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...

Celebrities: Death in September 2025

Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

Micronesia calls for Climate urgency, Oceans Protection and global justice at…

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley W. Simina used his address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week to demand urgent climate action, stronger protections for oceans, and meaningful reform of the UN Security...

GOP falsely ties shutdown to Democrats’ alleged drive to give all immigrants healthcare

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” — Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview As the U.S....

FACT-CHECK: Republicans Falsely Tie Shutdown To Democrats’ Alleged Drive To Give All Immigrants Health Care

Credit: Screengrab / PolitiFact via KFF Health News “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a...

GOP Falsely Ties Shutdown to Democrats’ Alleged Drive To Give All Immigrants Health Care

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox...

Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants. Johnson said Sunday...

UOG Press receives $200,000 grant for digital seafaring textbook

The University of Guam Press is expanding into digital publishing with a $200,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to create an online textbook on Micronesian seafaring and navigation that captures Indigenous knowledge in ways print cannot. The...

Fact check: Did Democrats propose to give health care to immigrants illegally in the US?

As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because they want to give health care access to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. "Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire...

Illegal Immigrants And Federal Health Benefits: What To Know

Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, Republicans and Democrats offer competing claims about whether people who entered the country unlawfully are benefiting from Medicaid. “The law prohibits undocumented immigrants from getting...

Guam, CNMI and Micronesia: Collateral damage of federal shutdown

Inside the Reef By Joyce McClure In Washington, a government shutdown is often framed as political theater. But on Guam and across Micronesia, it translates into missed meals, delayed medical care and strained trust in U.S. commitments. A mother...

JD Vance - Republicans falsely tie shutdown to Democrats wanting health care for immigrants illegally in the US

As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because they want to give health care access to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. "Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire...

Bill to 'salvage the credibility' of GHS/OCD

The documented loss of $8.4 million in federal funding for Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense was the catalyst for legislation to impose new safeguards and to classify two key positions at the agency. Bill 184-38 by Sen. Shawn...

Waverly resident recognized with two prestigious awards

Chris Krueger, associate principal at Mason City High School, has been named the 2026 Iowa Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) and will also be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame...

‘We are Micronesia’ declared as Nauru prepares for inaugural Micronesia Festival

Miss Nauru - Charlei Deiye YAREN — Nauru is set to host a celebration of Micronesia through music and pageantry at the inaugural Micronesia Musical Festival and Miss Micronesia Pageant that will run from Oct. 6 to 9, 2025. The major cultural event...

The U.S sees Pacific Islands as ‘tip of the spear’, but locals fear becoming China’s ‘bullseye’

KOROR (ABC PACIFIC) — When the United States launched its historic military gambit against Iran’s nuclear programme, the world’s gaze was trained thousands of kilometres away on a Pacific Island. Officials made a decoy of the U.S territory of Guam...

Pacific Rim Indigenous groups declare solidarity with Israel

Indigenous peoples across the Pacific Rim have launched a declaration of support for Israel, timed for the Jewish New Year. The initiative, spearheaded by Indigenous Friends of Israel International and The Lions of Zion, brings together First...

For today’s immigration woes, a lesson from Reagan

In his own words, Reagan said, “It’s the great life force of each generation of new Americans that guarantees that America’s triumph shall continue unsurpassed into the next century and beyond. Other countries may seek to compete with us; but in...

Advocates from the US territories to discuss democracy, climate at Guam Museum panel

Advocates and organizers from across U.S. territories will gather Thursday at the Guam Museum to explore how their communities' limited political power shapes their ability to confront accelerating climate threats, from rising seas to expanding...

The words of the Department of War on Guahån

The words of the Department of War on the future of Guahån have flooded the airwaves in the past month. Words are a weapon system. They have been deployed and are targeting us. This Department of War verbal projection has several tactical goals....