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Teams take championship titles at GHRA Basketball League
Pacific Daily News
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Three teams earned the championship titles in the three divisions of the Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association Basketball League on June 22. GHRA in a release announced the league wrapped up at the Agana Heights gym where teams competed for 1st,...
ESGR Announces 2025 Secretary of Defense Freedom Award Recipients
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES 07.07.2025 WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense is pleased to announce the 15 recipients of the 2025 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award--the highest U.S. government honor to...
Fashion powerhouse Nora Swann set to ignite the stage at Inaugural Pacific Fashion Summit in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 10, 2025
The Pacific is buzzing with excitement as one of the most influential voices in Pasifika fashion, Nora Swann, is heading to Papua New Guinea to take part in the inaugural Pacific Fashion Summit, a groundbreaking event hosted by PNG Fashion Week...
Western Union taps Alair as head for PH
Manila Standard
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June 27, 2025
Western Union announced the appointment of Ricardo Alair as director for the Philippines, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau. His appointment comes as the company accelerates its growth strategy, expanding access to financial services for...
VOX POPULI: U.S. Deports 158 Vietnamese and Laotian Refugees
Rafu Shimpo - California
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July 9, 2025
On Sunday, May 25, Immigra-tion Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 158 Southeast Asian refugees — 93 Vietnamese and 65 Laotian nationals. This chartered flight is the first mass deportation flight to South-east Asia since 2020 under the first...
Disqualified prosecutor claims changes to contract with OAG will be made
The Guam Daily Post
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A private attorney under contract as a prosecutor with the Office of the Attorney General revealed a change to his contract is expected to be made after being disqualified from a homicide case over "financial incentives" earlier this week. On June...
Court affirms magistrate judge's decisions in Cost-U-Less sanction
Pacific Daily News
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The Superior Court of Guam has ruled that Magistrate Judge Jonathan Quan will continue to preside over a sanctions dispute involving CULGuam Inc., doing business as Cost-U-Less, and its legal counsel, the Camacho Calvo Law Group. This decision...
OPA: No fraud or abuse but Public Defender Service violates own credit card use policy
Pacific Daily News
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While there was no fraud or abuse found, there have been violations of credit card use policy and procedures at the Public Defender Service Corporation, PDSC, the Office of Public Accountability said in an audit report released Thursday. OPA said...
Trump budget renews Radiation Exposure Compensation Act through 2028
Utah Public Radio
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July 9, 2025
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides compensation for people harmed by exposure to nuclear testing and mining has been revived and expanded to cover additional states in the Mountain West region. The federal program, known as...
7 in alleged PUA fraud ring released, arraignment set for July 3
Pacific Daily News
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Seven people indicted in an alleged Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud scheme including Lt. Gov. Joshua Tenorio's sister, her boyfriend, and Tenorio's partner were all released after being arrested on Friday, according to District Court of...
Commentary: The Trump Doctrine
The Ohio Star
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June 24, 2025
by Cynical Publius As the dust and smoke settle over Iran’s devastated nuclear weapons program, President Donald Trump’s method of waging war is coming into focus. We had hints of what I call the “Trump Doctrine” in his first term as he...
(2nd LD) U.S. think tank proposes slashing USFK troop level to about 10,000 from 28,500
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS photos, more info in paras 13-16) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, July 9 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. think tank recommended a reduction of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troop level to about 10,000 from the current 28,500 in a report released...
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is renewed
KNPR - Nevada
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July 9, 2025
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides compensation for people harmed by exposure to nuclear testing and mining has been revived and expanded to cover additional states in the Mountain West region. The federal program, known as...
USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands
Foreign Policy
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July 8, 2025
In February, the ambassadors to the United States of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau met with U.S. officials to raise concerns about the rush of executive actions since U.S. President Donald Trump took office...
Governor’s special prosecutor request on hold as AG seeks federal hearing
Pacific Daily News
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Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero’s request for a special prosecutor to investigate alleged hiring and promotion violations at Attorney General Doug Moylan’s office is on hold in local court while the AG seeks a hearing before a federal judge. The AG’s...
What Happened To Delta Air Lines' Tokyo Hub?
Simple Flying
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July 8, 2025
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines once held an extensive network to and from Tokyo Narita Airport. Its Asian base had connections from Tokyo to destinations across Asia, and many more to the United States. Delta inherited the Tokyo hub from its...
Will Taiwan war drag our country in? Yes and no
The Manila Times
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July 9, 2025
OUR Senate must watch the Taiwan war games cited in this column. They demonstrate a colossal national danger warned against by former president Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Imee Marcos — and brought on by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at America’s...
(LEAD) U.S. think tank proposes slashing USFK troop level to about 10,000 from 28,500
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
(ATTN: RECONSTRUCTS; UPDATES throughout) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, July 9 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. think tank recommended a reduction of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troop level to about 10,000 from the current 28,500 in a report released Wednesday,...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Manufacturing industry across Monterey Times publication area
Monterey Times - California
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July 7, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-servicesUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 1, Stop 6: Fiji Finish Top of Both Tables Headed into Semi-Finals
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - With the semi-finals of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania just around the corner, every team came out with a point to prove at Stop 6. Teams were particularly hungry in the men’s competition, with the first-place spot...