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Inspired by Osaka Expo 2025—Why Guam Needs Its Own Year-Round Pavilion
The Guam Daily Post
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Håfa Adai! I recently had the chance to attend Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, and let me say, it’s not just an expo. It’s a global showcase, a brain spa and a cultural theme park all rolled into one. Countries like Uzbekistan, Italy and Saudi Arabia...
Heading out to the beach? Guam EPA issues advisory for 43 beaches over storm water runoff
Pacific Daily News
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Heavy rainfall this week and through the weekend has the potential to negatively impact the beach water quality, so the Guam Environmental Protection Agency's Beach Watch Program on Thursday issued a beach advisory that includes all 43 beaches to...
Tinian’s growing geopolitical relevance receiving mixed reactions
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
Saipan—As the Department of Defense moves forward with its billion-dollar investment plan to transform the pristine island of Tinian into a strategic military hub for Indo-Pacific operations, residents are grappling with its implications. Is the...
'War does not solve problems:' Guam's church leader calls on the faithful to pray for peace
The Pacific Island Times
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June 25, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff As U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place, Guam’s church leader called on the Catholic faithful to pray for peace. “Hearts are filled with fear...
The Westin Resort Guam is for sale and Colliers is the broker
Hotels Mag
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Colliers has been appointed to market The Westin Resort Guam on behalf of IGIS Asset Management. The 21-floor, 424-room beachfront hotel is located along Tumon Bay and features two beachfront pools, a top-floor executive lounge, extensive meeting...
Swimmer Amaya Bollinger wins silver in 200M butterfly
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam earned its first swimming medal at the 12th Pacific Mini Games on Thursday in Koror, Palau. Amaya Bollinger delivered a standout performance in the 200-meter butterfly, capturing silver - on her 17th birthday - in 2 minutes 24.77 seconds....
Guam EPA warns of 8 polluted beaches
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Environmental Protection Agency warned that eight beaches on the island were polluted this week. Based on the results of 43 samples taken by Guam EPA on June 19, the following recreational waters were identified to be polluted above the...
LETTER: Only in Guam-erica
Pacific Daily News
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"Where America’s Day Begins." It sounds poetic—and it is. Guam, a tiny U.S. territory in the Pacific, is the first part of America to see the sun each day. But we’re more than a slogan. We’re a land of contradictions: where chickens cross the road...
OPINION Tani: Local community participation needed in reviving Guam’s tourism industry
Pacific Daily News
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It has been 30 years since I was first assigned to Guam in October 1995 as part of the team that built the Fish Eye Underwater Observatory, a new venture born out of the collapse of Japan’s so-called “bubble economy,” an era marked by...
Discover the soul of cooking Thai cuisine at Dusit Thani Guam Resort
The Guam Daily Post
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There’s a certain magic to cooking Thai cuisine - an elegant dance of sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and umami. It’s food that tells stories. And now, at Dusit Thani Guam Resort, you can step into that story for yourself. From June 14 through December...
'Greater sense of urgency' needed as island's tourism recovery stalls
The Guam Daily Post
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Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part report on the state of the Guam hotel industry With hotel occupancy rates continuing to hover at 60%, Guam's tourism recovery has languished below even the more conservative projections, and Guam...
GHRA seeks volunteers for July 19 cleanup of Matapang Beach Park in Tumon
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association, along with the Japan Guam Travel Association, is seeking volunteers to join their cleanup of Matapang Beach Park in Tumon on Saturday, July 19. This is part of GHRA's Keep Guam Clean Beach Cleanup...
Hiking spots to check out on Guam
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The Trails of Ritidian (The Guam Guide) If you’re visiting Guam and want to see the island in ways you can only see with a hike check out some of the spots on our list. Make sure you come prepared with water, sunscreen and some mosquito repellant....
PAL to operate 5 Manila-Seattle flights per week by November
Philippine STAR
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July 4, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will increase its nonstop flights between Manila and Seattle from three to five times weekly starting November 25, the airline announced Thursday, July 3. The move is part of PAL’s strategy to...
Guam Senators earn federal praise and push for results in Washington D.C.
KUAM
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June 18, 2025
Vice Speaker Tony Ada, Senator Vince Borja, and Senator Shelly Calvo met with over a dozen agencies and congressional offices, tackling critical topics like education funding, CHamoru language revitalization, cultural tourism, and infrastructure...
Waikiki’s latest wedding chapel hopes to boost romance travel
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 23, 2025
Jocelyn and Kana Palmer said “I do” Thursday at the Kahawai Chapel at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort where panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean stretch forever. Instead of friends and family, however, the couple were surrounded by media...
Federal, military bookings boost Guam’s hotel occupancy, leisure travel still weak
The Guam Daily Post
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Almost four and a half years since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared over in Guam, hotel occupancy rates continue to hover at 60%, well below the more than 90% occupancy levels during the record-setting pre-pandemic year of 2019. Guam Hotel and...
UPDATED NBA's Micah Potter, wife now on Guam hosting unique basketball, volleyball camp
Pacific Daily News
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(This story has been updated to add excerpts from an interview with Elle Potter.) NBA player Micah Potter and his wife Elle Potter, a D1 volleyball standout, on Monday kicked off a four-day opportunity for rising athletes on Guam to learn more...
Guam Micronesia Island Fair to bring out cultural pride, new beach flags race this weekend
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s longest-running regional cultural fair returns on June 7 and 8 with live music, dance performances, cuisine, arts and crafts, games and a new beach flags race to help boost post-pandemic tourism, according to event host Guam Visitors...
OPINION Lotz: Journey into Guam's caves
Pacific Daily News
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Continuing our exploration of our island, today we shall take a glimpse at caves. We have a wealth of unique hidden features literally just below the surface of our island. Caves are located in the limestone geology of the island, which means the...