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MANGILAO (GCC) —  Guam Community College has been awarded $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop and implement a “YouthBuild” program.  The award will support training employment services for young adults and increase apprenticeships in high-demand fields. The YouthBuild program …

Uifa’atali Amata WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) —  The House Natural Resources Committee favorably reported Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s bill, H.R. 6062, by a bipartisan unanimous consent vote on Tuesday, advancing the bill to the full House of Representa…

HAGATÑA, Guam (U.S. Attorney’s Office) —  Shawn N. Anderson, United States attorney for the districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Sung Peel Hwang a.k.a. Don Sung Peel Hwang, age 39, from South Korea and a naturalized citizen of the United States, was sentenced…

U.S. soldiers participate in the live fire exercise during the annual joint military exercises between U.S. and Philippine troops called “Balikatan” or shoulder-to-shoulder, at Laoag, Ilocos Norte, north of Manila, the Philippines, May 6, 2024. LAOAG, the Philippines (Reuters) — U.S. an…

Uifa’atali Amata WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata emphasized the importance of American Samoa’s fishing industry to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in a hearing Wednesday in the Natural Resources Committee, including …

The Guam Judicial Center is seen on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Hagåtña. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A mother is behind bars after her son reported to police that she punched his 1-year-old brother in the face and smoked methamphetamine around the toddler. Maria Cynthia Valdes, 47, appeared in …

Passengers arrive on United Airlines’ Tokyo/Haneda-Guam inaugural flight on May 1, 2024. (Special Advertising Feature) — United Airlines launched the much-anticipated Tokyo/Haneda to Guam service on May 1, 2024, with gate events in Tokyo and Guam to celebrate with passengers traveling on the inaugu…

Uifa’atali Amata WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating several new Pacific women leaders in Solomon Islands, who will bring their insights and ideals to the National Parliament. Congresswoman Amata sent a messa…

A China Coast Guard ship is seen from a Philippine fishing boat at the disputed Scarborough Shoal on April 6, 2017. BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines on Tuesday accused China’s coast guard of harassment and damaging one of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, and reje…

Twelfth grade students use a portable electric fan and hand fans inside a classroom at the Commonwealth High School, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 18, 2024. MANILA (Reuters) — Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on busine…