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Busted solar panels welcome at debris disposal sites

Guam Pacific Daily News 07 Jun 2023
Guam Environmental Protection Agency’s Nic Rupley, public information officer, said solar panels are being treated as it were electronic waste ... Guam Fire Department personnel routinely inspect the sites to ensure safety for all, and space for emergency personnel to access anywhere should problems arise.
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Guam's indigenous people 'feel less safe' due to US military build-up

RNZ 06 Jun 2023
There have long been tensions on Guam due to the heavy United States military presence on the island ... Director of the Pacific Islands Development Programme at the Hawaii based East West Center, Dr Mary Therese Hattori, told RNZ Pacific the military build-up makes Guam a target and puts the safety of its indigenous Chamorro people at risk.
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Tulfo denounces crackdown on OFWs in Kuwait

Manila Bulletin 06 Jun 2023
Currently, Tulfo is openly coordinating with the DMW and the DFA in order to actively participate in negotiating for better pre-engagement protocols for OFWs and is consulting with the said departments in order to draft legislation that would help secure their safety and ease their enforcement of rights.
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Yamashita: God’s signals are in motion; Guam will recover

Guam Pacific Daily News 04 Jun 2023
Lineman Apprentice Nathan Quniata, front, and another Guam Power Authority employee repair overhead lines in Hagåtña, on May 29, 2023, as they continue restoration work to the island's power system in the destructive wake of Typhoon Mawar ... We thank the Guam National Guard for their tireless service ... Guam will recover.
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Village News for June 5

Guam Pacific Daily News 04 Jun 2023
671-864-TOKA (8652).The Guam Department of Labor is offering an employment program for unemployed residents ages 55 and older. Contact the American Job Center at 671-475-7000~01 or ajc.training@dol.guam.gov.Visit your mayor’s office to update residential information ... Mayor Village Guam Mayors Guam.
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GHURA resumes limited operations on Monday

Guam Pacific Daily News 02 Jun 2023
Pacific Daily News Jun 2, 2023 5 hrs ago 0 ... Rick Cruz/PDN ... Due to the instability of power, water and connectivity at all the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal offices, ongoing repairs and for the health and safety of the clients and staff, GHURA has confirmed it will resume limited operations on Monday ... Guam approved for FEMA individual assistance ... ....
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Pacific news in brief for May 29

RNZ 29 May 2023
Guam - power. Around 16 per cent of power has been restored in Guam and a 'boil-water notice' is still in place following typhoon Mawar thrashing the island last week. A government spokesperson said people living in central and north Guam have access to water, but services are operating at reduced capacity in the south.
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Landslides, flash flooding warnings as typhoon passes over Guam

RNZ 25 May 2023
Typhoon Mawar hit Guam overnight Wednesday-Thursday morning, with winds of up to 225km/h and torrential rain ... Nearly all of Guam ... "I'm very worried for our people's safety and very concerned," Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero told media, while urging all residents to stay at home.
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Guam hit by strongest ‘Super Typhoon’ in decades

Popular Science 25 May 2023
Typhoon Mawar pelted Guam with heavy rain and the strength of a Category 4 hurricane over about two days ... Mawar was one of the strongest typhoons to hit Guam in decades ... In an address on Facebook, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero urged residents to stay home for their safety, as the island was still seeing 40 to 50 mph winds on Thursday morning.
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Jan. 6 rioter who put feet on Pelosi’s desk sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

The Hill 25 May 2023
A man who was photographed with his feet on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) desk amid the Jan ... What to know as Super Typhoon Mawar hammers Guam Watchdog. Dept. in charge of nuclear weapons safety hasn’t fully implemented program to address ‘insider threats’. As he handed down Barnett’s sentence on Wednesday, U.S ... .
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Jan. 6 rioter photographed in Pelosi’s office sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

The Hill 25 May 2023
Editor’s note. This story has been updated to reflect that Barnett was photographed with his foot on a desk in former Speaker Pelosi’s office. We regret the error ... What to know as Super Typhoon Mawar hammers Guam Watchdog ... in charge of nuclear weapons safety hasn’t fully implemented program to address ‘insider threats’ ... .
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Shelters fill, residents rush to safety as Super Typhoon Mawar approaches Guam

Norfolk Daily News 24 May 2023
HONOLULU (AP) — President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration as an intensifying Super Typhoon Mawar approached Guam, where anyone not living in a concrete house was warned to seek safety elsewhere and emergency shelters began to fill ahead of what could be the most powerful storm to hit the U.S.
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Super Typhoon Mawar passing over Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rain

Federal News Radio 24 May 2023
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Residents stockpiled supplies, battened down windows and abandoned wood and tin homes for emergency shelters as Guam was buffeted by rains and winds Wednesday from Typhoon Mawar, the strongest storm to approach the U.S ... The last Category 5 to make a direct hit in Guam was Super Typhoon Karen in 1962. Guam Gov.
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Rain and winds lash Guam as Typhoon Mawar closes in and residents hunker down

The Los Angeles Times 24 May 2023
territory of Guam on Wednesday as residents hunkered down to face the devastating winds and torrential rains from what was expected to be the worst storm to hit the Pacific island in decades ... The last time a Category 5 directly hit Guam was 1962 ... And an extreme wind warning was in effect for northern Guam for extremely dangerous hurricane winds.
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Rain, winds lash Guam as Typhoon Mawar closes in

Sun Star 24 May 2023
HAGATNA, Guam -- Typhoon Mawar aimed its fury at the tiny US territory of Guam on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, as residents with nowhere to go hunkered down to face the devastating winds and torrential rains from what was expected to be the worst storm to hit the Pacific island in decades ... The last time a Category 5 directly hit Guam was 1962.

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