On Oct. 1-6, 2019, the Marianas will host the 2nd Chief Taga Day Festival, honoring one of its most legendary figures, the indigenous Chamorro chief Taga. “Gineptin Ha‘anen Taga’” (Chief Taga Day Festival) will be held on the island of Tinian, recorded as the place where Taga...

Margaret Hattori-Uchima, dean of the University of Guam School of Nursing & Health Sciences, was awarded the 2019 GNA Nurse of the Year Award on May 5 at the 68th Annual Guam Nurses Association Anniversary, Recognition, and Awards Banquet. Hattori-Uchima has been a nurse...

Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert Naraja granted last week the government’s request to postpone Rota Mayor Efraim Atalig’s jury trial to January 2020. Naraja set the jury trial for Atalig and his co-defendants on Jan. 13, 2020, after finding good cause, saying the...

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Senate confirmed yesterday President Donald Trump’s nomination of Daniel Aaron Bress to serve as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senators gave their consent by a vote of 53-45. Bress was nominated to the court on Feb. 6, 2019....