Richard Hugh Benson
Richard Hugh Benson (1926 – 2021) was a judge for the Superior and Supreme Courts of Guam for over 40 years.
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Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Justice, Modern Guam Rises, People
Contemporary Guam Era
Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Language
CHamoru Orthography Rules
With the enactment of PL 33-236 re-establishing I Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan i Lina’la’ i Tåotao Tåno’ (Kumisión) came the responsibility to refine a standard way of linking the atfabeton CHamoru to the sounds of our indigenous language.
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Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Politics and Government
Speaker Joe T. San Agustin
Public servant for more than six decades. Speaker Joe Taitano San Agustin (1930 – 2021) was the epitome of a public servant and a leader in Guam for more than six decades. He was born to Candido Sanchez and Maria Taitano San Agustin of Hagåtña. San Agustin married Carmen Shimizu San Agustin. They had four children, Ann, Mary, Joe, and John.
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Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Justice, People, People and Places
Peter C. Siguenza, Jr.
Peter Charles Siguenza, Jr. (1951 – 2020) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam established in 1996 by the Organic Act of Guam. Prior to his appointment as the first Chief Justice for Kotten Mas Takhelo Guåhan, Siguenza served for 12 years as a trial judge in the Superior Court of Guam.
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Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, People, People and Places, Transportation, Technology and Communications
Jon Alan Anderson
Founder and voice of Guam talk radio. Jon Alan Anderson (1942 – 2019) was best known as the host of The Breakfast Show on K-57 radio from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Politics and Government
Challenge to CHamoru Self-determination: Davis v. Guam
Davis v. Guam is a key court case which addresses the question of who is able to participate in the process to determine Guam’s future political status. The case, which was challenged in US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has far-reaching implications for the future of Guam’s self-determination efforts.
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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, e-Publications, Historic Eras of Guam, Politics and Government
A 1974 Analysis of Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Bearing on the Political Status of Guam
The Guam Legislature’s Subcommittee on Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Relating to the Political Status of Guam under the direction of Senator Richard Taitano produced a report about Guam’s need for a change in political status in 1974.
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Politics and Government, Trends
Fanohge Famalåo’an and Fan’tachu Fama’lauan
Women Rising: Indigenous Resistance to Militarization in the Marianas Archipelago. Graduate student Sylvia Frain examined how indigenous women nonviolently resist the invisible and visible sexist and environmental politics of everyday and expanding militarization by the United States in the Marianas Archipelago.
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Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, People, People and Places, Politics and Government, Wars and Factors of Peace, WWII, WWII/Japanese Era
Ignacio “Buck” Cruz
Ignacio “Buck” Cruz (1927-2017) was a public servant, World War II survivor and a long time Malesso’/erizo Mayor. Cruz served as commissioner and mayor of Malesso’ for 21 years before stepping down in 2000.
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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Politics and Government
United Nations Role in Guam’s Decolonization
UN Charter for self-determination of all peoples. After World War II in 1945 leaders from 51 countries met in San Francisco, Calif. to form the United Nations, committing to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and promote social progress, better living standards and human rights.
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