Joe Taitano is a journalist for the Pacific Daily News, focusing on local news in Guam, particularly in the Hagatna area. He covers a wide range of topics, including government audits, infrastructure projects, community events, and developments in the healthcare sector. Joe aims to provide accurate and timely information to the residents of Guam, keeping them informed about the issues that affect their daily lives.
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Joe Taitano's coverage predominantly centers around local government and political affairs, with a focus on infrastructure, public services, auditing, and legal compliance. Given this focus, he would likely be receptive to sources who can provide insights into local governance matters such as infrastructure development projects or audits of public services.
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By: Joe Taitano
Lia, an 11-year-old dog, with a roughly two-foot arrow sticking out of her chest. Owners Stacey and Scott Anderson found Lia shortly after they let her out of their Chalan Pago home to use the bathroom around 8 a.m. on the morning of Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024.
By: Joe Taitano
Pacific Human Resource Services employees emerge from a stairwell on the ground-level entrance to the GCIC Building in Hagåtña on Jan. 3, 2025. A notice issued by the Department of Public Works, dated Oct. 7, 2024, is posted near the elevator doors, advising visitors of the inability to use the moving platform, due to its “unsafe” nature. A sign posted by PHRS, a business located on the eighth floor, informs their customers that due to “the elevators being non-operational,” the company has temporarily moved some of its services to the second-floor to better accommodate their needs.
By: Joe Taitano Ii
Public Auditor Benjamin Cruz was sworn in for a third term in office Monday, as his office released a plan for seven new audits this year that include a review
A slate of new village mayors and vice mayors was inaugurated over the weekend but leadership at the Mayors' Council of Guam will stay the same after a Tuesday morning election.
By: Joe Taitano Ii
American Rescue Plan Act money under the governor’s control is down to about $182.7 million and can no longer be moved around, according to the latest ARP fund status report
By: Joe Taitano
Members of the Governor’s Youth Band pose for a group photo in front of what appears to be the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basillica in Hagatña. They played at the January 1977 inauguration of President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C. amid record low temperatures. Conductor and band instructor George Toal is pictured at the far left.
By: Joe Taitano
Port Deputy General Manager Dominic Muna, right, gestures to the trio of gantry cranes offloading containers from a Matson vessel as Sen. Jesse Lujan, center, looks on during a tour of the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port on Jan. 21, 2025.
Monster Auto Corp., doing business as AutoSpot Guam, and TeleGuam Holdings LLC, doing business as GTA, received a combined amount of $1.795 million in federal grants to invest in energy
By: Joe Taitano
The prospect of once again doing the grass cutting for Guam Department of Education schools did not sit well with several mayors on Wednesday.
By: Joe Taitano Ii
Plans for a 132-megawatt, 250,000-panel solar farm off of Cross Island Road in Yona received the Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission’s approval on Thursday.
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