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Gen. Eric Smith delivers remarks during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, change of command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 1, 2023. HAGÅTÑA (Pacific Island Times/Pacnews) — The U.S. Marine Corps commandant has expressed misgivings about relocating thousands of Marine…

President Donald Trump poses for a photo with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, before their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to travel to China after he takes office, the Wall Stre…

People work in a landfill in Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 22, 2024. PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) — Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a tourist hotspot better known for its pristi…

Office workers pick up lunch boxes at a convenience store in Seoul, South Korea, June 24, 2022. SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea’s jobless rate jumped to the highest in 3-1/2 years in December, as political turmoil stoked economic uncertainty and dampened sentiment, data showed on Wednesday, a d…

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. speaks at an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan, June 14, 2023. KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — With Palau facing what law enforcers have described as a drug crisis, President Surangel Whipps Jr. has identified combating illegal drugs as a top priority for his…

A Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched at Pyongyang International Airport, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb. 18, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency. HAGÅTÑA (BenarNews/Pacnews) — North Korea’s launch of a “new” intermediate range ballist…

The District Court of Guam building is seen on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Hagåtña. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Unsealed federal search warrants revealed a Chinese national from Saipan came to Guam by boat and was forced to sell methamphetamine. Last week in the District Court of Guam, two feder…

Filipino Catholic devotees jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession on its feast day in Manila, January 9, 2025.  MANILA (Reuters) — Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-ol…

Henry Deruo, an individual experiencing homelessness, is photographed near a Hagåtña bridge on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Sen. Jesse Lujan, chair of the legislative committee overseeing tourism, said it is unfortunate that concerns were raised about homeless individuals…

Jacqueline Thinom-Pong, left, and Hideichi Mori complete a survey for a resident in the Gill Breeze subdivision of Yigo on Jan. 27, 2023. A resident survey is part of the point-in-time count done by the Guam Homeless Coalition and volunteers. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Guam Homeless Coalit…