Guam's Top Stories of 2019
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In the final moments of 2019, we look back to some of the major stories that made headlines this past year. A mayor indicted and arrested, major drug busts and drug-induced crimes ruining our island, and illegal pay raises for top managers at the Guam Waterworks Authority and Guam Power Authority made the cut for Top 3.
We also put together some of our honorable mentions – stories of note that didn't make the cut for Top 10. Additionally, island public figures who passed away in 2019 are also remembered.
- Nick Delgado | The Guam Daily Post
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- John O'Connor | The Guam Daily Post
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Bonuses and pay raises handed to Guam Power Authority and Guam Waterworks Authority management and in-house lawyers led to a determination fro…
- Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
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Guam’s illegal drug problem, primarily methamphetamine, continued to wreck many lives in 2019 and put the safety of many island residents at r…
- John O'Connor | The Guam Daily Post
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Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed the Guam Cannabis Industry Act of 2019 into law on April 5, decriminalizing marijuana use for adults 21 and olde…
- Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
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With 11 days left in 2019, the Guam Legislature, by a vote of 12-3, voted to pass Bill 181-35.
- Nick Delgado | The Guam Daily Post
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The year at the Department of Corrections included a multitude of issues from inmates being mistakenly released from custody to a shift in lea…
- By Oyaol Ngirairikl | The Guam Daily Post
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Ambulances were again being diverted away from Guam Memorial Hospital for at least several days this month because the emergency room was fill…
- By Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
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The government of Guam nearly missed a chance to take the last step of a years-long battle to defend its plebiscite vote on Guam's future poli…
- Lannie Walker | The Guam Daily Post
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In September, the first case of locally acquired dengue fever in 75 years was confirmed on Guam. By Nov. 13, the Department of Public Health a…
- By Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
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The Archdiocese of Agana did what was inevitable in January 2019 as it faced mounting claims of sexual abuse of children that allegedly occurr…
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