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$295M contract awarded for Guam Defense command center
The Guam Daily Post
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The Department of Defense announced that Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC, of Tamuning, Guam, was awarded a $295,019,906 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a defense system command center in Guam. The Guam Daily Post is an affiliate of...
Guam and CNMI among Pacific islands eyeing blue carbon solutions to tackle climate crisis
The Pacific Island Times
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July 4, 2025
Facing long-term climate threats like rising seas and coastal erosion, communities in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are looking to their coastlines for solutions. Not with concrete walls, but with mangrove roots and seagrass beds. A recent...
Feds reinstate Guam access to $108.8M for school repairs but GDOE has to front costs before seeking reimbursement
Pacific Daily News
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Guam has regained the ability to access some $108.8 million in American Rescue Plan funds for public school repairs, ending months of uncertainty, but the caveat is that the Guam Department of Education has to front the costs and then apply for...
Guam's economy in transformative period led by the military buildup
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam is in the midst of its most significant economic transformation since World War II, according to an economist at Thursday's meeting of the government's Special Economic Services. The SES is a working group of mostly government finance...
Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds
LiveScience
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July 4, 2025
In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands — at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of western Micronesia. The domesticated rice was...
Full impact of 'big, beautiful bill' for Guam unknown
Pacific Daily News
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The full impact of what H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act”, will be for Guam is still unknown, local officials said. House Republicans passed the bill moving forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda that combines tax breaks,...
Federal funding shift brings UH Hilo STEM support program to a close
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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July 3, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesNorth Kohala service project The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s nearly 20-year involvement in a national effort to support underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has come to an...
Congress passes sweeping H.R. 1 Package: Guam Impact Report underway
KUAM
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July 4, 2025
In response, Guam’s congressional office is preparing a comprehensive analysis of H.R. 1’s full implications for the island. In partnership with the Congressional Research Service, the report will examine critical provisions, including those...
'Every village on Guam is connected by Route 1': $260M in projects will improve Marine Corps Drive
Pacific Daily News
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Guam's most used road, Route 1 Marine Corps Drive, will get much needed upgrades with $260 million in planned projects, Acting Gov. Josh Tenorio said in a release. The acting governor shared two major infrastructure projects under the Department...
Innovate: Freedom to build—how GAMMA, additive manufacturing can forge Guam’s tech independence
Pacific Daily News
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This Independence Day, let’s remember the Founding Fathers didn’t just declare freedom—they built it. They forged it in blacksmith shops, printed it on hand-cranked presses, and sewed it into every flag that flew over their cause. If they lived...
Moylan: No 1% tax on remittances for Guam
Pacific Daily News
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Del. James Moylan on Thursday said the proposed 1% tax on remittances in a budget reconciliation bill does not apply to Guam, following a request for clarity from Acting Gov. Josh Tenorio on its potential impacts. Moylan said his office reached...
Mississippi College researchers seek best practices to preserve, revitalize native Choctaw language
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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July 3, 2025
Children attending the Choctaw Expressions event at Mississippi College last spring received a lesson on Choctaw vocabulary. MC is studying the K-12 teaching methods of the Choctaw language and Choctaw culture in the MBCI’s Choctaw Language...
So many rules, so little time: Navigating Guam’s procurement maze
The Pacific Island Times
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July 2, 2025
Simon Sanchez High School was the epitome of the government of Guam’s procurement weaknesses. The construction of a new campus in Yigo was first proposed in 2015, but the project repeatedly encountered setbacks. The government issued a...
Delegate: No tax on remittances for Guam
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam Del. James Moylan offered reassurance Thursday that a proposed new 1% tax on remittances sent abroad from the United State does not apply to Guam. Moylan said Thursday that he reached out directly to the Congressional Research Service, which...
Team Guam athletics ready to run in Palau Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With the 12th Pacific Mini Games underway in Koror, Palau, Team Guam’s athletics contingent will begin its medal quest on Friday. Ahead of the competition, which has attracted more than 1,500 athletes from 24 nations, Guam’s athletics team had one...
Legislature waiting for full analysis on impact of 'big, beautiful' bill
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Legislature’s Committee on Finance and Government Operations chairperson Sen. Chris Duenas said they are waiting for a full analysis of a newly signed federal law to see how to move forward with the local budget. Duenas spoke to the...
36 CES participates in the 2025 Guam Island-wide Bat Count
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Air Force members from the 36th Civil Engineering Squadron help count the Marianas Fruit Bats (locally known as Fanihi) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 1, 2025. The Annual Fanihi Count started in 2014 and is currently the only bat...
Guam Election Commission restarts college poll worker program July 4
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Election Commission will recommence its College Poll Worker Program on July 4, offering a two-credit course that contributes to the commission's nationally recognized excellence in election administration. According to a press release...
Guam Apex Accelerator offers free webinars in July
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam APEX Accelerator is offering free webinars for July. Webinars are held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. The Zoom link is emailed to registrants 30 minutes before the webinar. • July 3, mentor-protégé programs: Small Business Administration...
Guam: Forever a Colony?
The Guam Daily Post
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What’s taking so long? It’s been close to 500 years that Guam has been flying a foreign flag, and still there’s been no serious effort to shake loose and walk its own path. Decolonization peaked years ago - soon after World War II when long-time...