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Monday, December 13, 2021

SI JOSÉ YAN SI MARÍA

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  They say that modern man doesn't know how to wait, and so we jump right into Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. In many homes, the ...
Monday, December 6, 2021

NINA'HUYONG YU'US TÅTA

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  This is a big favorite among many people.  The nice melody has a lot to do with it, but the words are very meaningful and have a lot to sa...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

GUAM DURING PROHIBITION

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  THERE WAS ALWAYS TUBA AND AGI In 1919, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution outlawed the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

ANGLOPHOBIA OF 1800

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  If you walk around Hagåtña and also if you look up in the direction of Agaña Heights, you will see more than one Spanish-era structure all...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

ÅNTES YAN PÅ'GO

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  This is the last bridge over a river you will pass if you're heading north from Hagåtña. Past this point, there are no more rivers to ...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

CHURCH PEWS

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  The above is a photo of the inside of the Hagåtña church around the year 1900. Notice anything? NO PEWS . You see some benches, but there ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

ABSENTEE HUSBANDS

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  Rosa de León Guerrero Cepeda , whose signature appears above, was a 43 year old married woman in Hagåtña who decided to register her prope...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

THE ROCK AT THE FORK

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  THE ROCK AT THE FORK Two things about Tutuhan or Triangle Park that I remember as a child : the pine trees and the rock. Having grown up i...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

KÅNTA : I PUTI'ON KAHULO'

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  This song was recorded more than twenty years ago by the Singing Bus Drivers of the Department of Public Works. LYRICS I puti’on kahulo’ å...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

TURTLE ISLAND IN CHAMORRO

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It certainly looks like a turtle, but no one called it that till modern times. People in the recent past looked at the island and called it...
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