• Extinct on its native island since the late 1980s, the endangered bird may fly free as soon as 2023-but not on Guam. (audubon.org)
  • Our Guam and CNMI branches will be closed on Friday, December 8, 2023 in observance of Santa Marian Kamalen Day (Guam) and Constitution Day (CNMI). (bankofguam.com)
  • The $5.7 million in Compact Impact funds are part of the $30 million in Compact Impact funds that are provided under U.S. Public Law 108-188 and distributed across several jurisdictions - the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the state of Hawaii. (doi.gov)
  • OIA) carry out the Secretary of the Interior's responsibilities for the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (doi.gov)
  • WHITEFISH, MT (June 27, 2017) - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today informed American Samoa Governor Lolo Moliga, Guam Governor Eddie Calvo, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor Ralph DLG Torres that he has approved a total of $3,489,427 in energy grants for their respective territories. (doi.gov)
  • So the president's action to approve an emergency declaration for both Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands unlocks federal assistance. (npr.org)
  • SHAPIRO: When you look at Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, does it matter at all, in terms of the relief effort, whether we are talking about a state, a territory or a different relationship to the federal government? (npr.org)
  • At 13 degrees north latitude and 144 degrees east longitude, the island of Guam is the largest in size (214 square miles), the most populated, and the southernmost of the 15 Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. (guampedia.com)
  • Fortunately, as the heavy Pacific floor moves slowly downward and under the Mariana Islands and below the Philippine plate, this movement - or subduction - is at great depths, therefore, lessening the effects of the earthquake activity at the surface of Guam and the other Mariana Islands. (guampedia.com)
  • Nearly 400 years before, Ferdinand Magellan had stumbled upon the Mariana Islands and before long Spain colonized Guam. (guampedia.com)
  • Territories (American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) can be selected separately. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2020, the Guam Habitat Conservation Initiative (Program) was established through a cooperative partnership between the Department of Defense (DoD) Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program, Joint Region Marianas, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). (nfwf.org)
  • NAVAL BASE GUAM (April 29, 2020) - Hundreds of Sailors began the transition from quarantine and isolation to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) April 29, as the ship prepares to return to sea after a bow-to-stern deep cleaning process. (usni.org)
  • The objective of this study was to use the current prevalence of adult cigarette smoking to project future incidence of lung cancer through 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • A Micronesian Starling perches at the entrance of a nest box on the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. (audubon.org)
  • Two UH-46 Sea Knights and two MH-60 Knight Hawks fly over Andersen Air Force Base in Guam as part of a six-helicopter formation during flight training in mid-January 2003. (stripes.com)
  • The Spanish control of Guam remained for more than 350 years until the Americans took control and made the island of Guam a base with Apra Harbor the main commercial and military port for shipping activities. (guampedia.com)
  • A main perimeter road extends from Apra Harbor, which is in west Guam, and connects the villages and districts of Hågat, Humåtak, Malesso' which extend to the southwest, and then the villages and districts of Inalåhan, Talo'fo'fo, and Yona all found on or near the southeast coasts. (guampedia.com)
  • The Navy announced earlier this year that the USS Houston, a 362-foot fast-attack submarine, will make Guam’s Apra Harbor its home in 2004, joining the USS City of Corpus Christi and USS San Francisco already based there. (stripes.com)
  • The navies conducted the exercise near Guam, allowing Jung Ji to complete several port visits to U.S. Naval Base Guam during the exercise, which first launched in 2007 and is conducted biennially. (defensenews.com)
  • After visiting with leaders from Team Andersen, Naval Base Guam and Joint Region Marianas, Handy ended his visit with a base wide all call. (stripes.com)
  • I am especially pleased with the leadership and collaborative working relationships among Governor Eddie Calvo, Guam Legislature Speaker Judith Won Pat, and Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo on the advancement of a community educational outreach plan in preparation for a 2018 plebiscite on self-determination. (doi.gov)
  • Guam was seized by Captain Henry Glass of the US Navy during the Spanish-American War, in 1898, when the United States of America took the Philippines (along with Cuba, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands) from Spain. (guampedia.com)
