(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about Guam’s delegates to the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture or FestPac taking place in Honolulu from
One of the island’s most revered yo’åmte was recognized with the Maga’håga Award on Friday, presented by Gov. Leon Guerrero. Rosalia Fejeran Mateo, lovingly known as Mama Chai, has served
The University of Guam will confer degrees to more than 230 graduates at its Fanuchånan 2020 commencement ceremony Dec. 27.
The ceremony will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, streamed at 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the university s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/UniversityofGuam.
The virtual ceremony will include a keynote speech by Dr. Edison P. Manaloto, a two-time UOG alumnus and the 2006 UOG valedictorian who this year returned to Guam as a medical doctor at Guam Regional Medical City.
“Edison embodies the UOG motto of excelsior, or ‘ever upward,’” said UOG President Thomas W. Krise. “He has continually reached for the next level and the next means of making an impact on his home island of Guam.”