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Guam senators race the governor for the remainder of Covid recovery funds

In a bipartisan move, the 38th Guam Legislature has introduced a resolution urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Trump administration to authorize the reallocation of existing American Rescue Plan Act funds toward urgent infrastructure repairs at Guam Memorial Hospital.

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Retired Marine pitches Guam-Taiwan partnership to mass-produce drones

A retired Marine captain who now leads a Guam drone company set the tone on Aug. 29 for a different kind of security conversation on island. Not just bases and budgets. Factories and supply chains.

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3 days ago

Guam governor seeks reinstatement of Covid-era emergency powers to speed up hospital project

Responding to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero's call for a special session, Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. summoned the 38th Guam Legislature to deliberate on the chief executive's two proposed bills that would grant her sweeping emergency powers and remove legal hurdles in the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds that she intends to use to build a new hospital in Mangilao.

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4 days ago

THE PACIFIC

Palau president urges continued dialogue with US despite parliament and council's rejection of asylum proposal

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Koror (Island Times/PacNews) - - President Surangel Whipps Jr said that Palau should maintain dialogue...

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2 days ago

Nauru leader says nation's future insured with growing trust fund

Nauru President David Adeang said the tiny Pacific island nation’s future is secured with the Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund, which is currently inching toward a net value of close to half a billion dollars.

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6 days ago

Tariff tensions: Pacific islands brace for impacts of Trump policy

While Pacific island nations are not directly tied to high-volume manufacturing exports, economic volatility across the Asia-Pacific region poses indirect threats that are difficult to ignore.

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7 days ago

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LIFE & ARTS

'Guam needs both: A new hospital and a strong private partnership'

By Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero Dr. Mike Cruz and I agree on more than many might expect. Like him, I believe a strong public-private...

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Don’t skirt the women who championed the Organic Act of Guam

More than a few women—educators, community and church organizers, business owners and political pioneers—played a significant role in advancing the drive for some semblance of self-government for the people of Guam after liberation from wartime occupation.

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5 days ago

A new hospital won’t fix Guam’s healthcare; rethinking the model will

This crisis is largely of the public sector’s own making, centered on GMH and the Department of Public Health and Social Services. Meanwhile, the private sector continues to deliver quality care despite chronic neglect and a lack of meaningful government support.

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5 days ago

Community Events: Filipino outreach program opens registration for September classes

Eskwelahang Munti program participants pose for a graduation photo. Registration is now open for Eskwelahang Munti ng Guam, a Filipino...

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4 days ago

Guam's language commission launches new cultural program

The Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan Lina’la’ i Taotao Tåno’ (Commission on CHamoru Language and the Teaching of the History & Culture of the Indigenous People of Guam) has premiered "I Historia put i Hinanao i Taotao Tåno’," a new program inspired by a presentation delivered by Laura M. Torres Souder at the International Indigenous Youth Forum in 2023.

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5 days ago

Jesus Christ Superstar on stage Aug. 29-31 at UOG Calvo Field House

World Theater Productions, in association with the Guam Philharmonic Foundation Inc. , presents the award-winning, critically acclaimed rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar," which opens today and will run until Aug. 31 at the University of Guam Calvo Field House.

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