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CROSS COUNTRY STARTS THE ’25/’26 SPORTS SEASON
GSPN
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August 25, 2025
By Shania Bulala The 2025 ISA Cross Country League officially kicked off on Monday, August 25th, with opening meets hosted at George Washington High School and Guam High School. This season features a total of thirteen teams, split between two...
Politicians fail education
The Guam Daily Post
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Let me start this article with a disclaimer. I am a product of Guam’s public education system. I came to Guam from the DoD school system in Okinawa, and was so far behind Guam students, I had to repeat seventh grade. That’s how good Guam’s school...
GHURA audit: Clean FY24 finances, but qualified opinion on 2 programs
The Guam Daily Post
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Independent auditors Ernst and Young LLP, or EY, issued a clean opinion on the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority's fiscal year 2024 financial statements but handed a qualified opinion on the report for compliance for two of four major...
LETTER: Protecting Guam's fair share
Pacific Daily News
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I extend my full congratulations to Sen. Telo Taitague for her leadership in passing the amendment to the gross receipts tax rollback. Her measure ensures that general contractors engaged in the federally funded military buildup will continue...
UOG student represents Guam at global leadership program in the Netherlands
Pacific Daily News
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Tyra Delos Reyes, a University of Guam senior majoring in business administration, recently returned from a transformative global leadership program in the Netherlands, where she represented Guam and the United States as one of only 10 students...
Construction of $400M Honhui hotel could start by 2027
Pacific Daily News
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The push for a $400 million Honhui Tumon Bay Hotel is on again, with developers hoping to clear land use requirements and get construction going as soon as 2027 on what’s touted as the largest and most expensive hotel on the island. Project...
Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November
The Pacific Island Times
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August 24, 2025
U.S. Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Amy Gradin, second from left, with international and community leaders celebrate the landing of the East Micronesia Cable System in in Kosrae on Aug. 18, 2025. The ceremony marked the floating of the...
Stop slicing the pie and start baking
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam’s leaders can’t cut their way to prosperity. The only real solution is to grow the economy. On Guam right now, the government feels like a family sitting around the kitchen table, arguing for hours about how to stretch one small månha pie to...
New Dededo shopping center construction could start soon
Pacific Daily News
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Developer Northern Market LLC is weeks away from finalizing permits needed to build a new shopping center on Guam Ancestral Lands property in Dededo, according to a Wednesday commission meeting. Project representative Jennifer Calvo told...
Business briefs: 360 supports Make-a-Wish; Fish Eye offers lunch
The Pacific Island Times
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August 22, 2025
Fish Eye Marine Park now offers lunch Fish Eye Marine Park today announced the opening of its new daily lunch service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at its Garden Restaurant beginning Aug. 22. Centrally located in Piti, the restaurant offers a convenient...
Some residents warn business tax cut threatens public services, jobs
Pacific Daily News
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Some Guam residents oppose reducing the business privilege tax, BPT, from 5% to 4.5% and eventually 4%, warning the move could jeopardize public services and hurt small local businesses already struggling amid rising costs. The governor’s office...
Guam legislature OKs $1.36B budget; spending bill includes $39M in tax cuts
The Pacific Island Times
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August 22, 2025
Capping off the grueling two weeks of debates and compromises, the Republican-led 38th Guam Legislature today passed the government of Guam’s $1.36 billion budget for fiscal 2026, with $39 million in tax cuts as its centerpiece. A two-tier...
LETTER: Guam GOP commends Republican majority on passing budget bill
Pacific Daily News
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The Republican Party of Guam commends the Republican majority in the 38th Guam Legislature for the passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget of the government of Guam. The legislation provides relief to many small businesses through a tiered...
Ron McNinch files lawsuit alleging Guam election laws violate civil rights
Pacific Daily News
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Ron McNinch filed a lawsuit on Friday in federal court alleging Guam election laws violate his civil rights by making it hard for independent or non-partisan candidates to be listed on the general election ballot. He filed a complaint in the...
Girls volleyball league reuniting after 6 years
Pacific Daily News
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After a six-year divorce that separated public and private schools, the High School Girls Volleyball League will once again combine for the first time since 2019 starting Tuesday night. A total of 14 teams are participating. The Guam Education...
SBA New Mexico Opens Nominations For 2026 National Small Business Week Awards
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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August 22, 2025
SBA News: ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened nominations for the 2026 National Small Business Week Awards. National Small Business Week, which recognizes the contributions of America’s 36 million small...
Court junks case alleging GDOE official illegally spent $640K federal funds for overtime pay
Pacific Daily News
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Superior Court Judge Arthur R. Barcinas dismissed a case alleging that a Guam Department of Education official illegally spent federal education funds for overtime pay, two years after then Sen. Thomas Fisher pursued the case that he said involved...
NUWC Division, Keyport engineer saves Navy money through innovative solutions
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 22, 2025
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport Mechanical Engineer Bryant Veach is driving innovation and cost savings by leveraging 3D printing, laser engraving and laser cutting capabilities at the command’s Keyport Innovation Center to create...
Guam Education Board opens superintendent search, seeks legal opinion on applicant eligibility
Pacific Daily News
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The search for a new Guam Department of Education superintendent officially began Tuesday night as the Guam Education Board voted to open applications on Aug. 25 and close them by Sept. 19. The board also moved to seek a formal legal opinion on...
Parkinson planning series of village town hall meetings on Guam's political status
The Guam Daily Post
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Sen. William Parkinson is taking Guam's political status discussion directly to the people, announcing plans for town hall meetings in five villages this fall to examine all status options, including statehood. The tentative schedule includes...