Jodie Haydon touches down in Australia after seven sun-soaked days in Palau with fiancé Anthony Albanese

While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was busy brokering billion-dollar deals and dodging diplomatic landmines in Washington, his fiancée Jodie Haydon has quietly returned to Australia after seven days in sun-soaked Palau. Haydon touched down at...

Celebrities: Death in September 2025

Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

Students compete at Scholastic Youth Chess Tournament

More than 50 young chess players competed at the Scholastic Youth Chess Tournament at Micronesia Mall. The Guam Chess Academy, with Micronesia Mall and Community First, hosted the tournament on Sept. 27. The event brought together students ages 5...

Willie McFaul, Newcastle United goalkeeper and manager

For some goalkeepers, conceding seven times in a game could be career-ending. For Willie McFaul, it was his big break. He was playing in 1966 for the Northern Irish side Linfield in a friendly against Newcastle United. Despite his side winning...

‘Japan’s Pearl Harbor’ was the original target for US nukes

Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident If World War II had played out a little differently, American vengeance for Pearl Harbor would have...

The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology

Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...

Cultural group visits CHamoru artifacts at German museums

A Guam-based cultural performing arts group and a Northern Mariana Islands practitioner traveled to Berlin in August to view ancestral artifacts and remains held in German museums, marking what organizers describe as an important step in...

Q2 AOW: Billings West center AJ Alfons motivated by family and heritage

Just one glance at the left arm of AJ Alfons and you’ll get a picture for who he is. “I'm actually Micronesian. It's out in the Pacific. Not a lot of people know about it. It's by Guam," Alfons said. "My (tattoos), they represent a lot about me....

Hawai‘i Youth Symphony records score for local short film

The Hawai‘i Youth Symphony has performed a music score for a short film about Micronesian kids in Kalihi, which will screen at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival this month. “The Arrangements,” written and directed by Sonny Ganaden, is a...

Letters to the Editor | October 18, 2025

Leadership and our sugar industry The recent FTA Town Hall meeting in Ba exposed not only the tragic state of our sugar industry but also the dismal quality of leadership. The heated exchange between Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh and respected...

Wirtz becomes latest footballer battling to best their objectively weird price tag | Barney Ronay

The verdict is in on the new Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson movie, The Smashing Machine, which does look pretty good to be fair. The key takeaway is this. Anyone who might have dismissed The Rock as simply a bald, grizzled, muscled-up fight sport...

WWII pilot finally returns to Utah home decades after being killed in action

SALT LAKE CITY — A U.S. naval pilot has arrived at his final resting place in Salt Lake City, more than eight decades after he was killed in action during World War II. The emotional internment of the remains of Ensign Howard Holding was held...

'Artivism’: Discussion Saturday on environment and democracy

Right to Democracy is bringing together Guam's artists and cultural practitioners this Saturday for a conversation about how creative work can challenge colonial systems and defend island environments. The free gathering at Asiga Café in East...

More pink gentlemen are needed

It seems Breast Cancer Awareness Month, commemorated in October, has become one of the most recognized cancer awareness campaigns around the world. In Guam, we have seen pink ribbon displays in some stores and a percentage of your purchase would...

Island fun for everyone: 7 family activities on Guam

Aquarium of Guam (Photo courtesy of The Guam Guide) It’s the weekend, and the family has been waiting ALL WEEK to get together and jump into some good ol’ family fun. Where can you actually go? Look no further! Here is your guide to family fun,...

Waverly resident recognized with two prestigious awards

Chris Krueger, associate principal at Mason City High School, has been named the 2026 Iowa Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) and will also be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame...

Hōkūlea And Hikianalia To Set Sail For Aotearoa As Part Of The Moananuiākea Voyage

Press Release – Polynesian Voyaging Society Photo/Supplied (Rarotonga, Cook Islands) Two traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes, Hklea and Hikianalia, are preparing to depart Rarotonga for Aotearoa as part of the Moananuikea Voyage, a multi-year...

Thinking a little too hard about the Dodgers’ massive payroll

In an article published yesterday, MLB.com Brewers beat writer Adam McCalvy wrote that the Dodgers “outspend the Brewers by the GDP of a developing nation.” That line was no doubt intended simply as a humorous remark, but thinking about how...

What to Watch at This Year’s Hawai‘i International Film Festival

Still from No Other Choice, the centerpiece film at HIFF45. Photo: Courtesy of Hawai‘i International Film Festival The 45th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival returns to Consolidated Theatres Kāhala Oct. 16–26, then moves to the West Side...

World News | Hindi Diwas 2025 Commemorated at United Nations Headquarters

New York [US], October 10 (ANI): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (UN), New York, organised the annual Commemoration of Hindi Diwas at the UN Headquarters on Thursday (local time), with the event being attended by the visiting...