Sen. William A. Parkinson today introduced a bill that would get the ball rolling on Guam's long-stalled political status plebiscite by seeking voters' approval to put it on the ballot in 2028.

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Gubernatorial candidate Speaker Frank Blas Jr. and his running mate, Mary Okada, the retiring president of Guam Community College, will officially kick off their campaign on Tuesday to seek the Guam Republicans' nomination to be the party's standard bearer in this year's race. Their announcement capped months of speculation about the Republican Party's second team set to face Vice Speaker Tony Ada and EJ Calvo's ticket in the Aug. 1 primary.

ROV Deep Discoverer images a newly discovered hydrothermal vent field at Chammoro Seamount. Photo courtesy of PINA By Mar-Vic Cagurangan   Guam and the Northern Marianas’ call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining will have no bearing on the U.S. plan to lease federal waters for mineral extraction, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management said, adding that the quantity of public comments will not be a deciding factor either. John Romero, BOEM’s public affairs officer, assured