6-hour power outage Saturday morning in parts of Hagåtña

The Guam Power Authority has a scheduled six-hour power outage from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, in parts of Hagåtña. Customers serviced by a portion of feeder P-281 will be impacted by the six-hour Aug. 30 power outage. Crews will be...

OPINION: A new hospital won’t fix Guam’s health care—rethinking the model will

Once again, the Guam Memorial Hospital is making headlines—and not for positive reasons. The latest developments underscore what health care professionals have known for decades: Guam’s health care crisis is rooted not in buildings or equipment,...

A New Hospital Won’t Fix Guam’s Healthcare — Rethinking the Model Will

By Michael W. Cruz, M.D. for Kandit News & Views Once again, the Guam Memorial Hospital (GMH) is making headlines—and not for positive reasons. The latest developments underscore what healthcare professionals have known for decades: Guam’s...

Governor calls special session for emergency powers, GMH, new hospital

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has called lawmakers into a Saturday morning session to weigh bills that would broaden her emergency powers in response to conditions at Guam Memorial Hospital and side-step review by the attorney general for the Mangilao...

AG, Guam Bar clash over budget bill provisions

A section of the fiscal 2026 budget act that would amend the law on hiring practices at Attorney General Douglas Moylan’s office has the AG butting heads with the Guam Bar Association. Moylan this week asserted that a “cabal” of attorneys with a...

Navy, DODEA to launch mental health counseling pilot for some students overseas

Students head to their classes at Nile C. Kinnick High School on Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) Seven schools on U.S. Navy installations in Japan, Europe and Guam will begin offering clinical...

Public Health: Get vaccinated, stay home if one has flu, COVID, RSV

Get vaccinated, stay home except to seek medical care and have plenty of rest if one has flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, or similar illnesses, according to the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services. Public Health on...

GRMC launches first-in-Guam pain relief Inceptiv spinal cord stimulator

Guam Regional Medical City launched a first-in-Guam pain relief breakthrough with Inceptiv Spinal Cord Stimulator by Medtronic. GRMC, in a release, said the Inceptiv Spinal Cord Stimulator is a state-of-the-art pain management solution recently...

Guam's digital future taking shape through BEAD program investment

The Broadband Equity, Access And Deployment program (BEAD), was created under the Biden Administration to deliver reliable internet access nationwide, including here on Guam. With a total allocation of $156 million, the Office of Infrastructure...

Department of Health Services says 40 states to remove "gender ideology" from curriculum, including OK

The U.S. Department of Health Services, through the Administration for Children and Families, announced 46 states and territories will need to "remove all references to gender ideology" from any federally-funded Personal Responsibility Education...

Guam Regional Medical City introduces first smart spinal cord stimulator for chronic pain relief

Health Department threatens to pull states' sex ed funding for including 'gender ideology' in programs

The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to ban sex ed programs from teaching youth about being transgender, threatening to pull a total of more than $81 million in funding from 40 states and six territories unless they remove “all...

Guam after the battle: The plans that changed the island, in context

From July 21, 1944, to August 10, 1944, the brutal Battle of Guam occurred. During World War II, the Japanese army took over Guam, a prime naval base for the United States. The Battle of Guam was the retaking of this territory, but it was not a...

Michigan must remove gender ideology from health program’s sex ed material, feds say

Michigan is among the 46 U.S. states and territories facing demands from the Trump administration to remove mentions of gender ideology from sexual education material used in a federally financed health program — or risk losing the funding...

Guam closes in on island-wide internet access through BEAD program

About $5 million will fund the expansion of high-speed internet across the island, connecting more than 1,300 unserved and underserved areas, as well as 175 community anchors such as schools, libraries, and health centers.

Guam governor reiterates plea for federal aid to build Mangilao hospital

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, from left, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, and Lt. Gov Josh Tenorio. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor of Guam By Pacific Island Times News Staff Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has reiterated her appeal...

GRMC offers Guam’s 1st spinal cord stimulator for chronic pain

Guam Regional Medical City is offering the island’s first spinal cord stimulator to help patients manage chronic pain. The Inceptiv spinal cord stimulator, developed by Medtronic, was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024 and was recently...

Traditional healer, WWII survivor Rosalia 'Mama Chai' Mateo bags Guam Masters Award

Saina Rosalia Fejeran Mateo, affectionately known as "Mama Chai," is presented the Guam Masters Award in recognition of her role as a praktikan tradisionat yo’åmte or master traditional healer, according to the Guam Council on the Arts and...

Guam names tentative awardees for BEAD program

By Pacific Island Times News Staff GTA TeleGuam, IT&E and Starlink are the provisional awardees of subgrants under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program, the Office of Infrastructure Policy and Development announced today....

Tripler Army Medical Center hosts Congresswoman Tokuda, highlights healthcare excellence and commitment to service members and veterans

Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), welcomed U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (Hawaii CD2) on Aug. 21 for a comprehensive visit focused on the delivery of world-class healthcare, patient safety initiatives, mental health services, veteran care, and...