  • Regardless of the federal prohibition of marijuana, 33 states* as well as Washington D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have passed laws legalizing marijuana for medicinal and/or non-medical adult uses at the time of this publication (5). (cdc.gov)
  • Established by the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1984, the BRFSS is a cross-sectional random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years or older conducted annually in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. (cdc.gov)
  • The book was the second printed publication from Guampedia, a non-profit associated with the University of Guam. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vulnerability Analysis of Built Environments at Coastal Bays ($190,000) - The University of Guam will produce a comprehensive report of long-term climate change impacts on infrastructure and other assets to educate the community at large, promote responsible policies regarding resilient infrastructure, sustainable land use and economic models. (doi.gov)
  • Multi-Sector Resiliency Workshops ($48,500) - The University of Guam will conduct workshops in order to provide climate change risk guidance and solutions for smaller community entities, such as village mayors and businesses, in order to build resiliency and strengthen climate change adaptation measures. (doi.gov)
  • The University of Guam Global Learning and Engagement (GLE) Department responds to the educational, training, and employment needs of our community through a wide array of programs and services. (uog.edu)
  • Guam received 1.6 million visitors in 2019. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • Famalao'an Guåhan: Women In Guam History is a 2019 publication highlighting the lives of 28 notable women who contributed to Guam's culture. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2019 publication was accompanied by a photo exhibit celebrating the 28 women at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña. (wikipedia.org)
  • Guam rails are classified as extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, but staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and partners are working to change the birds' fate. (si.edu)
  • In April, animal keepers celebrated the birth of two extinct-in-the-wild Guam kingfisher chicks. (si.edu)
  • A captive Guam Kingfisher in the Guam Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources breeding facility. (audubon.org)
  • Now, a dedicated team is poised to do the same for the bright red and blue Guam Kingfisher. (audubon.org)
  • As with most of the native bird species on Guam, by the 1980s the kingfisher was wiped out by invasive brown tree snakes, which were introduced to the U.S. territory shortly after World War II, creating a "silent forest" devoid of bird song. (audubon.org)
  • The Guam Kingfisher, known as Sihek in the indigenous Chamorro language, was spared from extinction when biologists brought the remaining 29 birds into captivity . (audubon.org)
  • Getting them back into the wild, but also growing that captive population, are two things that need to happen to have the Guam Kingfisher persisting," says John Ewen, a conservation biologist at the Zoological Society of London and member of the Sihek recovery team. (audubon.org)
  • Others, such as the Guam Rail and Guam Kingfisher, survive only through captive-breeding programs. (audubon.org)
  • Two of these species, the Guam Rail and the Micronesian Kingfisher , are being captively bred in zoos in the hope that they can eventually be released back into the wild. (earthlife.net)
  • Bird keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are celebrating the arrival of two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched April 21 and 23. (si.edu)
  • A tiny egg nestled in an incubator at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute began wiggling and cracking April 22 until a featherless Guam kingfisher chick emerged. (si.edu)
  • A female Guam kingfisher, a brightly colored bird and one of the most endangered bird species on the planet, hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia. (si.edu)
  • A female Guam kingfisher, one of the planet's most endangered bird species, hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on May 17. (si.edu)
  • Guam's post-lockdown economic activity may have returned to "some semblance of normalcy or some notion of what it was before," but unpredictable variables are clouding the long-term outlook for the island, Bank of Guam economist Joe Bradley said Wednesday. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • You want to know Guam's economic future? (islandsbusiness.com)
  • I don't know," Bradley said candidly, speaking at the Rotary Club of Northern Guam's meeting at the Hilton Guam Resort and Spa. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • There are too many moving parts to even pretend to forecast Guam's economic future," he added. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • In the future, Guam's median age is projected to increase to 48.1217 years of age, by the year 2100. (database.earth)
