Guam beetle and red palm weevil threaten Malaysia’s oil palm plantations

BATU PAHAT: A total of 5.56 million hectares of oil palm and 79,491 hectares of coconut plantations nationwide face serious threats from invasive alien species. Deputy Director-General of Agriculture Mat Iesak Ngathinee stated that 59 invasive...

Subsidy bill for Guam Memorial Hospital signed into law

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero on Wednesday signed into law a bill appropriating $40 million to fund capital improvement projects at Guam Memorial Hospital, while describing it as “legally flawed.” The substitute version...

Cyber Guam-25 Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)

Guam National Guard members participates in Cyber Guam-25 Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) at Agat, Guam, June 17-27,2025. Our service members received hands-on training from experts, assisting Guam’s Office of Technology in safeguarding the...

Guam 2024 tourism impact improves, still far from record set in 2019

Tourists use a Tumon crosswalk near the Westin Resort Guam on Sept. 4, 2025. Photo by Frank San Nicolas/The Guam Daily Post HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A newly released report on Guam's 2024 visitor economy by international research firm...

Assistant Secretary of War talks housing, 'advanced energy technologies' for Guam

The head of housing and energy for the Pentagon says the military is looking at ways to deal with the housing shortage on Guam, and the potential for “advanced energy technologies,” including nuclear. Assistant Secretary of War for Energy,...

GDOE pays Core Tech $17.559M, other vendors $1M using ARP funds

The Guam Department of Education on Wednesday said it paid an additional $17.559 million to Core Tech for school repairs, and about $1 million to other vendors. GDOE said last week's disbursement of more than $18.57 million in American Rescue Plan...

UPDATED Moylan: $1.3B for Guam in House version of defense bill

(This story has been updated to reflect revised numbers and statements from Del. James Moylan’s office.) Some $1.3 billion in Guam-focused provisions and policy reforms are in the House version of the $893 billion national defense bill for fiscal...

UPDATED Moylan: $1.3B for Guam in House version of defense spending bill

(This story has been updated to reflect revised numbers and statements from Del. James Moylan's office.) Some $1.3 billion in Guam-focused provisions and policy reforms are in the House version of the $893 billion national defense spending bill...

Youth, scientists, argue for court to halt Trump executive orders ‘unleashing’ fossil fuel industry

MISSOULA — For the second time in two years a youth-led lawsuit challenging the government’s role in climate change is seeing the inside of a Montana courtroom — this time with more plaintiffs and Democratic political consultant John Podesta as a...

Cancer advocates gather in D.C. to urge Congress to sustain vital research & prevention funding

News by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the September 30 government funding deadline nears, more than 700 cancer patients, survivors and advocates from every corner of the United States, including Washington,...

Guam student designs new fungicide to protect crops at Summer Science Program in Nebraska

A student from Guam designed a new fungicide to protect crops during her participation in the Summer Science Program, held this year at Chadron State College in Nebraska. Over 39 intense days this summer, St. John's School senior student Vinicia...

Arrivals to Guam in first 10 months of FY 2025 only 44% of pre-pandemic levels; GVB reports $1.4B tourism impacts

Arrivals to Guam during the first 10 months of fiscal year 2025 remain at only 44% of what they were prior to the pandemic, even as the tourism agency’s annual budget is at record high $29 million. Guam saw 589,832 arrivals from October to July,...

‘Everyone should be worried’: life in the crosshairs of China’s ‘Guam killer’ missiles

Like most people living in Guam, Jacqueline Guzman is used to hearing about the threat from China. The US territory of about 170,000 people lies in the Pacific Ocean and despite growing geopolitical tensions in the region, the cost of living...

Bennion Joins Hundreds Of Volunteers Calling On Congress To Protect Lifesaving Cancer Research & Support Access To Innovative Screening Tools

SIDNEY – On Sept. 15-16 more than 700 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, will unite in Washington, D.C., as part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS...

Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Gather in D.C. to Urge Congress to Sustain Vital Research and Prevention Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 15, 2025 – As the September 30th government funding deadline nears, more than 700 cancer patients, survivors and advocates from every corner of the United States, including Washington, D.C., Guam, and Puerto Rico, are...

Hawaii advocates lobby in DC to protect cancer research funding

WASHINGTON D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - A group of Hawaii cancer survivors and advocates are in Washington D.C. to meet with members of Congress in an effort to protect funding for cancer research. Hawaii’s group of advocates are joined by more than 700...

Scientists Trace Origins of Extinct Plant Population on Volcanically Active Nishinoshima

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have traced the genetic origins of a now extinct plant population from Nishinoshima, a remote volcanic island known for its frequent eruptions that periodically wipe out vegetation....

House-passed NDAA preserves $105 million for Guam housing

A provision that allocates $105 million for the construction of 250 new housing units on Guam was kept in the latest version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives,...

St. John's senior designs a new fungicide meant to protect crops

Vinicia Kim, a senior at St. John's School, spent the summer participating in the Summer Science Program at Chadron State College, conducting research in biochemistry along with 35 other "top science students" from around the world. The program...

University of Guam, local agency employees earn their wings to fly drones with UOG Drone Corps

Other participants were selected within the UOG community, including UOG Sea Grant, the UOG Marine Laboratory, and the Horticulture Laboratory under the UOG Land Grant agInnovation Research Center, the Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental...