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Doctor moves to private sector to offer services at Tumon Sands Plaza

Guam’s bar sector shrinks amid inflation, labor crunch

Guam’s local bar and entertainment sector is experiencing a severe commercial contraction, driven by compounding inflationary pressures, severe labor shortages, and inconsistent military foot traffic.
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Picture this: Interior design mastery

Veena Sachdev, owner and chief designer of Veeline Concepts, has clearly found her place in the market after eight years in business.
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Catching up: PNCC $35 million fiber mobile overhaul

The Palau National Communications Corp. is in the middle of the largest telecommunications buildout in the country's history, replacing its aging mobile network and laying fiber directly to homes and businesses, as island utilities across the region push to modernize networks that have long lagged behind the U.S. mainland.
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MVA unveils conceptual design for visitor and cultural experience center

The Marianas Visitor’s Authority shared their conceptual vision for the expansion of the Japanese Lighthouse property in Navy Hill into a visitor and cultural experience center on June 29.
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E/V Nautilus launches deep-sea expeditions to map Mariana reserves and critical minerals

The Ocean Exploration Trust’s exploration vessel, Nautilus, departed Monday, June 29, to begin two back-to-back deep-sea research expeditions targeting unsurveyed waters east of the Mariana Trench.
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GRMC social worker nominated for regional honors

Willenda Billimon, social worker at the Guam Regional Medical City, has been nominated for the Social Worker of the Year Award by the National Association of Social Workers Guam Chapter as part of its 2026 Social Work Month honors.
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Tumon rescue station moves forward despite 24% decline in May arrivals

The Guam Visitors Bureau reported stronger-than-expected tourism tax collections and unanimously approved infrastructure developments on Thursday, despite a 24% decline in overall visitor arrivals for the month of May.
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Nearly 14,000 joint force service members participate in Valiant Shield 2026 field training exercise

Nearly 14,000 joint service members are participants in Valiant Shield 2026 after the United States Pacific Command joint forces commenced the exercise in Guam, Japan, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and the surrounding Mariana Islands Range complex from June 22 to July 1.
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Guam’s Real Deal, LLC secures first cannabis operating permit

The Cannabis Control Board approved the first permit for a cannabis cultivation facility to operate on Wednesday, June 24.
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Port Authority of Guam secures clean audit, proposes 17% tariff increase to offset revenue declines

The Port Authority of Guam concluded fiscal year 2025 with an unmodified clean financial audit and a net position of $40.9 million, but faces narrowing operating margins that have prompted a proposed 17% multi-year tariff increase beginning in fiscal year 2026.
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Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission approves application for solar farm construction in Yona

The Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission approved a request for a conditional use permit for the Pacific Energy Corporation to begin construction of photovoltaic facilities in the municipality of Yona.
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Doctor moves to private sector to offer services at Tumon Sands Plaza > Read More

Guam’s bar sector shrinks amid inflation, labor crunch > Read More

Picture this: Interior design mastery > Read More

Catching up: PNCC $35 million fiber mobile overhaul > Read More

MVA unveils conceptual design for visitor and cultural experience center > Read More

E/V Nautilus launches deep-sea expeditions to map Mariana reserves and critical minerals > Read More

GRMC social worker nominated for regional honors > Read More

Tumon rescue station moves forward despite 24% decline in May arrivals > Read More

Nearly 14,000 joint force service members participate in Valiant Shield 2026 field training exercise > Read More

Guam’s Real Deal, LLC secures first cannabis operating permit > Read More

Port Authority of Guam secures clean audit, proposes 17% tariff increase to offset revenue declines > Read More

Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission approves application for solar farm construction in Yona > Read More

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Doctor moves to private sector to offer services at Tumon Sands Plaza

Guam’s bar sector shrinks amid inflation, labor crunch

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The Guam Land Use Commission approved a zone variance in April to allow Guam Evergreen Corp. to place and manage a space rocket tracking station on a 1.2-acre plot in Alageta Street in Barrigada, now zoned A for agricultural use, according to the GLUC.

Picture this: Interior design mastery

Veena Sachdev, owner and chief designer of Veeline Concepts, has clearly found her place in the market after eight years in business.

E/V Nautilus launches deep-sea expeditions to map Mariana reserves and critical minerals

The Ocean Exploration Trust’s exploration vessel, Nautilus, departed Monday, June 29, to begin two back-to-back deep-sea research expeditions targeting unsurveyed waters east of the Mariana Trench.

GRMC social worker nominated for regional honors

Tumon rescue station moves forward despite 24% decline in May arrivals

Nearly 14,000 joint force service members participate in Valiant Shield 2026 field training exercise

Guam’s Real Deal, LLC secures first cannabis operating permit

The Cannabis Control Board approved the first permit for a cannabis cultivation facility to operate on Wednesday, June 24.

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Doctor moves to private sector to offer services at Tumon Sands Plaza

Guam’s bar sector shrinks amid inflation, labor crunch

Looking up

Picture this: Interior design mastery

E/V Nautilus launches deep-sea expeditions to map Mariana reserves and critical minerals

GRMC social worker nominated for regional honors

Tumon rescue station moves forward despite 24% decline in May arrivals

Nearly 14,000 joint force service members participate in Valiant Shield 2026 field training exercise

Guam’s Real Deal, LLC secures first cannabis operating permit

Departments

Data Bank — July 2026

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Corporate Giving — July 2026

Cartoons — July 2026

Quotable — July 2026

Cartoons — June 2026

DataBank — June 2026

Making Moves — June 2026

Janet Healy Weeks

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