The Guam Daily Post

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero called senators into special session Wednesday afternoon for a bill that would appropriate $42.4 million as typhoon recovery continues.

Guam's atomic veterans and cancer survivors, left out of a major federal compensation program twice in the past year, are getting another chance after a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation this week to add the island back into the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Guam Del. James Moylan announced the bill Tuesday during a virtual press briefing with three other members of Congress and four survivors of radiation exposure from around the country.

Guam Power Authority bucket trucks returned to Guam after being deployed to Saipan for their Super Typhoon Sinlaku recovery efforts. On Tuesday evening, eight of GPA's utility bucket trucks arrived at the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port two hours ahead of schedule after about a 12 hour trip by barge from Saipan.

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Two men facing charges in connection to leading police officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle will get separate trials. On July 9, a day after the Superior Court of Guam reopened from the closure caused by Super Typhoon Bavi, Judge Maria Cenzon issued an order granting a motion for Wayner George and Heric Suda Andrew to have separate trials.

Dusit Place is adding a mix of new restaurants, retail shops, wellness services, and attractions as part of an ongoing effort to expand its footprint as a lifestyle destination in Tumon. The development, connected to Dusit Thani Guam Resort and Dusit Beach Resort Guam, announced several new tenants and concepts that will open or launch in phases throughout the year.

A joint training exercise between Guam Army National Guard soldiers and a Navy helicopter squadron built momentum this spring under a unit that would soon disappear from the island's chain of command. National Guard officials say that momentum is holding despite Task Force Talon's July 1 deactivation.

When Leslie Moreno-Roacho’s son Zaiden became the first child in New Mexico to receive a state-funded Baby Bond, she told a local television reporter the deposit was “a ticket to opportunities. The opportunities I never had.” On July 4, millions of American families were handed the same kind of ticket. Most had no idea how to use it.

Theories can be useful. But they’re even more useful if they survive real-world scrutiny. In 1920, Congress passed the Jones Act. It mandates that only American ships are allowed to transport cargo between domestic ports. Sen. Wesley Jones, the bill’s namesake, was from Washington state. He wanted to ensure that his state’s shipping industry would have a competitive advantage in moving goods from Alaska. Today’s defenders of the Jones Act offer a similar rationale.

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered immigration agents to temporarily halt most vehicle stops during deportation operations, according to a department official, after the fatal shooting of a man in Maine reignited concerns about the agency’s tactics. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will suspend vehicle stops except those involving serious criminal cases, a DHS official said. The official requested anonymity because the information is not public.