Juan Carlos Benitez and Hermann Ferre with Phill Leon Guerrero

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Drunk man threatening motorists with toy gun arrested January 22, 2020
An intoxicated man brandishing a toy gun at passing motorists was arrested yesterday by the Guam Police Department. A viewer submitted video showed the drunk man threatening motorists along Salisbury Street by Jung Ho Mart in Dededo. The man can be seen staggering drunkenly in the middle of the street, threatening cars, and at one […]
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OAG asks Supreme Court to reinstate felony animal abuse charges against Pugua’s killer January 22, 2020
In a brief filed Wednesday with the Supreme Court of Guam, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) detailed why it believes the Superior Court of Guam made a mistake when it dismissed felony animal abuse charges against Gerald Wayne Cruz II. The case arises out of allegations that Cruz used a .22 caliber rifle […]
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Officer accused of pocketing dropped wallet pleads not guilty January 22, 2020
After years on the force, Ryan Gene Guerrero Shimizu has found himself on the other side of the law as an indictment was handed down against him accusing him of theft. The incident occurred last November at the Chalan Pago Familia Mart where Shimizu was identified as the individual seen on surveillance video pocketing the […]
Jolene Toves
Judge Bordallo resignation may impact Mark Torre Jr. trial January 22, 2020
Jury selection is ongoing in the Mark Torre Jr. case, but there is a possibility that the case may be impacted significantly as presiding judge Michael Bordallo has announced his impending resignation during jury selection this morning. Bordallo’s “impending resignation” — as he put it — will result in the assignment of the case to […]
Jolene Toves
Heated discussions between senators and HRRA members over alleged missing documents January 22, 2020
Tensions were high Tuesday night as lawmakers grilled the Hagatna Restoration and Redevelopment Authority (HRRA) on the lack of documentation for nearly $200,000 of taxpayer money spent in early 2019. During the committee oversight hearing on the HRRA, senators neither hid their frustration nor minced words. Speaking on the documents in question, Speaker Tina […]
Mai Habib
Youth service workers want parity in wages January 22, 2020
Around 20 Department of Youth Affairs youth service workers told lawmakers Tuesday that they want to be known as officers of the law and paid the same as their counterparts at the Department of Corrections and the Guam Police Department. The youth workers were testifying on two bills: Bill 244-35 and Bill 243-35, put forward […]
Mai Habib
Tensions rising between local and Micronesian fishermen January 22, 2020
Santa Rita Mayor Dale Alvarez is concerned about the growing competition between local fishermen and the immigrant community for the dwindling stocks of bottom fish around the island. “I’m getting a lot of complaints from the local fishermen. Charter boats just cut right in front of them or right behind them cutting their fishing lines,” […]
Kevin Kerrigan
First-ever Mexican H-2B workers coming to Guam January 22, 2020
The number of H-2B workers on Guam has risen to 1,176 and more are due to arrive in the coming months, including the first-ever foreign workers from Mexico. Greg Massey, the administrator of the Guam Department of Labor’s alien processing division, provided an update on the H-2B crisis during a meeting of the Guam Contractors […]
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