Coast Guard Rescues 45 People from Boat

Passengers rescued from a disabled vessel gather on the deck of a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Apra Harbor off Agat, Guam, Oct. 10, 2025. Coast Guard and Guam Fire Department crews responded to a report of a 45-foot...

Is it time to change the clocks this weekend? Here’s when Daylight Saving Time ends

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Daylight Saving Time is coming to an end, so enjoy these last few days of bright evenings. But we have one more complete weekend to enjoy the longer days. We’ll “fall back” to Standard Time on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m.,...

Bank of Guam offers payment assistance to federal and NMI workers

Bank of Guam announced on Oct. 21 that payment assistance options are available to borrowers impacted by the federal government shutdown and a possible budget cut for the Northern Mariana Islands. Bank of Guam said that eligible borrowers for...

A Storm Leveled Their School. 7 Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help

Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is a haunting symbol of a super typhoon’s legacy from 2018 and how Pacific cyclones, their threats growing amid climate change, can plague communities years after they pass through. Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is...

When do we change the clocks? Daylight saving time 2025 ending soon

The nights are growing longer and getting colder — a sign that the clocks are about to go back an hour for the fall 2025 time change. Here's when and what to know about the end of daylight saving time. Many countries around the world and most of...

Ireland’s oldest film fest marks 70 years of joy

Previous Next Published: Fri 24 Oct 2025, 4:03 PM Last updated: Fri 24 Oct 2025, 4:16 PM The Cork International Film Festival is always a huge deal, but each time it notches another decade on its belt, excitement levels are cranked to 11 here on...

Senior Defense Official for Guam emphasizes infrastructure resilience, collaboration, readiness during Guam visit

Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, who also serves as the Senior Defense Official for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, visited Guam Oct. 20-21, his first visit to the U.S. territory since he was sworn into the role in...

5th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival raises awareness of human rights

20 October 2025 Suva, Fiji – Over 3,000 people across the Pacific are seeing human rights in a new light thanks to the 5th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival’s powerful regional screenings. This year’s festival, on the themes of ‘Loss, Damage,...

Daylight saving time is ending. When we're falling back an hour 

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, is the end of daylight saving time. The clocks will fall back one hour. Daylight saving time will start again in 2026 on Sunday, March 8, when the clocks will spring ahead an hour. Here's when sunrise and sunset will be on...

CNMI eyes block agreements with air carriers to guarantee seat purchases

View from Crowne Plaza Saipan in Garapan. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan In a bid to stabilize the descending air service to the Northern Marianas, the local hotel industry has begun negotiating block agreements with air carriers for guaranteed seat...

Fall Back 2025: 9 Must-Know Facts About U.S. Daylight Saving Time, Check Here!

Fall Back 2025 Facts: Do You Know that every November, Americans prepare to fall back for daylight saving time 2025? It is the time when clocks are set back one hour on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2 a.m. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep...

Daylight Saving Time Ends Next Week: Don't Get Caught Off Guard

Next week, it's time to change any of your clocks that don't automatically adjust.Two days after Halloween, most of the US will be moving the clocks backward one hour. Daylight saving time ends on Nov. 2, with the time officially changing at 2...

Clocks to fall back soon in Illinois. What to know about end of DST

Daylight saving time ends in less than two weeks, meaning millions of Americans will soon be turning their clocks back an hour and getting one less hour of sleep. Are you ready for shorter days? Here's everything you need to know as we near the...

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...

A Hong Kong industrialist’s winning football strategy to transform lives

For Raymond Tan, football is more than just a sport – it is a vehicle for social change that can, at times, be an effective way to build government relations when it comes to businesses. The key to running a sustainable charity, said the CEO of...

Does daylight saving time end this weekend? See when clocks fall back

No, daylight saving time doesn't end this weekend, but most of the U.S. is set to "fall back" soon. Daylight saving time ends in Washington state and across the U.S. at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, Nov. 2. That's when clocks are turned back one hour,...

U.S. Territories and the De Minimis Rule

Tariffs have been a contentious topic and are currently heading to the Supreme Court, but how do they affect the U.S. territories? The latest challenge for the territories is the end of the de minimis rule. As Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI)...

5 Airlines: Which Carrier Dominates The Transpacific Air Market?

The commercial aviation industry has changed drastically throughout the 20th and 21st century. However, few regions in global aviation have evolved as drastically as the transpacific market. In the decades following World War II, transpacific...

Parata Air: The Latest Long-Haul Low-Cost Airline To The US

Parata Air, a new South Korean Low-Cost Carrier (LCC), has filed an application with the US Department Of Transportation (DOT) seeking permission to begin service to the United States. According to the application, the carrier intends to start...

Pacific news in brief for 22 October

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere - but we can still make deliberate decisions about how we use it. Photo: 123rf Guam - AI Guam's Bureau of Womens Affairs has backed a bill that would make creating, sharing or possessing non-consensual...