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Guam's new power plant expected to launch before the year's end

GPA is optimistic that the reliability testing phase, which will run for seven days, ushers Guam into the last stop before implementing its centerpiece strategy to modernize the island’s energy generation and reduce dependence on imported fuel.

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45 minutes ago

Bill seeks to lift race-based restrictions on Guam's political status vote

Seeking to pave the way for Guam’s long-postponed political status plebiscite, Sen. William Parkinson has introduced a bill that would remove ancestry-based voter restrictions, which the court has ruled unconstitutional under the Fifteenth Amendment.

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5 days ago

Scientist warns deep-sea mining could lead to extinction of CNMI’s biodiversity

The waters of the Northern Marianas contain extremely high biodiversity, including endemic species, which will face extinction should seabed mineral extraction take place in the region, a deep-sea scientist from the University of Hawaii Manoa warns.

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Dec 5

THE PACIFIC

Fishery council's new management procedure likely to cut South Pacific albacore catch by 10%

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has adopted a new management procedure that could reduce overall South Pacific albacore tuna catch by about 10 to 12 percent from recent years to approximately 56,000 metric tons in commission waters.

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3 days ago

'United we stand, divided we fall:' Pacific island nations urged to create collective seabed regulations

Recognizing that the march toward the use of seabed resources is nearly unstoppable at this point, a new paper urges Pacific island nations to create a “underwater constitution” to regulate resource extraction, safeguard their sovereignty and ensure that these countries share in the ocean’s riches.

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3 days ago

Same slogan, new cable: Why economic development promises keep falling short in Micronesia

For Micronesia, a higher-value path would combine AI tools with local knowledge: environmental monitoring, fisheries management, tourism marketing and translation services that require cultural context.

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4 days ago

INSIGHTS

LIFE & ARTS

What's in a dollar bill? The power of representation and inspiration

By James Espinosa, . When I first saw the name “Rosa Gumataotao Rios” on U.S. currency, pointed out by a fellow Guamanian, I felt a profound sense of pride. The name Gumataotao, which she shares with her husband, Jose Diaz Gumataotao Jr., is familiar to anyone from Guam and the Marianas Islands. Mrs. Gumataotao Rios, who served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States in 2009, left her mark on our nation’s money and an indelible impression on the hearts of those from our is

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Letter to the Editor: How the Ypao Point property was taken from its owner

Guam Public Law 22-145 covenants should be consulted to understand Perez's rights to reacquire his property. His property should have been transferred to the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission and not the CHamoru Land Trust, a scheme I have yet to fathom.

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20 hours ago

Stuck in a time warp: Two decades later, Guam politicians are still talking about the same thing

In his state of the island address on Feb. 21, 2005, then-Gov. Felix P. Camacho announced his administration’s plan to build a new regional medical center and to find funding for Guam Memorial Hospital.

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2 days ago

Gi Matan Guma’ calls creatives to apply for paid, weeklong artist residency

Led by the organization’s original MALI’E’ cohort, participants will explore ancestral spirituality through tending to sacred sites, movement, chant and material cultural practices from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4.

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24 hours ago

Who's on Santa’s naughty list?

I am writing to register a formal complaint regarding your schedule of three NFL Games this Christmas, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025:

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6 days ago

The punishing saga of transporting my cats

By Jayvee Vallejera You’d think that going from Point A to Point B is as straightforward as what mapmakers would have you believe, but as any traveler can tell you, the actual act of traveling is so much more complex. Transporting dogs or cats adds even more layers of intricacy to the task, making the idea not only overwhelming but also super expensive. Bringing my three cats from Saipan to Leyte Island in the Philippines in 2023 took several months of planning and coordi

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7 days ago

Pacific Freedom Forum: Samoa ban on newspaper undermines the constitution

The Pacific Freedom Forum issued the following statement in response to Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt's ban on the Samoa Observer. The decision by Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt to ban Samoa’s only daily newspaper from all government and ministerial press conferences undermines constitutional rights on media freedom and people’s right to seek and share information, says regional Article 19 watchd

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