News - Guam

Guam Business Magazine appreciates the fact that Sen. William A. Parkinson reads the magazine, as do other senators, and no doubt he reads the Marianas Business Journal also.

One week after Super Typhoon Bavi, Guam’s public utility infrastructure has approached near-total recovery, with the island-wide power system restoring 96% of customer demand and the water utility bringing 95 wells back online.

A regional tropical cyclone formation alert has been issued as a developing weather disturbance northwest of Yap threatens to strengthen the seasonal monsoon across western Micronesia and the Mariana Islands.

Contributing to Valiant Shield 2026, the Guam National Guard joined the Washington National Guard in Palau to demonstrate expeditionary sustainment exercises providing logistics, medical, and communication support.

The University of Guam has earned the Platinum Award in the Association of Government Accountants Guam Chapter’s Excellence in Citizen-Centric Reporting competition for its Fiscal Year 2024 Citizen-Centric Report.

Six days after the island returned to Condition of Readiness Four following Super Typhoon Bavi, the Guam Power Authority has restored 89% of its total system load and energized 99% of its distribution feeders.

Telecom providers across the Marianas are approaching the final hurdles of mobile, cable, internet, and equipment restoration as companies continue to have technicians deployed following Super Typhoon Bavi.

For convenience store business owners, typhoons pose challenges affecting operations including property damage, inventory losses, and having to open for shorter business hours due to power outages.

The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands has officially reopened the ports of Rota and Tinian to commercial maritime traffic and cargo operations after resetting Port Heavy Weather Condition (PHWC) WHISKEY.

Government officials from more than 40 countries and observers are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica on July 13 to discuss deep sea mining at the 31st session of the International Seabed Authority.