Views from the trench

In December 2002, Mother Nature furiously pummeled Guam with winds of over 150 mph for nearly 16 hours. When Supertyphoon Pongsona...

I got pregnant for the first time early in 1990. My husband and I were so excited. One day in April, when I was about 11 weeks along, I...

Attention all sexually active males, young and old alike. I am focusing on males right now because according to the Guam Police...

*The following incident actually happened. The names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved. It was around 2 a.m. on...

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway.” That quote from former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt...

“It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.” That quote from Will Rogers has never been more...

One of the lowest points in my journalism career came after the now-defunct Latte Magazine published an investigative piece I had...

The late governor Ricky Bordallo said many times that the way you keep the CHamoru culture alive is to keep CHamoru people on the island....

May is Foster Care Month. On Guam, what does that mean? It means the governor signs a proclamation citing how many children are in need...

Back when I was a reporter for the now defunct Cable News, I covered the case in March 1986 where a young man’s body was found stabbed 40...

Last month was National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The trouble is, what does human trafficking look like? Most...

“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day,” as Nina Simone sings in her classic “I’m Feelin’ Good.” For 2021, one of my “new dawn” mantras is male...

Everyone on my Christmas list is getting gifts purchased locally this year. Sure, it’s easier to just dive into your computer and with a...

If this wretched Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we all need to adopt healthier eating habits. Obesity rates and...

Given the current climate in our country, most of us would agree that roughly 50-60 percent of what is posted on Facebook (maybe even...

It is insulting that one of the first criticisms of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick was the false claim that she “may...

I was born and raised in the Midwest United States. A far west suburb of Chicago, to be exact. But since I have lived most of my life...

Imagine that at age 14, when you are either in 8th grade or just starting your freshman year of high school, a man rapes and impregnates...

Censorship is a strong word. It was bandied about by some very naive reporters after a live Zoom media conference given by Gov. Leon...

We are beating this wicked Covid-19 virus. It may not seem like it, what with our island and nearly our entire country in a shutdown,...

March was women’s history month. The several events I was involved in throughout the month highlighted the history of women’s...

This is a column about menstrual cups. If you are a father, husband, boyfriend, brother, friend, distant relative, co-worker, etc., of...

My heart sighed upon seeing Greg Champion’s Facebook post about the passing of my first boss on Guam, Lee Holmes. Mr. Holmes, as we all...

Perspective is everything. So it is understandable that good, decent men from some of the islands in Micronesia may have been upset by my...

One of the most disturbing news items of late (aside from the acting attorney general of Yap being murdered, perhaps because she was...

I wear two hats at Adelup: director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, and administrator of the Governor’s Community Outreach Federal...

Attention, enterprising young environmentalists/activists who care about the future of our previous island. If you really want to make a...

The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Guam from Japanese occupation has come and gone. The celebrations, the memorials, and the...

Teaching American history in venues as varied as the University of California-Berkeley and San Quentin Prison, now Northwestern...

Kudos to Sanford Technology Group, to the National Association of Women in Construction, the American Association of University Women,...

The late Regina Manibusan Reyes told of being raped when she was six months pregnant after she had snuck back down from her in-laws’...

Last month, Freedom of Information Day came and went relatively quietly once again on March 16. It was chosen so because it is the...

Blown out zoris. Plastic motor oil bottles. Plastic drinking bottles of every shape and size. A five-gallon plastic bucket partially...

When my youngest daughter was 11 years old, she was a huge Hannah Montana fan. Hannah Montana, in case you don’t know, was the Disney TV...

Now that the dust has settled from Guam’s 2018 election, three things stand to the fore. First: Guam voters don’t do deals. Politicians...

With the holidays just around the corner, and all the revelry that will ensue, I’ve been meaning to discuss something with island...

Here we go again. Flashback to 1990, when Guam was first thrust into the national spotlight over the issue of abortion. The late Senator...

When I was in the fifth grade at a Catholic grade school in Illinois, we had a classmate whose parents were fairly recent immigrants from...