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Palacios defeats Torres in CNMI's gubernatorial runoff

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Nov 26

Palacios defeats Torres in CNMI's gubernatorial runoff

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan--Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios defeated Gov. Ralph Torres in a gubernatorial run-off held Friday....

For contractors, the US Indo-Pacific strategy means business opportunities

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Nov 11

For contractors, the US Indo-Pacific strategy means business opportunities

Guam Industry Forum expected to draw hundreds of participants By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Approximately 300 participants are anticipated to...

After nearly 30 years, Guam voters pick a Republican for congressional seat

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Nov 8

After nearly 30 years, Guam voters pick a Republican for congressional seat

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Sen. James Moylan cliched the Guam delegate seat and became the first Republican to hold the position after...

No man's land: Taiwan is fighting for its rightful place in the world

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12 hours ago

No man's land: Taiwan is fighting for its rightful place in the world

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Taiwanese people go about their daily routines in the bustling streets of Taipei, where towering buildings and...

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12 hours ago

Palau boosts buy-local initiative

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Koror-- From Roselle fruit preserves and coconut oils infused with elilai to itabori, tet and bedaoch,...

Philippine labor migration resumes after the Covid-triggered freeze

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13 hours ago

Philippine labor migration resumes after the Covid-triggered freeze

By Jinky Jorgio Manila—Like most overseas Filipino workers, Juliet Endozo Mendoza works abroad to help her family. She has been working...

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12 hours ago

A full-blown economic disaster

Saipan — As I write this, the CNMI is getting ready for the gubernatorial runoff which will be held on the day after Thanksgiving. If...

Attitudes toward age: the not-so-hidden bias

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2 days ago

Attitudes toward age: the not-so-hidden bias

The faded photo of my grandmother was taken in the early 1930s. It shows a short, plump woman wearing a summer dress, her grey hair in a...

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2 days ago

Herstory, Part II

This is the continuation of “Mom’s Herstory,” as printed in the November issue of Pacific Island Times. It is an honor to have a glimpse...

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1 day ago

Guam is a backdrop

I am excited to share with you an artist who travels with her art. Let me tell you why this is important. She is a military spouse. As a...

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2 days ago

The ‘extra man’

Bridgman, MI—It was an overcast and chilly November afternoon in Pontiac, Michigan in 1981 as my nephew Michael and I neared the Pontiac...

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2 days ago

Changing the world

Manila – One of my friends quit his job as I was about to start mine. His quitting was the end of an incredible career in international...

Republican Party of Guam: Restore checks and balances in government

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Apr 10
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Republican Party of Guam: Restore checks and balances in government

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Republican Party of Guam today pushed for the adoption of a legislative resolution that would...

USDA seeks to plug loopholes in welfare programs

By Pacific Island Ties News Staff

Jul 25, 2019
2 min

USDA seeks to plug loopholes in welfare programs

Washington-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to close a loophole that allows states to make participants receiving...

Did Mangkhut spoil your food stamp goodies? Not to worry

Pacific Island Times Staff

Sep 21, 2018
1 min

Did Mangkhut spoil your food stamp goodies? Not to worry

If your frozen food was spoiled during the Mangkhut power outages, and you're a SNAP beneficiary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food...

Cockfighting ban in GOP's just passed 2018 farm bill

News Release, Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo

Jun 22, 2018
2 min

Cockfighting ban in GOP's just passed 2018 farm bill

Bordallo opposes Federal cockfighting ban that 'dictates' to U.S. Territories Washington, D.C.-- Guam Delegate to the U.S. Congress...

More fish imports from Chuuk on Guam’s SNAP days

By Gina T Reilly

May 16, 2018
3 min

More fish imports from Chuuk on Guam’s SNAP days

A research that looked at 12 years of commercial reef-fish trade data between Chuuk and Guam revealed a relation between increased...

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan

May 6, 2018
3 min

Force-feeding the babies

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2019 budget pitched a “bold, innovative approach” to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

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