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How Donald Trump’s weapon deal with Ukraine is inviting Maga ire

How Donald Trump’s weapon deal with Ukraine is inviting Maga ire

Since the moment he announced he was running for president, Donald Trump’s base has had unshakable faith in him. They stayed with him through the Access Hollywood tape when it looked like his campaign was at an end. They remained loyal after he...

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...

Administration Again Issues Payment Demand Letters to PUA Fraud Victims Days After Indictments

Administration Again Issues Payment Demand Letters to PUA Fraud Victims Days After Indictments

From left: Frankie Rosalin, Charissa Tenorio, Jeff Cook, Lou Leon Guerrero, Elizabeth Napoli, Matt Topasna, Joshua Tenorio Victims of the alleged Tenorio Corruption Case PUA fraud conspiracy continue to be hounded by the very program Charissa...

Flags, flutes and future voters: Students and teachers kick off U.S. history program in Philly

Flags, flutes and future voters: Students and teachers kick off U.S. history program in Philly

(Editor’s note: Cathy Gorn is the executive director of National History Day.) Piercing the early morning quiet on Monday with the whistle of flutes and the rhythm of drums, a group of educators and students from across the nation were led by...

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Public Administration industry across Santa Cruz Standard publication area

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Public Administration industry across Santa Cruz Standard publication area

Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS | https://www.dhswatchlist.com/ Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS |...

Why United Airlines' New Partnership With JetBlue Fixes Its "Largest Mistake"

Why United Airlines' New Partnership With JetBlue Fixes Its "Largest Mistake"

Two major American carriers are teaming up to sell seats across each other's networks, and to include reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits. Chicago-based United Airlines, and New York's JetBlue are partnering up, a move which will see United unlock...

Visualized: Every State’s Most Common Job in 1998 vs. 2024

Visualized: Every State’s Most Common Job in 1998 vs. 2024

Visualized: Every State’s Most Common Job in 1998 vs. 2024 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways...

Why does 1% BPT cut matter?

Why does 1% BPT cut matter?

Over the years, our government budget grew to an astounding $1.03 billion, as of 2024. This government serves a mere 166,000 souls, give or take. That folks, is a $7,831 tax burden on every single person currently living here. Regardless if they...

Topasna pleads not guilty to PUA fraud charges

Topasna pleads not guilty to PUA fraud charges

Matthew Topasna, Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio's partner, pleaded not guilty to federal charges related to defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program out of $1.9 million. On Friday morning in the District Court of Guam, Topasna pleaded not...

Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict

Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins details the Trump administration’s efforts to ban China from buying U.S. farmland on ‘Hannity.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon is reportedly pressuring Indo-Pacific allies Japan and...

Palau, the remote Pacific idyll that habours big ambitions

Palau, the remote Pacific idyll that habours big ambitions

In American Caesar, his epic biography of General MacArthur, who commanded the USA’s Pacific campaign in the Second World War, William Manchester points out that among many challenges that the US troops faced besides the enemy – earthquakes,...

Obituary: Celeste “Cecil” Peter Madill

Obituary: Celeste “Cecil” Peter Madill

Celeste “Cecil” Peter Madill was born on the family farm, near Rosefield, Saskatchewan, near Bracken, Saskatchewan, Canada, on December 14, 1937 to Cecilia (Klotz) and Alik Madill. After beginning grade school in Canada, Cecil settled with his...

Military construction to top $5 billion, Ada seeking congressional help to capture BPT

Military construction to top $5 billion, Ada seeking congressional help to capture BPT

The Defense Department is expected to pour in more than $5 billion in construction projects for the Guam military buildup in the next three to five years, according to a statement from the Office of the Governor on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vice...

Reducing BPT by 1%

Reducing BPT by 1%

As I watched the public hearing on bill 11-38 held on July 7 to roll back the BPT from 5% to 4%, I was impressed by the testimony provided by the Guam Contractors Association. The testimony from the Guam Contractors Association highlights several...

Students walk away from Youth Summit ready for adulthood

Students walk away from Youth Summit ready for adulthood

For two days, island youth participated in the Governor’s Youth Summer Employment Program Service Learning Summit at Okkodo High School, where they engaged in topics ranging from Guam’s economic outlook to work-ready skills and financial literacy....

Local innovation combats brain drain as G3 Makerspace builds high-tech workforce

Local innovation combats brain drain as G3 Makerspace builds high-tech workforce

What began as an effort to address Guam's brain drain crisis is evolving into a foundation for the island's emerging high-tech manufacturing sector, with the G3 Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub serving as both training ground and...

Community Events: Cultivate After Dark; Real estates open house; Summer Fest at GCC

Community Events: Cultivate After Dark; Real estates open house; Summer Fest at GCC

Cultivate After Dark: Celebrate culture, community and cannabis The Homegrown Collective will host Cultivate After Dark, commemorating the group's official recognition as a registered nonprofit organization on Guam. The event, slated for July 12...

GAO: CNMI stuck in fiscal quagmire

GAO: CNMI stuck in fiscal quagmire

The once lively district of Garapan is now a ghost town. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan/Pacific Island Times By all measures of economic standing, the CNMI’s fiscal condition is very dire, made worse by a struggling tourism industry, slowing federal...

GDOL doubles its staff of labor law enforcement specialists

GDOL doubles its staff of labor law enforcement specialists

Five new Labor Law enforcement specialists were sworn in Thursday by the Guam Department of Labor, more than doubling the current team which now stands at 9. “The addition of these newly sworn-in specialists shows our commitment to fair employment...

Judge: GovGuam can sue receiver over Ordot dump; GBB to appeal

Judge: GovGuam can sue receiver over Ordot dump; GBB to appeal

The government of Guam can sue the federal receiver running the Ordot dump, District Court of Guam Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood has ruled. Dump receiver Gershman, Brickner, & Bratton Inc., through its attorneys, filed a Friday notice...

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