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9 PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- 2020 has been a very difficult year for everyone. With the COVID-19 pandemic infecting hundreds of thousands and the onslaught of natural disasters ranging from wildfires to back to back hurricanes, everyone has had their share of strife. No one knows this more than Diane Guidry, who owns “Edith’s Place” with her husband Tommy, in downtown Port Arthur. Named after Tommy’s late mother who taught him everything about cooking, the restaurant offering...

UOG Press Victoria-Lola Leon Gurerrero went from intern to news freelancer during her Vibe years

$33M for learning opportunities lost due to pandemic Pacific Daily News View Comments The governors office is making $33 million in Education Stabilization Funds available for student engagement opportunities for Guams public, private and charter school students.  The administration announced the opening of the Governors Education Assistance and Youth Empowerment Grant Program and is soliciting interest and proposals from educational institutions, government entities, community organizati...

Hard-copy distance learning no longer will be an option next year, according to the Department of Education, which has started to register students for next school year. The education board on Tuesday passed a resolution, directing the public schools to phase out hard-copy learning by the end of the current school year, and to offer only online and face-to-face instruction next year, said Superintendent Jon Fernandez. Eliminating hard-copy instruction and distribution will free up more days for...

Christian Panganiban learned how to cook out of necessity. Now he is relaunching Alfredos Steak House and undertaking special projects.

The Guam Department of Education continues to move forward with plans to make portable internet devices available to students and the deadline for internet providers to submit their bids is Feb. 22, according to education Superintendent Jon Fernandez. The public schools have as much as $8 million in federal pandemic funding, from the governor’s office, to lease portable “MiFi” devices through next school year to provide home internet access. The schools also have been distributing laptops...

The Guam Department of Education has finished tracking down hundreds of “missing” public school students after pandemic restrictions were eased and DOE was able to conduct home visits for the first time, according to education Superintendent Jon Fernandez. In October, two months after the school year started, DOE reported that as many as 1,750 students still were “missing” — not enrolled in either of the distance learning options and unable to be contacted using the information on fil...

Students at John F. Kennedy High school will receive free tuberculosis skin tests, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, and immunization updates.

Staff Reports The Guam Department of Education confirmed on Monday that one GDOE employee at Capt. H.B. Price Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Joint Information Center. The Guam DOE is working closely with the Department of Public Health and Social Services to conduct contact tracing. Any close contact of the confirmed case will be notified directly, and areas of the offices where the employee works will be cleaned and disinfected as needed.

The average residential power bill will go up by about $21 a month, starting this month. The Public Utilities commission voted to increase the fuel surcharge known as the LEAC by about 11% effective F