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GUAM’S BEST BODIES TAKE TO THE STAGE
By Karisma Tupaz The 2025 NPC Guam National Bodybuilding Championship brought together Guam’s top athletes for a night of intense competition, dedication, and community. Strength, discipline, and spirit were on full display as competitors...

374 AW, 36 CRG collaborate to advance Log QRF
Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and the 374th Airlift Wing conducted a joint field training exercise from June 23 to July 6, simulating a rapid airbase opening in response to a large-scale natural disaster in the Indo-Pacific...

Guam EPA warns of 8 polluted beaches
The Guam Environmental Protection Agency warned that eight beaches on the island were polluted this week. Based on the results of 43 samples taken by Guam EPA on June 19, the following recreational waters were identified to be polluted above the...

9 breathtaking beaches on Guam
Gun Beach (The Guam Guide) Guam is a beautiful island with some of the most breathtaking beaches in the world. From the calm waters of Tumon Bay to the rugged coastline of Ritidian Point, there is a beach for everyone on Guam. So come and explore...

Guam Air National Guard establishes first communications flight
The Guam Air National Guard activated its first communications flight earlier this month, marking a significant milestone in the territory's defense capabilities and the Guard's organizational development. The newly established 254th...

LETTER: Create a Guam culture and ocean pavilion
I recently had the chance to attend Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, and let me say, it’s not just an expo. It’s a global showcase, a brain spa, and a cultural theme park all rolled into one. Countries like Uzbekistan, Italy, and Saudi Arabia are doing...

ASTRO names key officer to lead off Guam’s 3D printing venture
Submarine models and vessel parts can be created using 3D printing technology. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America, or ASTRO America, has hired a director...

Children's cough syrup recalled due to microbial contamination, removed from Guam shelves
A popular children's cough syrup from brand Little Remedies is being recalled nationwide due to microbial contamination that could result in vomiting, diarrhea or even death, and local health officials on Thursday said the products are being...

Archaeologists Find 3,500-Year-Old Traces of Rice in Guam
Rice was a staple crop in the ancestral Austronesian regions of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia, but it was unknown in any of the Pacific Islands at the time of European encounters, with the exception of the unique case of Guam and the Mariana...

UOG's Shelton recognized by UN initiative for sustainability
The University of Guam’s Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Director Austin Shelton has been spotlighted by the American Leadership on the Sustainability Development Goals, or SDGs, a United Nations Foundation initiative, for his work...

'They stole from the kids': Thieves strike Guam Baseball Academy storage units
In a brazen and deeply unsettling crime, thieves broke into the Guam Baseball Academy’s training facility late Tuesday night, stealing thousands of dollars' worth of equipment and striking a devastating blow to the island’s youth baseball...

Heading out to the beach? Guam EPA issues advisory for 43 beaches over storm water runoff
Heavy rainfall this week and through the weekend has the potential to negatively impact the beach water quality, so the Guam Environmental Protection Agency's Beach Watch Program on Thursday issued a beach advisory that includes all 43 beaches to...

Inspired by Osaka Expo 2025—Why Guam Needs Its Own Year-Round Pavilion
Håfa Adai! I recently had the chance to attend Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, and let me say, it’s not just an expo. It’s a global showcase, a brain spa and a cultural theme park all rolled into one. Countries like Uzbekistan, Italy and Saudi Arabia...

Heavy rainfall threatens Guam, flooding potential this weekend
Guam faces the prospect of significant flooding as a tropical disturbance south of the island is expected to bring 5–10 inches of rainfall from Thursday evening through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service and local civil defense...

NBA's Potter, wife spread faith on Guam
Visiting NBA player Micah Potter of the Utah Jazz and his wife Elle Potter, a D1 volleyball standout, are a dedicated duo. From improving at their respective sports to committing themselves to the service of others, their dedication has brought...

UH West Oʻahu campus proposed gateway for Google’s $1B global fiber system
Reading time: 2 minutes The University of Hawaiʻi is taking a major step toward enhancing the state’s digital future with a proposed ground lease that will allow Google to construct cable landing stations on the UH West Oʻahu campus. This facility...

UOG students blend traditional wisdom with modern sustainability in new course
The University of Guam’s first Island Sustainability course has graduated seven students who created practical projects ranging from children’s books about invasive species to guides on sustainable chicken farming, marking a new approach to...

Weather Wednesday: Typhoon preparedness—don’t stress it, achieve it
June is Typhoon Preparedness Month on Guam. Those messages of preparedness are sometimes greeted by stress, anxiety and dread. Much like with the annual tropical cyclone outlook. When we released the 2025 Tropical Cyclone Outlook back in May, with...

LETTER: Lost opportunities for sustainability
With so many lost opportunities, each government of Guam agency should have an upper level manager or deputy director assigned to monitor sustainability. Bottles filling the landfill. Green waste filling the landfill. Mulch wasted from the Guam...

OPINION Tani: Local community participation needed in reviving Guam’s tourism industry
It has been 30 years since I was first assigned to Guam in October 1995 as part of the team that built the Fish Eye Underwater Observatory, a new venture born out of the collapse of Japan’s so-called “bubble economy,” an era marked by...