Ultimate Island Brunch,” returns on Oct. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Tasi Banquet Hall, Hotel Nikko Guam.

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2 hours ago

‘Policy shaped me, but so did science fiction:' retired ambassador Carmen G. Cantor launches her memoir

Retired U.S. Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor has launched her memoir, " The Ambassador: Two Hats. Two Presidents ,” published by RMPStudio....

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2 days ago

The Sams I know

Bridgman, MI—One of my all-time favorite movies is “Casablanca.” I love the story, which has a historical background from World War II, is set in the mysterious city in Morocco and has star performances from Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

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Sep 6