Guam’s Leon Guerrero Emphasizes Benavente’s Regional Impact
SAIPAN — Guam Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero traveled to Saipan for Saturday’s state funeral for former CNMI Lt. Gov. Diego Tenorio Benavente, delivering remarks that highlighted his far-reaching influence beyond the Northern Marianas.
Guam to send inaugural delegation to 2025 World Indigenous Traditional Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Guam will send its first-ever delegation to the 2025 World Indigenous Traditional Games, scheduled for Dec. 6–13, 2025 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, according to a release issued Nov. 28 by the Department of Chamorro Affairs (DCA). The DCA said a 27-member delegation will represent Guam, with the effort organized in conjunction with Taiwan’s Council of Indigenous Peoples and supported by the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB).
Guam Governor calls fifth special session on Mangilao hospital utilities bill
Hagåtña, Guam – Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero has called the Thirty-Eighth Guam Legislature into its Fifth Special Session on Tuesday, Nov. 25, to act on revised legislation authorizing utilities infrastructure on Lot 5280-3 in Mangilao using federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
Guam and CNMI delegates seek 120-day extension on deep sea mining comment period
Washington, D.C. – Guam Del. James C. Moylan and CNMI Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds are calling on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to give island residents more time to respond to a federal notice on potential deep sea mining between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Guam’s Governor, Lt. Governor issue statement on passing of Diego Benavente
Hagåtña, Guam — Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio are extending condolences to the people of the CNMI and the family of former CNMI Lieutenant Governor Diego Benavente, calling him a respected regional leader, longtime friend, and example of a life rooted in loyalty and kindness.
Territorial delegates move to restore de minimis exemption for U.S. territories
WASHINGTON —Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds has joined delegates from Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to introduce H.R. 5960, a bipartisan bill to restore duty-free treatment for low-value shipments from the U.S. territories after the recent suspension of de minimis privileges under Executive Order 14324.
CHCC: CNMI Monitoring Whooping Cough After Guam Case; No Local Cases Reported
SAIPAN — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation is monitoring for pertussis (whooping cough) in the CNMI after Guam confirmed a case on Oct. 13. As of Oct. 22, there are no confirmed pertussis cases in the CNMI, CHCC said
From NWS Guam’s Weekly Regional Weather Outlook: trades steady, spotty showers linger; no tropical threats
SAIPAN – This is from the National Weather Service Guam’s weekly regional weather update issued Tuesday: easterly trade winds have taken hold across the region. For the Marianas, the surface trough and upper low that drove recent downpours shifted west, but a moist E–SE flow will keep patchy showers and a slight chance of thunder through the week; a disturbance passing to the south this weekend could nudge more clouds and showers toward Guam. No tropical cyclone development is indicated. Regional seas are near 5–7 ft in the Marianas and central/eastern Micronesia and 3–5 ft near Yap and Palau, with northerly swell easing as trade-wind swell builds. A Small Craft Advisory is posted for Majuro, and severe drought persists at Kapingamarangi.
HANMI: Saipan hotel occupancy falls to 14.9% in September, lowest since 1992
Rates slip to $113.69 as Korea–Guam seat supply and exchange rates pressure arrivals
SAIPAN – The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands said average occupancy fell to 14.87% in September 2025, down from 43.02% a year earlier and the lowest since 1992 (excluding the peak pandemic). Hotels sold 9,203 of 64,905 room nights; the average rate was $113.69 (Sept. 2024: $130.88).
Guam Secures Over $10 Million for Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness
Guam Secures Over $10 Million for Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness