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  • Warriors spank Chargers 34-0

    The Pepsi Warriors had a big Sunday Miller Football League game day, hanging up the Docomo Chargers for a 34-0 win at the University of Guam Football Field yesterday.The victory brings the team to a 1-1 record, after a bitter loss to the Cars Plus Rams on...
  • TKOs in abundance at PXC’s Preba Hao 16

    PREBA HAO 16 marked the first mixed martial arts event of the year for promoters Premier X-Treme Combat. Taking place at the Marriot Resort and Spa in Tumon, hundreds of spectators saw 11 fights go down with the first five ending in TKO victories and a to...
  • Obama to visit Guam?

    President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be visiting Guam sometime in March, a confidential source told Variety.   It is still unclear what’s on the president’s agenda, but sources say his presence could provide a big boo...
  • Global warming scenario for Guam

    GUAM must not ignore the threat of global warming and its potential consequences, according to Guam by Lory Tan, vice chairman and chief executive officer of World Wildlife Fund- Philippines....
  • Living outside the mainstream

    GUAM is known for its hospitality, beautiful beaches and bountiful fiestas. What is less known about this paradise is the growing number of homeless people who live in abandoned structures all over the island.Elsie lives on the top floor of a three-storey...
  • Guam traffic update

    What’s happening on our roads for the week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6:•    Route 1 (Marine Corps Drive)o    Installation of new reflectorized markers and pavement striping will continue on Marine Corps Drive between Airport Road a...
  • Cruz to Bordallo: return your award

    VICE speaker BJ Cruz, during a town hall meeting hosted by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo over the weekend at the University of Guam, reiterated his opposition to the dredging in Apra Harbor for the berthing of the two U.S. carriers....
  • Consumers brace for higher bills, price hike

    STARTING next month, ratepayers will see their monthly bill increase by nearly 12 percent as Guam Power Authority will raise the fuel recovery charge from 12.96 cents to 15 cents per kilowatt hour....
  • Airport net assets up 26 percent

    ALTHOUGH the worldwide economic crisis and last year’s outbreak of swine flu devastated the island’s tourism and airline industry, a recent report from the Office of Public Accountability shows that the Guam International Airport Authority i...
  • Ugum plant partially shut down

    (GWA)—The Guam Waterworks Authority will shut down 50 percent of the operations of Ugum water treatment plant in Talofofo while GWA’s contractor finishes up the $8.2 million upgrade to the facility.  ...
  • Port union contract in limbo

    EMPLOYEES of the Port Authority of Guam have been trying to negotiate a contract with the management for two years, but the Port board has refused to sign off on anything, even things they are required by law to negotiate, Matt Rector, president of Guam F...
  • Homegrown and preserved for posterity

    ISLAND residents have enjoyed the music of Marianas Homegrown for years. This coming Thursday, fans will get another chance to watch the band play once again at the Sheraton Laguna Resort in Tamuning for Estorian Kantan Chamorro (Story of Chamorro Music)....
  • MARC papers now available on Guampedia

    (UOG)-- The University of Guam Micronesian Area Research Center and Guampedia have collaborated to post a series of MARC documents on the Guampedia website, an online encyclopedic resource about the history, culture and contemporary issues of Guam....
  • Joint Region Marianas announces new commander

    (JRM)– Rear Adm. Douglass T. Biesel will be relieved by Rear Adm. Paul J. Bushong during a change of command ceremony which has yet to be scheduled.  ...
  • 80s is back at Phoenix Center

    (FDMS)--Father Duenas Memorial School presents its special production of  “Back to the 80s– The Totally Awesome Musical.” ...
  • UOG lab has new microscope

    (UOG)-- University of Guam biology students now have the opportunity to view a cell magnified at a maximum of 24,000 times, thanks to a new $65,000 scanning electron microscope funded through the National Institutes of Health Research Initiatives for Scie...
  • Regulate overtime

    ACCORDING to budget director Bertha Duenas, she reminded police chief Paul Suba last year that the Guam Police Department had been spending well beyond its overtime appropriation. Yet, the police continued to authorize overtime for office personnel. ...
  • Heritage weighs in

    The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation has weighed in on the ongoing dispute between Japan and the U.S. with regard to the realignment of American forces in Okinawa....
  • Friars leash Bulldogs, 32-3

    The Father Duenas Memorial School Friars yesterday nabbed a quick win over the Okkodo High School Bulldogs, 32-3, in an early 2010 IIAAG Tennis League season meet....
  • Guam raceway looks to share land with military

    The General Manager of the Guam International Raceway discusses the possibility of sharing the land on which Guam’s only motor sports raceway lies with the Department of Defense as they eye the area for a possible firing range and training complex....