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Infrastructure project to proceed at Andersen AFB despite shelved plan for Singapore Air Force basing on Guam
The Pacific Island Times
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August 19, 2025
The Department of Air Force will push ahead with the construction of new infrastructure at Andersen Air Force Base despite the decision to call off the plan to establish a permanent training detachment for the Republic of Singapore Air Force. In a...
Basketball stars coming to Guam for Sept. 6, 7 sports camp
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s young athletes will be in for a special treat on Sept. 6 and 7 when three basketball stars will be holding a sports camp like no other, from Taiwan’s most respected basketball talents, Joseph Lin, Filipino-American point guard Jason...
Guam Elite Basketball camp to pair visiting greats with STEM program
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam Elite Basketball announced the 2025 Legends Meet the Future Camp & Classic, Sept. 6-7, featuring basketball standouts Joseph Lin (New Taipei Kings, 2025 TPBL Champion and younger brother of global icon Jeremy Lin of "Linsanity" fame), Jason...
TAIWAN STAR COMING TO GUAM FOR HOOPS CAMP
GSPN
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August 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE – On September 6th & 7th, Guam Elite Basketball proudly presents the 2025 Legends Meet the Future Camp & Classic — a unique opportunity for young athletes across our island to sharpen their skills, build confidence, and learn from...
'Plan B' option for rape survivors among Guam's 24 bills signed into law
The Pacific Island Times
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August 18, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Acting Gov. Joshua Tenorio on Monday signed 24 bills into law, including a measure that standardizes access to emergency contraception for survivors of rape. Bill 24-38, now Public Law 38-38, requires emergency...
Guam joins other territories in petition opposing deep seabed mining in American Samoa
Pacific Daily News
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Guam residents have joined over 2,000 other people in a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opposing the imposition of deep seabed mining in the waters of American Samoa. Right to Democracy, who is organizing the petition with...
Mandatory trash service, 23 other new Guam laws; Tenorio vetoes public auditor bill
Pacific Daily News
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Trash service will soon be mandatory for every household on Guam, while the village of Asan is now officially Assan-Ma’ina. They are among 24 bills that Acting Gov. Joshua Tenorio signed on Monday. But Tenorio vetoed a bill that would have given...
China Cable Threat: Massive Undersea Cutter Puts 95% of World’s Communications at Risk and Forces US Into Emergency Mode
Sustainability Times
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August 22, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🔧 China’s new device cuts undersea cables at unprecedented depths, doubling previous technological capabilities. 🌍 The device’s potential military applications raise global security concerns, especially near strategic locations. 🚢...
Grid Aero Enters Aerial Logistics Fray With Cheap, Self-Flying Aircraft
Flying Magazine
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August 18, 2025
The autonomous aviation sphere has a potentially disruptive new entrant. San Francisco Bay Area-based Grid Aero, which emerged from stealth on Monday, is taking a unique approach to self-flying aircraft. Developers of small drones and electric...
A lifelong symphony: How an engineer's passion for music led to a Hollywood award
Ottawa News Network - Michigan
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August 18, 2025
HOLLAND — For most of his life, Daniel Fisher has lived a double life. By day, an engineer; by night, a composer. But after a decades-long journey of balancing a professional career with a private passion, the two worlds have converged, with...
AMC enables agile and sustained logistics in the Indo-Pacific region during the 2025 DLE series
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 18, 2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, UNITED STATES 08.18.2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawai'i -- Air Mobility Command has sustained operations as part of the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series across the Indo-Pacific...
Alaska Carrier is Latest to Suspend Transport of EVs Due to Fire Risk
The Maritime Executive
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Fire concerns and the potential for toxic, runaway fires spurred by lithium-ion batteries continue to weigh heavily on the shipping industry. Lynden’s Alaska Marine Lines has become the latest carrier to report it will no longer ship electric...
Scientists outline facts vs. fiction: 'Marianas Trench does not make Guam and CNMI tsunami-proof’
The Pacific Island Times
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August 18, 2025
Fresh from the July 30 experience of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia, which brought less than a foot of sea rise in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, meteorologists are redoubling efforts to make sure residents do not become jaded with...
Guam advances hornet tracking technology to protect regional bee colonies
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Agriculture's biosecurity division has successfully completed its first year of using advanced radio telemetry technology to track greater banded hornets, achieving key insights that could benefit both local beekeepers and...
First, American Samoa: Territorial advocates warn Guam, CNMI can be the next target for deep-sea mining
The Pacific Island Times
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August 17, 2025
With the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management poised to decide soon on an application for deep-sea mining in the waters off American Samoa, advocates opposing the initiative hope to build a tidal wave of resistance not just in American Samoa but...
Guam Labor hosting town hall meetings for In-School Youth Program
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Department of Labor will be hosting a series of town hall meetings for its Year-Round In-School Youth Program to inform high school parents and students about enrollment opportunities. During these town hall meetings, GDOL staff will be...
The flavor secrets behind high-rye bourbon every whiskey lover should know
The Manual - Oregon
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August 22, 2025
Bourbon whiskey has some specific rules. First of all, it must be made in the US (this includes Washington DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico) and not just in Kentucky (even though 95% of bourbon whiskey is produced there). In addition to several other...
President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy: US Department of Energy Crucial in National Defense
The Gateway Pundit
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August 17, 2025
Photo: Highly enriched uranium awaiting secure transportation by rail on September 26, 2010. Credit: National Nuclear Security Administration – Photo: 2018 The CIA and FBI are often depicted in movies for their roles in defending the nation...
A Voice from the Grave Whispers Hope for Justice
Kandit News Group
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August 22, 2025
Editorial by Troy Torres, Kandit News & Views It is as though he is speaking to us from the grave. It cannot be a simple coincidence that Friday – the late Governor Arnold Palacios’ birthday – life was breathed back into the languishing criminal...
'Balancing growth, conservation': Guam's 10th assembly of planners symposium on Aug. 19, 20
Pacific Daily News
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The Bureau of Statistics and Plans' Guam Coastal Management Program will be hosting the 10th Assembly of Planners Symposium on Aug. 19 and 20 at Hyatt Regency Guam. This year's two-day symposium, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will have the theme, "Guam’s...