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Supporting Guam’s cancer community since 2010

Supporting Guam’s cancer community since 2010

Since its establishment in 2010 through the Healthy Futures Fund (Public Law 30-80), the Guam Cancer Trust Fund (GCTF) has played a vital role in improving the lives of those affected by cancer across the island. Administered through the...

Breaking Wave Theatre Company gets $120K grant to support 'We Will Not Go Silent' production

Breaking Wave Theatre Company gets $120K grant to support 'We Will Not Go Silent' production

Guam's Breaking Wave Theatre Company received a $120,000 National Theatre Project Creation and Touring grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts to support its original production, "We Will Not Go Silent." The grant is part of an...

NAR president calls for bold action on Guam's housing crisis

NAR president calls for bold action on Guam's housing crisis

With housing affordability tightening its grip on communities across the nation, including Guam, the top U.S. real estate official says the solution starts with unity and a shovel in the ground. Kevin Sears, 2025 president of the National...

DOA questioned on vendor payments, financial system

DOA questioned on vendor payments, financial system

Senators questioned Department of Administration officials about $4 million in outstanding vendor payments, procurement delays and the government’s transition to the new financial management system during the department’s recent budget hearing....

US moves B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, amid uncertainty over possible strike on Iran

US moves B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, amid uncertainty over possible strike on Iran

American B-2 stealth bombers, the advanced aircraft known for being capable of delivering huge bunker buster bombs potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground nuclear facility in Fordo, are heading toward Guam in the Pacific Ocean,...

US moves B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, amid uncertainty over possible strike on Iran

US moves B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, amid uncertainty over possible strike on Iran

American B-2 stealth bombers, the advanced aircraft known for being capable of delivering huge bunker buster bombs potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground nuclear facility in Fordo, are heading toward Guam in the Pacific Ocean,...

Israel-Iran conflict: US stealth bombers reportedly head to Guam as both sides continue to trade strikes

Israel-Iran conflict: US stealth bombers reportedly head to Guam as both sides continue to trade strikes

US stealth bombers were flying across the Pacific Ocean, according to tracking data and media reports, fuelling speculation over their intended mission as President Donald Trump considers joining Israel's attack on Iran. Multiple B-2 bomber...

Israel launches fresh strikes as US reportedly moves B-2 bombers to Guam

Israel launches fresh strikes as US reportedly moves B-2 bombers to Guam

US military moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to Guam - reportThe US military is moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The New York Times further reports that the bombers,...

Iran launches drones towards Israel as US reportedly moves B-2 bombers to Guam

Iran launches drones towards Israel as US reportedly moves B-2 bombers to Guam

US military moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to Guam - reportThe US military is moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The New York Times further reports that the bombers,...

Israel-Iran conflict: Nuclear diplomacy stuck as both sides continue to trade strikes

Israel-Iran conflict: Nuclear diplomacy stuck as both sides continue to trade strikes

Iran deems European proposals to curb its nuclear program unrealistic and a hurdle to agreement, a senior Iranian official said, while Israel said it killed a veteran Iranian commander during attacks by both sides that included multiple Israeli...

Census: Guam farms grow by 319, sales value up by 60% in 5 years

Census: Guam farms grow by 319, sales value up by 60% in 5 years

Guam saw its number of farms grow from 264 in 2018 to 583 in 2023, while the sales value went up by 60% or from $3.842 million to $6.162 million in five years, based on the newly released Census of Agriculture. In five years, the island saw 319...

New president for Tutor Perini’s Black Construction Corporation

New president for Tutor Perini’s Black Construction Corporation

Tutor Perini has promoted Leonard Kaae to the role of president of its Guam-based subsidiary, Black Construction Corporation. Tutor Perini is one of the largest general contractors in the US (Image: AdobeStock) Kaae has worked for Black...

Governor comments on GDOE finances, Swanson resignation

Governor comments on GDOE finances, Swanson resignation

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said she is aware of financial issues at the Guam Department of Education and is "very aware" that the department hasn't timely submitted financial statements needed for general fund accounting and the government-wide audit....

Congressional Lawmakers Approve Bill To Block Justice Department From Rescheduling Marijuana

Congressional Lawmakers Approve Bill To Block Justice Department From Rescheduling Marijuana

A congressional committee has approved a spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana. The legislation would also maintain a separate longstanding rider protecting state medical cannabis...

NAR President on island, shares his confidence in Guam RPAC

NAR President on island, shares his confidence in Guam RPAC

NAR President on island, shares his confidence in Guam RPAC == By Jolene Toves jolene@postguam.com Traveling to this side of the world, Kevin Sears, the newly installed president of the National Association of Realtors, made the decision months...

Breaking Wave Theatre Company hopes to amplify voices of Pacific with $150K national award

Breaking Wave Theatre Company hopes to amplify voices of Pacific with $150K national award

Breaking Wave Theatre Company (BWTC) has received national recognition as one of 11 recipients of the National Theatre Project Creation and Touring Awards by the New England Foundation for the Arts “big step” for “breaking through.” “Being awarded...

Seaport Too Critical to Military and Guamanians to Have Simplistic Binary Debate About Its Future

Seaport Too Critical to Military and Guamanians to Have Simplistic Binary Debate About Its Future

By Vera Topasna for Kandit News & Views The [seaport] is Guam’s economic heartbeat. Before we consider handing the keys to private operators, we must ask a more fundamental question: Is it in the best interest of the people of Guam and the...

OPINION Sablan: Hasso i tiempon antes, a walk through Hagåtña

OPINION Sablan: Hasso i tiempon antes, a walk through Hagåtña

Last week, I took you on my 1973 VW Beetle Bug through some streets of Hagåtña. Many of you let me know how much you enjoyed the ride to the past and wanted more since there were more places in Hagåtña worth visiting. So since the price of gas...

Preventive Law Can Fix Many Procurement, Financial Management Issues In GovGuam

Preventive Law Can Fix Many Procurement, Financial Management Issues In GovGuam

By Peter J. Santos for Kandit News & Views For several years I have publicly stated that the biggest problem paralyzing the government of Guam is the problems faced with our outdated procurement system and poor financial management. I recently...

Fun on Guam: Solid Grounds Run Club to be held on June 21

Fun on Guam: Solid Grounds Run Club to be held on June 21

Dates: June 21, 2025 Time: SHOWTIME: 6:00 AM; GO TIME: 6:30 AM Saturday, June 21, 2025 SHOWTIME: 6:00 a.m. GO TIME: 6:30 a.m. SG Market Pop Up + Music Provided by DJ Lezeah Day of Run: FIRST 10 PEOPLE TO SIGN UP GET ONE (1) FREE COFFEE OR TEA ALL...

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