  • Guam's positive trend in median age is set to increase even further in the future. (database.earth)
  • For the second day in a row, Guam's summer rain continues to steal the thunder of the 2017 King's Guam Futures, an ITF Pro Circuit event presented by Docomo Pacific and Hilton Guam Resort & Spa Tuesday at the Hilton tennis courts. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • The preliminary success constitutes one of the few bright spots in the conservation of Guam's native fauna in recent years and speaks to future opportunities to recover wildlife. (earthlife.net)
  • Switzerland's Luca Castelnuovo prepares a backhand return against Japan's Masaki Sasai in a Day 2 main draw match of the 2017 King's Guam Futures, an ITF Pro Circuit event presented by Docomo Pacific and Hilton Guam Resort & Spa at the Hilton tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • United States' Nicholas Reyes winds up for a backhand return against Japan's Ken Onoda in a Day 2 main draw match of the 2017 King's Guam Futures, an ITF Pro Circuit event presented by Docomo Pacific and Hilton Guam Resort & Spa at the Hilton tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • Japan's Naru Shirafuji concentrates on the ball as he winds up for a forehand return against Portugal's Bernardo Saraiva in a Day 2 main draw match of the 2017 King's Guam Futures, an ITF Pro Circuit event presented by Docomo Pacific and Hilton Guam Resort & Spa at the Hilton tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • Portugal's Bernardo Saraiva plays a backhand return to Japan's Naru Shirafuji in a Day 2 main draw match of the 2017 King's Guam Futures, an ITF Pro Circuit event presented by Docomo Pacific and Hilton Guam Resort & Spa at the Hilton tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • It's the first, long-overdue, much-needed step," says Suzanne Medina, a wildlife biologist at the Guam Department of Agriculture Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources who helps lead the kingfisher's recovery. (audubon.org)
  • This species is now being bred in captivity by the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources on Guam and at some mainland U.S. zoos. (earthlife.net)
  • Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute animal keeper Erica Royer releases Guam rails on Rota. (si.edu)
  • Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute deputy director Will Pitt releases Guam rails on Rota. (si.edu)
  • Last fall, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to repatriate Guam rails that I cared for when I first started working at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. (si.edu)
  • Through resolution WHA75.18 (2022), "Outcome of the SIDS Summit for Health: For a Healthy and Resilient Future in Small Island Developing States", the Health Assembly decided to propose a Voluntary Health Fund for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in WHO, with the terms of reference to be tabled at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly in conjunction with a report from the Secretariat. (who.int)
  • Taiwanese travelers aboard the second Air V&V charter flight arrive on Guam 12 July, 2021. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration has released $5,737,500 in fiscal year 2021 Compact Impact funds provided through the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs for the Guam Department of Education School Leaseback Program. (doi.gov)
  • Typhoon Mawar could hit the U.S. territory of Guam on Wednesday. (npr.org)
  • BINK: Typhoon Mawar is forecast to bring significant threats to Guam. (npr.org)
  • These birds are endemic only to Guam but cannot yet be reintroduced there because the brown tree snake is still a threat. (si.edu)
  • Endemic to Guam and extirpated on the island since 1988, these birds may soon fly free on a Pacific island-one more than 3,000 miles from their native home. (audubon.org)
  • The Guam Rail , Gallirallus owstoni , is a flightless bird, endemic to Guam. (earthlife.net)
  • Five of these were endemic at the species or subspecies level and are now extinct in Guam. (earthlife.net)
  • The deepest valley in the Pacific Ocean floor - marked by the subduction - is just southwest of Guam named the Marianas Trench, more than 6.8 miles below the ocean surface. (guampedia.com)
  • Royer: While many of the species at SCBI interact with their keepers through our enrichment or husbandry training programs, we are hands-off with the Guam rails. (si.edu)
  • Nine of the 11 species of native forest-dwelling birds have been extirpated from Guam. (earthlife.net)
  • Several other native species exist in precariously small numbers, and their future in Guam is perilous. (earthlife.net)
  • There are only 135 Guam kingfishers in the world, but scientists around the world are working to change that by breeding the species for release in the near future. (si.edu)
