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Jimmy Yi named new UOG men’s basketball coach
Pacific Daily News
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Jimmy Yi was named the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Guam on Tuesday. Yi replaces Argie Flores, who decided not to return to the UOG team after serving two years as the head coach, according to UOG Triton Athletics. “First we...
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in 'very dire' condition: officials
The Bond Buyer - New York
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July 9, 2025
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold Palacios reportedly said in February he was optimistic about federal aid. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is in "very dire" fiscal condition, its government told the...
NWS keeps an eye on 2 disturbances
Pacific Daily News
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The National Weather Service is keeping an eye on two disturbances in the region. A third one dissipated. NWS Guam, in its weekly weather outlook released on Tuesday, said it is watching Invest 98W, which is near the Philippines, and Invest 90W,...
Summit date elusive amid U.S. pressure on troop costs and tariffs
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 11 Jul. 2025, 00:00 National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac gives a press briefing on the outcome of his trip to the United States at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on July 9. [JOINT PRESS CORPS] National Security...
GCC awarded maximum 8-year accreditation renewal
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Community College was awarded a new accreditation term of eight years, the highest number of years allowed under reaccreditation standards, from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. GCC announced Monday that GCC...
GTA to host 2nd annual Glo and Connect workshop series July 19–20
The Guam Daily Post
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GTA will host its highly anticipated 2nd Annual Glo and Connect Workshop Series on Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20, at the Crowne Plaza Resort Guam in Tumon. This free, two-day event aims to empower Guam’s youth with knowledge, mentorship...
U.S. think tank proposes 'cutting all ground combat units' from Korea, says Seoul should 'defend itself'
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 10 Jul. 2025, 19:11 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI The RC-12X Guardrail reconnaissance aircraft takes off from Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on May 23.[NEWS1] A new U.S. think tank report called for slashing...
Kmart Shuttering Lockhart Gardens Store Aug. 16
St. Thomas Source
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June 30, 2025
The Lockhart Gardens Kmart store on St. Thomas will close its doors for good Aug. 16. (Source photo by Mat Probasco) St. Thomas’ Lockhart Gardens Kmart will close its doors for good Aug. 16 — eight days after St. Croix’s Sunny Isles Kmart is set...
Amazing finish for an amazing team
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...
Tang, Longona shine in Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run
Marianas Variety
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PONY Tang and Taliana Longona took the spotlight in colorful fashion on Saturday as they finished first overall in their respective divisions of the Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run at American Memorial Park. It was the perfect day for a run as...
U.S. calls to 'modernize' alliance with South Korea may put Seoul-Washington ties at a crossroads
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 9, 2025
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 18:53 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters inside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 23. [AP/YONHAP] Calls by U.S. officials to “modernize” the...
GMH board forms search committee for new administrator
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority board of trustees on Wednesday approved the formation of a six-member committee to search for a new GMH administrator following Lillian Perez-Posadas’s announcement that she will retire by January 2026. The...
Frank Jao’s Journey to Becoming a Real Estate Titan
Orange County Business Journal - California
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July 7, 2025
Orange County is home to the largest population of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam. Within the thriving ethnic enclave is a collection of strip malls spanning parts of Westminster, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley and Santa Ana known as Little...
How to handle false allegations - Part 2
The Guam Daily Post
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To review, this is a series of columns in which I am addressing how to handle false accusations of domestic violence (or worse), especially if you are a husband and/or father. In Part 1, I laid out the “pit” I found myself in in May 2018 and how...
RESIGN!
Kandit News Group
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June 29, 2025
It is unnerving that Adelup’s reaction to the indictment of the largest political corruption case in Guam history was to defend the criminal defendants rather than to stand up for us, the people of Guam. In a statement from the Office of the...
OPINION Yamashita: In support of GDOE's return to the executive branch
Pacific Daily News
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Change has been constant in our public education system. The Spanish, Germans, Japanese, U.S. Naval Government, in turn, determined school objectives. Eventually, congressional acts gave us today’s structure. In 1950, the Organic Act placed Guam’s...
Health care providers oppose new medical malpractice bill
The Guam Daily Post
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Dozens of medical professionals including doctors and nurses from all specialties gathered outside the Guam Congress Building early Monday morning waiting to be let inside for the public hearing on the controversial Bill 82-38. Known as the Do No...
EQT settles class action lawsuit for $167.5m over merger claims
Offshore Technology
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June 30, 2025
American energy company EQT has agreed to pay $167.5m to settle a class action lawsuit filed by investors who alleged that the company overstated the benefits of its $6.7bn merger with Rice Energy in 2017. This settlement was disclosed in a...
Up to $350M in GWA bonds OK’d
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Waterworks Authority has cleared the last hurdle to obtaining new bond funding, with the Public Utilities Commission handing GWA the green light last week. The utility plans to issue the bonds in July. GWA needs bond funding for various...
Don’t Let the Doctors Fool Your Common Sense; Greed Drives Their Opposition to Giving You Rights
Kandit News Group
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June 29, 2025
David Lubofsky and his late son, Asher Dean By David Lubofsky Is health care on Guam greed driven or consumer centered? This may seem like a difficult question to answer, but when we look at how some doctors refuse to take Medicaid patients or...