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Governor revamps Cabinet

‘US still committed to having Marines on Guam’

Joint statement confirms adjustment in Guam buildu...

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Concerns raised on Section 30 revenue decline

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Governor revamps Cabinet

GOV. Eddie Calvo has made changes in his Cabinet following an assessment of all Cabinet members’ performance.

‘US still committed to having Marines on Guam’

MILITARY officials yesterday gave an update on the...

Joint statement confirms adjustment in Guam buildup plans

A JOINT statement by the United States and Japan h...

Dangerous ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ fad hits island schools

THE Guam Department of Education and Guam DODEA ar...

Concerns raised on Section 30 revenue decline

DELEGATE Madeleine Bordallo and Sens. Rory Respici...

Citations issued to 25 parents and guardians

PARENTS, beware – law enforcement officers will is...

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Rolling hard
Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 05:49pm
The temblor took the form of a major shake-up of Gov. Eddie Calvo’s Cabinet. After a little over one year in office, Labor Director Leah Beth Naholowaa is out. George Santos is the new DOL director, moving over from Read more...
Animal cruelty
Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012 06:32pm
The owner was issued an animal cruelty citation because he maltreated and neglected the dog; he was found guilty Tuesday by Superior Court Presiding Judge Alberto Lamorena. The fate of the dog, which was not confiscate Read more...
How to get to Carnegie Hall
Monday, 06 Feb 2012 06:02pm
He’s getting them ready for the 8th Tumon Bay Music Festival to be held from March 2 to 10. This event now draws musicians and musical groups from the CNMI as well as Guam, and brings professional adjudicators in fro Read more...

Guam should join Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico for Jones Act reform
Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 05:05am
Horizon’s departure has left Guam with a single Westbound common carrier, Matson Navigation Company, which now operates as a true monopoly here. No other U.S. shipping company is likely to provide service to Guam bec Read more...
How to boil a frog
Monday, 06 Feb 2012 05:58pm
Nothing strategically has changed since the U.S. defense forces recognized pre-millennium that China's ascension back to the world stage required a new Pacific posture. This started as a military reality and has been c Read more...
All our generations
Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012 11:25am
The generation most fluent in our native language will pass into silence. Our already endangered language will soon be an officially "dead language."In "Saviors of Languages: Who Will Be the Real Messiah" (2003), Donal Read more...

Panthers drop Geckos

THROUGHOUT their IIAAG High School Girls Softball League match yesterday, the Guam High Panthers kept a positive attitude and were all smiles no matter what the situation.

Okkodo Bulldogs sneak by Southern High Dolphins

IT DIDN’T matter what time people arrived at the G...

Golden Hoops completes third week of competition

THREE weeks into the tournament and things in the ...

Celebrate President’s Day with I Bike ride

WHILE most of the working community will have the ...

Phoenixes soar over Obispos to stay unbeaten

A LITTLE drizzle here and there by Mother Nature d...

Men and women serve up singles tennis action

THE second week of tennis action came to a close t...

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Still committed

Bryan H. Wood, USMC Pacific division, plans, policies and operations director, told island media yesterday that President Barack Obama is still committed to a Marine presence on Guam. See story and additional photo here.
Photo by Matt Weiss / Variety

Seeking a bipartisan buildup

Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 05:47pm

The news media have been swamped by a variety of buildup-related news stories, most of them relying on anonymous sources and coming out of Japan. It’s been pretty solidly confirmed, though, that the U.S. and Japan are renegotiating terms of the 2006 agreement between the two countries, and the various stories all agree that ...

Something old, something new (or old)

Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 05:44pm

They’ve discovered that young spiders weave webs with perfect angles and regular patterns, but as they age, their webs deteriorate, showing gaping holes and erratic weaving. And by using spiders as a simple model, this research may provide insight into how aging affects behavior in other organisms, including humans.The resea...

A community act

A year later, President Obama continues to recognize the value of CTE projecte...

'A Counterfactual Buildup'

The responsibility of communicating as best as possible the depth of the past ...

Letting it go

In an effort to meet ongoing island healthcare needs, the Guam Memorial Hospit...

Refunds budgeted, schools need more money for repairs

The governor forgets that two years earlier, I proposed and we borrowed $113 m...

Good time management helps achieve success in school

MANAGING time wisely is important for students because failing to do so can ne...

Second State of the Island Address

Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 11:42am

The payment of tax refunds shapes the state of our island, not just because it sparked the economy, but because we began to renew people’s faith in leadership... that leaders will keep the promises that they make.But by no stretch of the imagination should this be considered some monumental achievement. Paying the people the...

Invest, Educate, Employ: Ways to help our economy now

Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 09:56am

To you, they aren’t numbers on a balance sheet or tables in an annual report. To you they are questions no one should ever have to answer:Will your family choose between gas and groceries this week?Will the bank wait two more days for your car or mortgage payment?Will you be able to keep the lights on and the water running?W...