  • The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation seeks qualified independent Contractor(s) to perform pre-consultation Threatened and Endangered (T&E) Species surveys for the Guam Habitat Conservation Initiative. (nfwf.org)
  • The Program aims to protect, restore, and enhance targeted native limestone forest, ravine forest, and savanna habitats in Guam to establish precursory conditions towards improving the baseline status of federally listed Threatened and Endangered (T&E) Species. (nfwf.org)
  • While the Implementation Plan includes a variety of goals and objectives, NFWF is seeking qualified contractors to conduct pre-consultation T&E Species surveys to successfully implement future restoration actions to improve native plant coverage and diversity on strategic Government of Guam lands. (nfwf.org)
  • Qualified applicants should be prepared to meet USFWS and U.S. Department of Navy standards for surveys for listed T&E Species on Guam, including snails, orchids, and trees. (nfwf.org)
  • They are definitely one of our reliability challenges and cause a lot of outages," says John Cruz, Manager of the Strategic Planning and Operations Research Division at Guam Power Authority (GPA). (landisgyr.com)
  • The creation of Guam Power Authority (GPA) came 18 years later, and today the utility serves over 160,000 residents. (landisgyr.com)
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice to the water authority in Guam for issued with the water supply system. (eponline.com)
  • The Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) was inspected by the EPA in May of this year. (eponline.com)
  • A subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate LG Group has bagged an order to deliver, operate and maintain 40 MW of energy storage for Guam Power Authority. (pv-magazine.com)
  • In what is seen as its largest storage project to date, Korea's LG CNS was awarded a $43 million contract by the Guam Power Authority (GPA), the electricity generator and distributor for the residents of the U.S. island territory of Guam to deliver, operate and maintain two utility-scale storage systems with a total capacity of 40 MW. (pv-magazine.com)
  • This investment will help alleviate system frequency issues, forced outages and support renewable integration," said John M. Benavente, P.E. General Manager of Guam Power Authority. (pv-magazine.com)
  • Guam Self-Determination Community Educational Outreach Program - $300,000 to the Commission on Decolonization to implement a comprehensive community educational outreach program in preparation for a planned 2018 plebiscite. (doi.gov)
  • OneLab Network invites you to join us for the upcoming virtual event: Laboratory Onboarding Template: Pilot Test by the Guam Public Health Laboratory (GPHL). (cdc.gov)
  • We'll get into the main presentation, the laboratory onboarding template, which was pilot tested by the Guam Public Health Laboratory, and then we'll get to that Q&A section that I mentioned before. (cdc.gov)
  • Ideally, biologists would reintroduce Sihek into their native Guam forests. (audubon.org)
  • But Guam still can't sustain wild Sihek because of the brown tree snake's unyielding presence, despite extensive eradication efforts-including dropping poison-laced mice from planes-that have helped dampen the snake's population. (audubon.org)
  • In November 2012, Guampedia presented a poster exhibit called "Women in Guam History" at the Hall of Governors at the Latte of Freedom at Adelup Point. (wikipedia.org)
  • Selection of a group of states or territories will be possible in a future enhancement of this file in WONDER. (cdc.gov)
  • Current projections indicate that the storm could impact Guam at a Category 4 or even Category 5 strength in just a few hours. (npr.org)
  • Along with 47 other Guam rails, the birds were released on Rota. (si.edu)
  • The birds of Guam evolved in the absence of snake predators. (earthlife.net)
  • Our office is in Ypao Road, literally a few minutes away from the Guam Visitors' Bureau. (guamwebz.com)
  • The Defense Department has dithered as China builds ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles to attack Guam, America's most important military base in the western Pacific. (defenseone.com)
  • Future weapons could include GB-6A stealth cruise missiles and hypersonic scramjet missiles. (popsci.com)
  • The Guam Department of Education has been using a portion of its annual Compact Impact funds provided through the Office of Insular Affairs to support the public-school system, including the Guam School Leaseback Program, since 2005. (doi.gov)
  • Due to public health and safety threats in Guam because of its proximity to North Korea, Guam has consulted with CDC and is using PHEP funds to develop a specific community preparedness and response plan for radiation/nuclear threats. (cdc.gov)
  • SHAPIRO: And it's not as simple to evacuate an island like Guam as it is coastal Texas or Florida. (npr.org)
  • Also, the main reason expressed by returning Puerto Ricans is their faith in the future economic development of the island. (city-data.com)
