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Business group questions hasty passage of GovGuam pay raise bill

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6 hours ago

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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7 hours ago

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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4 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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2 days ago

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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4 days ago

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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6 days ago

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...

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Apr 30, 2022
4 min

Servant of the people

The urgent phone call came late on a Saturday afternoon. The Covid-19 virus had infected many senior citizens at St. Dominic’s Senior...

Yap's newly named health director quits after being forced to fire hospital staff

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Apr 19, 2022
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Yap's newly named health director quits after being forced to fire hospital staff

By Joyce McClure Aileen Tareg has resigned as acting director of the Yap State Department of Health Services after being forced to fire...

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Dec 10, 2021
5 min

Guam’s chronic problem

Covid-19 highlights the continuing challenge of managing non-communicable diseases By Jasmine Stole Weiss Almost every Covid-death report...

Besides Covid, Pacific islands are battling other disease outbreaks

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Sep 15, 2021
3 min

Besides Covid, Pacific islands are battling other disease outbreaks

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Long before Covid-19 emerged, the Pacific island states and territories have been grappling with the...

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