Guam to have Pipefish data center, new $600K homes in 20-unit subdivision

A final subdivision plan for homes around $600,000 each off Wusstig Road, and variances for a 50,000 square feet data center, both in Dededo, received approval from the Guam Land Use Commission and Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission on Thursday....

Guam stands with Taiwan in the face of mounting threats from China

Members of the 38th Guam Legislature present a resolution to TECO Director General Chia Ping Liu, congratulating Taiwan on its 114th Double Ten Day. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan/Pacific Island Times Guam officials reaffirmed the territory’s support...

UOG alumna awarded dual scholarships to research Indigenous resistance in the Pacific

Makaelah Blas didn’t expect things to unfold quite this way. The University of Guam alumna applied to just one doctoral program - Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand - and gave herself only two weeks in June to assemble an application...

4 Big iPhone Features That Aren't Available in the United States

“Designed by Apple in California” is a phrase that many have come to associate with the iPhone, but not all iPhones are built equally. Depending on where in the world you purchase and use your iPhone, you may have access to more features or other...

Hirono urges Interior Secretary to restore funding for environmental research and conservation program

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono. Photo courtesy US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaiʻi), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to US Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging him to reconsider the Trump...

LETTER: What Guam can learn from Singapore

In 1980, economist Milton Friedman visited Singapore and saw firsthand what he was able to describe on the PBS series Free to Choose a few years later. “If economic freedom is a significant part of total freedom, here it is,” said Friedman. As we...

Cuts to U.S. Geological Survey division to affect Hawaii research

Though few may have heard of it, the U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area has for decades worked on conservation science behind the scenes. EMA is the biological research arm of the U.S. Interior Department that provides the science...

Healthy habits start at home: Protect Guam’s children through diet and lifestyle

In Guam and across the Pacific, families have long valued strength, vitality, and togetherness. Yet today, a quiet health crisis is threatening the future of our youngest generation. Poor nutrition and unhealthy lifestyle habits in childhood are...

Dolphins may develop Alzheimer’s-like brain damage from ocean toxins

Researchers find that cyanobacterial toxins in marine ecosystems can cause Alzheimer’s-like brain damage in dolphins. Climate change and pollution worsen these blooms, raising concerns for both dolphin and human health. For decades, marine...

OPA tags deficiencies in Guam Memorial Hospital's physician contracts

The Office of Public Accountability has tagged 19 physician contracts at the Guam Memorial Hospital for some hiring deficiencies, but the hospital administration insists the deficiencies are “now moot.” In a flash report released Monday, the OPA...

Guam tax cut is a credit negative, rating agency says

Guam Governor Lourdes "Lou" Leon Guerrero opposed lowering the island's business privilege tax rate, but her veto was overriden. The Guam Senate's vote to cut taxes on businesses is a credit negative, Moody's Ratings said. Moody's rates Guam's...

University of Guam launches new REEF Internship program to expand sustainability beyond science majors

Called the Research Education and Extension Fellowship, or REEF program, the initiative focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability, bringing together students from various fields including psychology, engineering, and business.

New business include Bank of Guam, Japanese home goods, AI consulting and Thai food

BY SKYLER OBISPO Journal Staff Daiso, the affordable Japanese household goods retail store, hosted a grand opening at its new location inside the Guam Premier Outlets on Sept. 27. Donovan Paulino, director of Daiso Mid-Pacific, said at the...

Research published on invasive hornet's impact on beekeeping

The Guam Department of Agriculture has achieved a scientific milestone with the publication of its first peer-reviewed research on the invasive greater banded hornet, marking a shift from purely regulatory work to contributing data that could...

Brief Chat: Guam filmmaker Baltazar Aguon traces link to ancient past

Baltazar Aguon arranges boxes containing ancestral remains at the Guam Cultural Repository in Mangilao. Photo courtesy of Baltazar Aguon Baltazar Aguon is a filmmaker and writer whose work highlights Guam’s history, culture and legends. He wrote,...

Parachuting Tylenol-laced Mice: How US Fought An Invasive Snake Plague In Guam

The strategy worked by exploiting the snake’s scavenging behaviour. Photo : AP Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific, has faced one of the world’s most unusual ecological battles: an invasion of brown tree snakes. The nocturnal predator,...

Research Matters: UOG MAGIC Lab expands funding, research capacity in the Pacific

From land to sea—and now the skies—the University of Guam is expanding its research in all directions. While UOG is proudly a Land Grant and Sea Grant institution, it’s also launching new frontiers in space-related research through programs funded...

MCC receives 4th round of funding from All Within My Hands’ Metallica Scholars Initiative

Middlesex Community College was selected as one of the community colleges invited to join Year 7 of the prestigious Metallica Scholars Initiative. Supported by a generous grant aimed at enhancing training in soldering and electronics, MCC’s...

Guam takes spotlight in scientific community with study on Invasive Hornet impacts

Drawing from beekeeper logs, public reports, nest collections, and video recordings, researchers documented how the greater banded hornet hunts and harasses hives throughout the year. In peak years, up to 12 percent of managed honey bee colonies...

2 from Guam push for cancer research funding in nation's capital

A Guam physician and an educator joined hundreds of cancer advocates in Washington, D.C., last week to urge Congress to maintain critical funding for cancer research after federal budget cuts hit the island's programs. Dr. Annette David, a Piti...