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Freight forwarder to raise fuel surcharge for Guam, CNMI, FSM

Consumer prices on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are expected to surge amid soaring shipping costs and freight charges due to supply chain disruptions.

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11 hours ago

While still struggling to rise from the ruins of previous disasters, the CNMI is back to square after Sinlaku

Across the Northern Marianas, businesses are struggling to reopen as the islands operate on a patchwork of generator power. Grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants and hardware suppliers are running limited hours because of fuel shortages and the high cost of keeping generators online.

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2 days ago

Seabed mining leases in US territories likely to outpace environmental review

By Ron Rocky Coloma Federal plans to open waters near Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to seabed mining could allow long-term leases to be issued before full environmental reviews are completed, legal experts warn. The concern centers on how the U.S. government is using the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to advance offshore mineral development, a process that experts say prioritizes early lease sales while deferring deeper scientific analysis to later

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6 days ago

THE PACIFIC

Delayed release of US funds stalls COFA projects in Palau, FSM, Marshall Islands

The delayed disbursement of grants under the Compacts of Free Association has stalled the implementation of U.S.-funded projects in Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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6 hours ago

World Bank: Repeated shocks are the ‘new normal’ for Pacific island region

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Rising fuel and shipping costs, supply chain disruption and renewed global volatility put fresh pressure on Pacific economies, which are facing slow growth at 2.8 percent this year, according to the World Bank Group. The World Bank’s new Pacific Economic Update finds that repeated external shocks are becoming the region’s “new normal,” while reliable water systems are increasingly critical to jobs, business growth and long-term resilience. P

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14 hours ago

Yap's coral resilience project blends science with traditional knowledge

The Nature Conservancy has launched a three-year initiative to strengthen the resilience of Yap's coral reefs amid growing pressures on the region’s marine ecosystems.

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4 days ago

INSIGHTS

LIFE & ARTS

Justice is more than press releases

Justice demands that legal proceedings are unbiased and laws are applied equally, regardless of a person’s status. In that same vein, the Rule of Law holds that no person is above the law and that even the government must be held accountable.

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13 hours ago

The price of being American: How the Jones Act punishes Guam for its loyalty

That law is the Jones Act. Understanding it—what it was meant to do, why it is failing, and what Guam’s congressional delegate must do about it—is essential for every voter heading to the polls in 2026.

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2 days ago

The best next governor: A focus on health care as a priority is a focus on the people of Guam

When I look at Guam’s last seven-plus years through the only filter that matters to me, health care, the picture becomes painfully clear. Leadership as a governor should be defined by the importance a leader places on health care and by the actions they take to protect the people of Guam, especially the disadvantaged.

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2 days ago

Frank Rabon, Master of CHamoru Dance, named 2026 NEA National Heritage fellow

By Pacifici Island Times News Staff Frank Rabon, master of CHamoru dance, has been selected as a 2026 NEA National Heritage Fellow, the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency announced. The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the highest honor in the United States for folk and traditional arts, recognizing artists whose life’s work has helped sustain cultural knowledge and artistic traditions within their communities. Fellows are selected through a national nominat

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Apr 26

Divine protection over a foggy highway

As I was nodding off a bit to catch a few shut eyes before my turn at the wheel, I could see that we were approaching a truck traveling in our right lane a couple of hundred feet in front of us.

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Apr 12

Guam welcomes ancestral skulls' return

By Johanna Salinas Guam has welcomed home four ancestral skulls, which had been stolen from the island and sold to a German collector in 1878. For more than a century, the skulls of ancient CHamorus were almost forgotten, if not for the hard work of Fran Lujan, director of the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum. “With the work of repatriation, rematriation, it’s a sacred responsibility, an obligation we owe to our ancestors,” Melvin Won Pat-Borja, president of the Department o

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Mar 29