Don Don Donki Guam celebrates anime, cosplay, gaming with RECON 2025 on Saturday

Don Don Donki Guam is hosting its RECON 2025, a community celebration of anime, cosplay, gaming, and pop culture on Saturday. The Sept. 13 event will be from 12 to 7 p.m. at the Don Don Donki basement area. Fans and families can look forward to a...

Guam legislature ends special session without action on governor’s budget proposal

BY PAULY SUBA Journal Staff The Guam Legislature adjourned a special session on Wednesday, Sept. 10 without taking action on Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero’s compromise budget proposal, prompting sharp criticism from the administration and a clash...

LETTER: I say it again, build bomb shelters on Guam

As was recently reported, the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army have issued a Record of Decision to move forward with the construction, deployment, operations, and maintenance of the 360-degree Enhanced Integrated Air and Missile Defense System...

LETTER: Keeping Guam beautiful

I attended a fundraiser at LeoPalace Resort Guam this past weekend for a local dance troupe hoping to raise money to travel to the Philippines. They started out the event with, O Asaina. "Please give us permission to dig on our island." As the...

Guam will be laboratory for new missile defense equipment: think tank

The Vertical Launching System site at North Field, Andersen Air Force Bas on April 16, 2025. Photo by William J. Busby III/U.S. Navy/The Guam Daily Post HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army recently issued a...

Guam's spiciest weekend returns with the Mangilao Donne' Festival

The island's hottest village prepares to turn up the heat this weekend as the annual Mangilao Donne' Festival returns Friday through Sunday, bringing three days of fiery food competitions, local vendors and cultural celebration to the Mangilao...

Guam Republicans refuse to blink on BPT rollback; governor amends budget proposal

The Republican-led 38th Guam Legislature on Wednesday skipped over Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero’s replacement budget bill, explicitly showing a lack of interest in haggling over the business privilege tax, which the chief executive proposed to earmark...

$15B awarded for military construction projects primarily on Guam

A whopping $15 billion combined worth of contracts have been awarded to 10 contractors for construction projects primarily located on Guam and other areas overseen by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, the Pentagon announced on...

Guam governor ‘not satisfied’ with DOD decision on island missile defense system

The Defense Department is moving ahead with the construction of 16 sites for a new missile defense system on Guam, with half of those sites situated on Naval Base Guam, seen here on Aug. 9, 2021. (Naomi Johnson/U.S. Navy) The Defense Department...

Pentagon awards $181M contract for self-powered missile defense site on Guam

The Defense Department is moving ahead with the construction of 16 sites for a new missile defense system on Guam, with half of those sites situated on Naval Base Guam, seen here on Aug. 9, 2021. (Naomi Johnson/U.S. Navy) A California defense...

'Worked my way up': Marie Sablan Heflin is GovGuam's longest-serving employee

A woman who started her career with the Guam Department of Labor right out of high school in 1970 was honored as the government of Guam’s longest-serving employee. Marie Sablan Heflin was awarded the honor during the GovGuam Labor Day Picnic on...

Guam 81st Liberation Day Parade

Soldiers and Airmen of the Guam National Guard march during the 81st Liberation Day Parade, July 21, 2025. The parade celebrates the return of American Forces after three years of Japanese occupation during WW2. VIDEO INFO Date Taken: 07.20.2025...

'Guam's hottest event': Mangilao Donne' Festival to spice things up this weekend

Spice things up this weekend at the 2025 Mangilao Donne’ Festival, a three-day event kicking off Friday night in honor of the village’s revered chili pepper or donne’, so expect a sampling of spicy dishes, desserts and more. “It’s Guam’s ‘hottest’...

DOD: $15 billion for military construction in Guam, other areas in multiple-award contract

Ten contractors have been awarded a combined $15 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract for construction projects mainly located in Guam and other areas under the responsibility of Naval Facilities Engineering...

The Island Is Our Canoe: Taiwan–Guam Exchange Finds Connection Beyond the Stage

Written by Eloise Phillips. Image credit: the author. Led by Taiwan’s National Museum of Prehistory, the 2025 Taiwan–Guam exchange wove songs, seafaring, and shared moments into a living bridge across the Pacific. A stick traced the star compass...

Atos Guam Jiu-Jitsu prepares for international competitions

Atos Guam Jiu-Jitsu said it has intensified its training regimen in anticipation of a demanding slate of competitions that will define the conclusion of the 2025 season. With representatives spanning youth, adult, and masters divisions, Atos Guam...

GFD: Man, woman injured after vehicle overturned in Barrigada

A man and a woman "with serious injuries" were taken to hospitals after a vehicle overturned in front of Happy Mart in Barrigada early Sunday morning, Guam Fire Department spokesperson Lt. Nick Garrido said. At 2:45 a.m., GFD units responded to...

Single-car crash sends man and woman to hospital, vehicle overturned

A man and a woman involved in a single car crash in Barrigada were rushed to the hospital early Sunday morning for injuries sustained. Officers with the Guam Police Department and units from the Guam Fire Department responded to Route 16 Army...

Senators pass Governor's $40M lifeline for the Guam Memorial Hospital

U.S. Coast Guard in Guam marks first global Search and Rescue Day

It was Sept. 10, 1982, when the COSPAS-SARSAT system first guided rescuers to a downed aircraft in Canada, saving three lives. Since then, the technology has transformed maritime safety across the world.