Guam in a sentence

The Pink Ball, which would have turned seven this year, is an annual fundraiser that benefits Guam Cancer Care, the Guam Diabetes Association, Lupus Awareness of Guam, Harvest Guam and Project Inspire.

HAGÅTÑA, Guam — The Guam Office of Technology installed the Social Security Administration Express icon onto 61 Guam Public Library System computers at six locations — Agat, Barrigada, Dededo, Hagåtña, Merizo and Yona — according to a Dec. 26 release.

If Guam doesn’t take a direct hit, it will be very close, said Patrick Doll, the lead meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam.

Among Guam’s current numbers, the Port Authority of Guam announced Aug. 24 two more employees had tested positive for a total of three.

Upon her return to Guam in 1966, she taught drama at Academy of Our Lady of Guam for two years, moving to the Department of Education in 1968 as an administrator.

Han has made his stateside return after 10 years of experience in Guam and Saipan, most recently as chef de cuisine of VIP services at Imperial Palace Resort in Saipan and Chef de Cuisine at the Hyatt Regency in Guam.

American era Capture of Guam The village of Piti shortly after Guam's capture by the Americans.

Before Guam's inclusion, calling the U.S. required dialing the international 011 first, thus resulting in higher long distance rates and less frequent calls to the U.S. by relatives in Guam.

DoDEA Guam operates three elementary/middle schools and one high school. citation Public libraries Guam Public Library System operates the Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library in Hagåtña and five branch libraries.

Economy 2009 Guam quarter seeAlso Guam's economy depends primarily on tourism, Department of Defense installations and locally owned businesses.

Guam prior to European contact Chief Gadao is featured in many legends about Guam before European colonization.

Nearly four years later, Congress passed the "Guam-Virgin Islands Delegate" Act that allowed for one Guam delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Post-war After World War II, the Guam Organic Act of 1950 established Guam as an unincorporated organized territory of the United States, provided for the structure of the island's civilian government, and granted the people U.S. citizenship.

Primary and secondary schools seeAlso The Guam Department of Education serves the entire island of Guam.

Probably belong into Timaliidae * Guam bridled white-eye, Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus (Guam, Marianas, 1983) : Bridled white-eye nominate subspecies or possibly monotypic species.

Some companies in the U.S. mainland still treat Guam as a foreign country and refuse to sell and ship items to Guam.

Stafford, William Edwin (1905) Useful Plants of Guam In southern Guam, non-native grass species dominate much of the landscape.

The Commercial Port of Guam is the island's lifeline because most products must be shipped into Guam for consumers.

The military and village communities have "adoption" programs where Guam's population and military personnel stationed on Guam perform community service projects.

While Guam's Chamorro culture has indigenous roots, the cultures of both Guam and the Northern Marianas have many similarities with Spanish and Mexican culture due to three centuries of Spanish rule.