  • Guam, being a tropical island, has a relatively humid and warm climate throughout the year. (guampedia.com)
  • The deployment of the storage systems is expected to reduce the intermittent power outages that the Pacific island of Guam has been experiencing from net metering penetration and utility-scale renewable energy projects, as well as help the GPA prepare the grid for reaching the 25 % renewable goal by 2035. (pv-magazine.com)
  • At the height of the Vietnam War, Guam’s sprawling Andersen Air Force Base was home to massive numbers of lethal B-52 bombers, ballistic-missile submarines and 10,000 sailors stationed in and around the 212-square- mile island. (stripes.com)
  • 84 percent indicated they did not believe the military took advantage of Guam, and that the military contributed to the island in a “positive manner. (stripes.com)
  • Carl Peterson, chairman of Guam’s Chamber of Commerce armed forces committee, thinks any expansion of the U.S. military on the island will be advantageous given the island’s double-digit unemployment rate. (stripes.com)
  • Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Bailey Carter, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, secures blood donations collected from sailors who recovered from COVID-19 this spring. (health.mil)
  • After the ship's arrival to Guam on March 27, approximately 700 Sailors remained on board to maintain critical ongoing operations and begin the cleaning. (usni.org)
  • As part of Homeland Security initiatives, Guam soon will become home to a 250-person unit assigned to protect U.S. ships and personnel in foreign ports, a reaction to the attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen, which left 17 sailors dead. (stripes.com)
  • Soon after the Navy announced in 2000 it would base its attack submarines here, Peterson said the chamber put together a videotape and traveled to Portsmouth Naval Base, N.H., to brief sailors ready to relocate to Guam. (stripes.com)
  • Military construction projects on Guam have topped more than $300 million since 2000. (stripes.com)
  • Proposals should demonstrate an understanding of the regulatory considerations to be addressed by this work, and indicate plans to work closely with NFWF, Guam Department of Agriculture (DOAG), and DoD as the lead project proponent and funder of the program. (nfwf.org)
  • This important strategic position with the east-Asian realm gives Guam a reason for military importance. (guampedia.com)
  • The future strategic bomber, tentatively identified by Chinese Internet commentators as H-20, is believed to be a flying wing bomber designed for range and stealth and built by XAC. (popsci.com)
  • In collaboration with DoD, NFWF, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Guam Department of Agriculture (Program Partners), a 5-year implementation plan (Implementation Plan) was developed to guide future investments to achieve targeted habitat conservation goals on key Government of Guam conservation lands. (nfwf.org)
  • Located between Hawaii and Asia, Guam, a U.S. territory since 1950, has been a long-time important base in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy. (landisgyr.com)
  • To minimize construction delays and make the 2024 timeline, the Pentagon should build the Navy VLS on Guam with an above-ground installation (like with Aegis Ashore). (defenseone.com)
  • Black History Month sheds light on the successes of those, whether famous or obscure, who have blazed a trail and created a pathway to a better future for others. (sans.org)
  • Bradley said the stimulus packages from the U.S. government have been an economic salvation for Guam. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • Guam has received approximately US$2.5 billion in federal aid, including grants awarded to the local government, direct assistance to local businesses, stimulus checks and unemployment benefits. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • This support is critical to the Government of Guam, especially as it continues to feel the impacts on its education system from migration allowed for under the Compacts of Free Association. (doi.gov)
  • In 2006, Iron Bridge Capital partnered with the Government of Guam to design, build, finance, and leaseback four new public schools - the Okkodo High School, the Astumbo Middle School, the Liguan Elementary School, and the Adacao Elementary School. (doi.gov)
  • The project will assist the Government of Guam, which is experiencing financial shortfalls, in meeting daily operations and reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels in response to Governor Calvo's Executive Order No. 2012-01 calling for fiscal stabilization, deficit reduction and cost containment. (doi.gov)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 14, 2016) - Today the U.S. Department of the Interior's Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia'aina approved $1.5 million in grant assistance for fiscal year 2016 to the Government of Guam and non-profit organizations from the Office of Insular Affairs' (OIA) Technical Assistance Program and the Maintenance Assistance Program. (doi.gov)
