News - Guam

The Government of Guam has formally requested federal authorization to activate the Guam National Guard to support disaster response and recovery operations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, according to an April 20 release. The activation is under Title 32 of the U.S. Code — ensuring Guam National Guard members can operate in support of disaster response with federal backing, the release said.

The Trump Administration is moving to fast-track offshore mining in the waters of the Mariana Islands. The move is detailed in a newly-release U.S. Department of the Interior document. 

The Francisco C. Ada international airport in Saipan is open primarily for relief and rescue flights only.

APL’s Oceania arrived in Guam’s port early in the afternoon of April 19, delayed a day by a buoy located out of place near the harbor entrance.

Rear Adm. Joshua Lasky, commander of Joint Task Force-Micronesia, is well aware of the status of Guam and the islands of the Northern Mariana Islands after the storm, he told the Journal on April 16.

The Westin Resort Guam is still listed for sale on the Collier’s website, after the initial posting of the hotel in June last year.

United Airlines has joined other airlines in revising tiers with multiple ways.

Prime Power International LLC has joined the ranks of small businesses entering the Guam market, but the electrical contractor may have an advantage from the get-go.

It has been at least more than two decades since the peak of Guam’s tuna transshipment and fishing industry; an industry that at one point, grossed nearly $3.5 million in tax revenues, created 150 direct jobs, and $33 million in 1990 expenditures according to a 1991 report by the Guam Department of Commerce.