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President Wesley W. Simina congratulated 17 young men and women from across the Federated States of Micronesia during an Enlistment Ceremony held at the U.S. Embassy compound on June 17.

The U.S. Department of War announced June 17 CHamoru Standard time that the Indo-Pacific Command would now revert to its original name of Pacific Command.

Legislation introduced in the Guam Legislature on June 15 seeks to authorize a public-private partnership to design, construct, finance, and maintain a new, permanent headquarters facility for the Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation on publicly owned land.

The Guam Visitors Bureau achieved a historic financial milestone, securing an unmodified, clean opinion for its fiscal year 2025 financial audit with zero audit findings and no material weaknesses for the first time in more than six years.

A $15.4 million federal grant dedicated to expanding the Guam Veterans Cemetery is at risk of being rescinded following a mounting legal dispute between veterans leadership and the island’s top prosecutor.

In good news for tourism in the Northern Mariana Islands, Hong Kong Airlines plans to resume its Hong Kong–Saipan service on July 12.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived at U.S. Naval Base Guam on Tuesday, June 16, for its first port call of 2026, marking a key stop in its current Indo-Pacific patrol.

ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC of Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $150 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies,” according to a June 16 release CHamoru Standard Time from the U.S. Department of War.

Philippine Airlines has pushed back the date of its resumption of flights after Typhoon Sinlaku.