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Paul Calvo HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Office of the Guam Governor) — Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio issue the following statements Wednesday on the passing of former Gov. Paul Calvo: “On behalf of the People of Guam, we offer our deepest condolences to the family of Gov. Paul  McDonald  Calvo…

A member of Chinese People’s Liberation Army sits in an aircraft during the “Joint Sword-2024B” military drills around Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this screenshot from a handout video released by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command on Oct. 14, 2024. TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiw…

Shelters built by homeless people are seen in a stairwell on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Hagåtña, Guam. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Department of Public Works on Thursday told the Island Beautification Task Force that the department’s workers have seen an uptick of abandoned vehicles…

Sabino Anastacio KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — The speaker of the House of Delegates, Sabino Anastacio, was ordered to pay taxes, penalties and interest on real estate transactions he conducted in 2015 for which he failed to obtain a license and pay taxes on real estate income of $1.875 million.  …

Pilgrims carry a sedan chair holding a statue of the sea goddess Mazu out of a temple during a pilgrimage on Meizhou island, Fujian province, China on Oct. 11, 2024.  MEIZHOU, China (Reuters) — Over a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims flocked to southeast China’s Fujian province this week for a rel…

Police said they had seized enough cocaine to supply New Zealand for 30 years, after snaring a massive bundle of drugs floating in the Pacific Ocean in September. NUKU’ALOFA (AFP/Pacnews) — A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific, as cartels and triads use far-flung island n…

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te holds a press conference to mark his first month in office in Taipei, Taiwan, June 19, 2024. BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is escalating tensions with “sinister intentions,” China’s government said, ahead of a keynote spee…

BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard on Tuesday of firing water cannon at government ships taking supplies to fishermen at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but Beijing said its “control measures” followed the boats’ intrusions in its…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol pose for pictures as Kim Jong-Uk, commissioner general of the Korea Coast Guard, and Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, hold up signed agreements during a meeting at the Malacañang pres…

Hågat Vice Mayor Christopher Fejeran proudly wears his sinahi on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Hågat, Guam. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Imagine for a minute that CHamorus could no longer wear a sinahi or other jewelry made from the giant clam across borders without risking confiscation. According to…