Guam's final medal haul at 20 as 2025 Pacific Mini Games wrap up

Guam’s final medal tally was at 20, including four gold, as the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau wrapped up on Wednesday. The island’s athletes are also bringing home nine silver and seven bronze. Tahiti dominated the Pacific Mini Games from June...

A Tragic Accident And Life Insurance Led This Guam Native To The Top Of A $6 Billion Firm

Lorrie Baldevia Courtesy of AssuredPartners Name: Lorrie Baldevia Firm: AssuredPartners Location: Seattle, WA Total Value of Policies: $6.3 billion Background: Lorrie Baldevia describes her connection to insurance as deeply personal. The eldest of...

LETTER: Why is labor utilization inconsistent at the Port of Guam?

When we look at the definition of efficiency, it is the ability of a process to achieve maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense while meeting customer requirements. The Port of Guam general manager, Rory Respicio, has failed to...

Bill to provide free special vehicle license plates for Guam veterans

"It's an honorable way to say thank you for all those that sacrificed." That's how Vietnam War veteran Daniel Cogar described Bill 149-38 by Sen. Therese Terlaje that would waive vehicle license plate fees for local veterans. The benefit will...

Defense Department plans to invest $5 billion in new projects on Guam

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Department of Defense's expansion on Guam is projected to entail more than $5 billion worth of new construction projects on island in the next three to five years, the governor's office announced today....

Delegate defends Environmental Protection Agency funding as its essential to Guam and national security

The Guam EPA isn’t just about protecting our natural environment. It’s also a key player in national defense, ensuring that both civilian projects and military construction meet environmental standards.

Taiwan students find educational freedom in Guam exchange program

Twelve students from Jinou Girls High School in Taipei recently completed an eight-day educational exchange on Guam, part of a nearly two-decade program that has brought hundreds of Taiwanese students to experience the island’s more relaxed...

Guam's stray population crisis: Three dogcatchers, one truck, 60,000 free-roaming animals

Guam’s single animal shelter receives constant phone calls from desperate pet owners and rescuers, while social media is flooded with posts seeking foster homes for rescued animals, newborn puppies and kittens or pets that can’t join their owners...

Proof of US citizenship now in effect for Guam voter registration but GEC still faces funding loss

Guam has already been requiring proof of U.S. citizenship such as a passport for voter registration since a presidential executive order in March to avoid losing federal election funds, only for senators to hear on Wednesday that the Guam Election...

Guam Environmental Protection Agency warns of emergency response limits amid federal funding cuts

Guam farms more than double as small-scale agriculture surges, census shows

The number of farms on Guam surged by 121% between 2018 and 2023, according to newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture census data that reveals a dramatic shift toward smaller agricultural operations driven by improved data collection and...

Trusted Traveler Program reinstated at Naval Base Guam

University of Guam’s next BBQ Bootcamp features a sausage processing workshop

SHPO seeks mayors' help identifying more Guam historic sites for National Register

State Historic Preservation Officer Patrick Lujan on Wednesday asked mayors to help identify historically significant sites and structures in their village for possible submission to the National Register of Historic Places. Lujan also offered a...

Guam’s Liberation Parade Festival on July 21, 2025

Dates: 7/21/2025 Location: Hagåtña, Guam Join us in Guam’s capitol city of Hagåtña for the Liberation Parade Festival July 21, 2025! Witness Guam’s biggest parade of floats as the entire island community gathers for the annual commemoration of the...

Defense Department plans to invest $5 billion in new projects on Guam

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Department of Defense's expansion on Guam is projected to entail more than $5 billion worth of new construction projects on island in the next three to five years, the governor's office announced today....

Guam’s political and economic affairs, in context

The current political climate in Guam is ever-changing and unique in its structure. The island first became a United States territory in 1898. At this time, it was placed under the authority of the US Navy. In 1950, the Guam Organic Act granted...

Guam boat builder nears completion of traditional canoe replica

GUAM is closer to increasing the number of Chamorro canoes on the island as one resident, Keith Quintanilla, recently completed the main hull and outrigger of a fiberglass canoe. Quintanilla, a boat repair specialist who has previously built two...

Waste Of The Day: Puerto Rico, Guam, Others In Debt

Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearWire, Topline: The five inhabited U.S. territories are collectively $57.8 billion in debt and have issues with their financial statements that “can lead to poor financial decisions and lost access to capital...

Military investment on Guam tops $5 billion as leaders meet to coordinate development

HAGÅTÑA (Office of the Guam Governor) — On Wednesday, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Adm. Brett Meitus convened the latest Civil-Military Coordinating Council or CMCC meeting at Joint Region Marianas, bringing together top military commanders, federal...