  • OTECH will use this pilot as a template for a Government of Guam GIS system, which would allow the Government of Guam to better understand climate change's effects on the surrounding geography, such as temperature changes, rainfall, stream flow, etc. (doi.gov)
  • So we prestaged specialized teams, medical professionals, really - power restoration experts - really runs the gamut to ensure that after the storm passes, we can quickly begin to assess and recover from the storm with the government of Guam. (npr.org)
  • 2 COL120106 1 GCA GENERAL PROVISIONS CH. 13 GUMA ONRA - GUAM H ALL OF F AME SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 15-148:31 to increase per diem rate to $50 per meeting in conformance with the new, government-wide rate for all commissions created by Section 32 of the same public law. (justia.com)
  • Given the urgency of the threat from China, Congress should push the Pentagon to establish a Guam Defense System initial operational capability, or IOC, by 2024 and a full operational capability by 2027. (defenseone.com)
  • Settlement in the whole southern half of Guam is basically coastal and considered rural. (guampedia.com)
  • FEMA's Anne Bink talks about the typhoon headed for Guam. (npr.org)
  • This year's funding reflects the priorities and issues of importance to the people of Guam including self-determination, public safety, climate change, natural and cultural resources, and capacity building for non-governmental organizations," said Assistant Secretary Kia'aina. (doi.gov)
  • Pilot Climate Geographic Information System (GIS) Project ($83,500) - The Guam Office of Technology (OTECH) will develop a visual demonstration of existing conditions and different climate scenarios, within a predefined area, to understand the geography of climate and predict change. (doi.gov)
  • The schools are currently owned by the Guam Education Financing Foundation, an Iron Bridge affiliate, and special-purpose, non-profit entity that has agreed to maintain and insure the schools for twenty years, after which point ownership will revert to the Guam Department of Education. (doi.gov)
  • $548,827 for Guam Department of Public Works (DPW ) to install roof-mounted photovoltaic systems (169 kW size) on three of its buildings. (doi.gov)
  • Population density indicates the number of people per square kilometer of the Guam 's area. (database.earth)
  • What would a direct hit mean for the more than 150,000 people who live on Guam? (npr.org)
  • The indigenous CHamoru people, while greatly changed from the first contacts by Spain and Spanish rule until now, remain the largest identifiable social-cultural group in Guam. (guampedia.com)
  • The districts and villages of the central and northern areas of Guam contain the largest numbers of people. (guampedia.com)
  • The biggest three villages, along with Barrigada, Mangilao, Chalan Pago, Mongmong-Toto-Maite are all located in central-north areas of Guam, where population densities reach an average as high as 800 to 900 people per square mile. (guampedia.com)
  • All chicks are slated to travel to Guam in the spring for release on Rota. (si.edu)
  • Guam kingfishers are incredibly rare and difficult to breed, so we are thrilled to be closing out the breeding season with four new chicks. (si.edu)
  • This first appearance has not been repealed by this Chapter, and will be placed elsewhere in the Guam Code Annotated. (justia.com)
  • Its reported 1,500-mile combat radius would be enough to strike U.S. carriers and even bases like Guam. (popsci.com)
  • We know, collectively, what needs to be addressed to achieve your goals and objectives for the Guam brand and for Your brand. (guamwebz.com)
  • Pursue your passion and advance in your career goals here at Guam Community College. (guamcc.edu)
  • UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday rallied a diverse cross section of civil society actors to use their passionate voices and energetic grassroots networks to "help rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fight for the better future every person deserves. (pina.com.fj)
  • NFWF intends to use the data collected to inform future management actions on the property, secure necessary permits and compliance requirements, and track progress towards the Program's goals. (nfwf.org)
  • Goals or Prayerful Forecasting for the Future of CSBC? (csbc.com)
  • The sovereign state of Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • From the end of the campaign to the end of the war in the Pacific, Guam served as a staging area for war dogs, of which 465 served in combat operations. (nps.gov)
  • ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, 11th Air Force commander, visited service members here Nov. 21- 24, to survey daily missions on base and discuss future developments throughout the Pacific Air Forces. (stripes.com)
  • And when you look at the relief effort, Guam is far out in the Pacific Ocean, some 4,000 miles west of Hawaii. (npr.org)
  • Barco ClickShare and independent research agency Savanta surveyed 1,500 white collar professionals in Europe, the Pacific, the US, China and India on how technology is changing meeting culture today and in future. (barco.com)
  • Accordingly, the last three commanders of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command , or INDOPACOM, have argued for more robust missile defenses on Guam. (defenseone.com)
  • Our Asia-Pacific ROC (Regional Operations Centre) in Singapore has overarching responsibility for our operations here in Guam, Saipan and Tinian. (iss-shipping.com)
  • We have a distribution center in Guam that has over a million liters of water and 700,000 meals. (npr.org)
  • Team Andersen's infrastructure is right-sized for the continuous bomber presence and for the wing to do its day-to-day mission, but not for the future plans we have for the base," he said. (stripes.com)
  • The H-20 is China's future stealth bomber. (popsci.com)
  • The Sharp Sword UCAV is a Chinese attack drone, a modified version of which could act as a robotic wingman to the future H-20 stealth bomber. (popsci.com)
  • The H-20 concept is often confused with another of China's nebulous future aircraft, a supersonic regional-ranged bomber known as JH-XX. (popsci.com)
  • A B-1B Lancer bomber takes off from the runway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (stripes.com)
  • Future priority protection, enhancement, and restoration projects that meet native forest health and habitat objectives of the Program may require preliminary surveys and data collection to lay the groundwork for securing applicable permits. (nfwf.org)
  • Selection of more than one event will be possible in a future enhancement of this file in WONDER, such as ALL measles, ALL hepatitis, ALL sexually- transmitted diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • The territory of Guam and the landscape is that which is mountainous, right? (npr.org)
  • In the emergence of the territory of Guam as a viable community, there were exemplary achievements, acts and deeds done by men and women, young and old, indigenous and non-indigenous which contributed to making Guam what it is today. (justia.com)
  • There is hereby established a Guma Onra Commission which shall consist of eleven (11) members all citizens of the United States and residents of the territory of Guam. (justia.com)
  • The future looks good for the coming two years and the impact it'll have on the high school squad," said coach PK Harmon. (guamsportsnetwork.com)
  • Guam is home to an enormous air base that hosted bombers, fighters, and support aircraft in World War II and the Vietnam War and would likely play a similar role in any contingency with China, including in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait. (defenseone.com)
  • The crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is beginning to return aboard the aircraft carrier after almost a month of isolation on Guam designed to combat a major COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. 7th Fleet announced on Wednesday. (usni.org)
  • Since the close of the initial CCP drive, the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) has transitioned to a plan to ensure adequate supplies of CCP for future DOD beneficiaries. (health.mil)
  • The business closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a 16.5% unemployment rate on Guam. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • Butler's Inc., venerable Guam business, prepares for its 103rd year of operation. (wikipedia.org)
  • GuamWEBZ is a Guam-based business. (guamwebz.com)
  • A straightforward account to set your business up for the future. (bankofguam.com)
  • Meet Ariel Dumapit , Operations Manager in Guam, where we recently reopened our office after a three-year hiatus handling business through a partner agent. (iss-shipping.com)
  • Yes, it was sad but as my colleague Ajay Dattaram Bhosle, Area General Manager in Singapore, rightly explains, given the volume of business in Guam at that time it made better financial sense to use a partner agent instead. (iss-shipping.com)
  • Another steady business is the ExxonMobil MR tanker Sophia, which calls regularly at Guam and I follow it up to Tinian and Saipan. (iss-shipping.com)
  • Most of our future business will most probably be related to military movements. (iss-shipping.com)
  • The top leaders in military medicine discussed the future of the Military Health System and its impact on mission readiness during a Senior Leadership Panel Dec. 8 at the annual meeting of The Society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS). (health.mil)
  • For the past decade the United States has defended Guam with a land-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system and costly patrols by Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense destroyers. (defenseone.com)
  • However, the agency does point out that gaps in the GWA's supply system maintenance could lead to deterioration in the future of both the systems and the water's quality. (eponline.com)