PIBBA Guam 2018 Christmas Gathering

Felis Pasgua yan Biba Anu Nuebu to all!  Si Yu'os Ma'ase' for the beautiful PIBBA Guam 2018 Christmas gathering held December 29, 2018 at the World Cafe, Fiesta Resort.

PIBBA Guam Donates Christmas Gifts to the Alee Shelter

PIBBA-IRA Networking: Guam IRA December 2018 Newsletter

Click here to view the December 2018 Guam Council IRA newsletter.

PIBBA-IRA Networking: November 2018 Guam Council IRA Newsletter

Click here to view the November 2018 Guam Council IRA newsletter.

PIBBA Guam Donates to Victims of Typhoon Yutu

PIBBA Guam Donates to Luta

DONATION:  PIBBA Guam members and former CM302 Advanced CHamoru I -Reading students under the instruction of Rosa Salas Palomo donated various items to residents of Luta who were displaced by Typhoon Mangkhut.  Donations were sent to the Luta Mayor's Office for distribution.  Pictured L-R:  Mye Ganan-Flores, PIBBA Treasurer; Terry Flores, Bobbie Benavente, Dr. Debby Ellen, PIBBA members; Palomo, PIBBA President; and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, PIBBA Webmaster.  

PIBBA-Guam IRA Networking: October IRA Newsletter

Click here to view the October 2018 Guam Council IRA newsletter.

PIBBA Feature: Culture and Language in the Pacific

Click here to view the Culture and Language in the Pacific presentation.

PIBBA 2017 Conference Video

Click on the video below to view the 36th Annual International PIBBA Conference hosted in Pohnpei

Congratulations Newly-Elected PIBBA International Officers!

President - Janet Ebil Orrukem (Palau)

President-Elect - Chuuk Chapter

Secretary - Jenny Megofna (Saipan, CNMI)

Treasurer - Rosa Salas Palomo (Guam)
Historian - Jovie Taimanao (Rota, CNMI)

Webmaster - Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera (Guam)
Immediate Past President - Frances Sablan (Saipan, CNMI)

37th PIBBA Annual International Conference a Success!

The 37^th Annual Pacific Islands Bilingual Bicultural Association (PIBBA) Conference was a success! The conference theme, Our Language & 

Culture are the Roots of Our Lives, was highlighted in each of the conference days from June 25-29, 2018. It was natural to hear everyone singing the PIBBA song, which includes all the languages of the region, such as the following chorus: “Iokwe, Raan Annim, Kaselehlia, Alii, Aloha, Olomwaay, Hafa Dei, Tuwoh, Mogethin, Talofa.”

Among the entities that attended the conference are CNMI, Republic of Palau, Pohnpei, Hawaii, and Guam. The mission of PIBBA is to bring these entities together to promote cultural and language activities by disseminating information, involving communities, and encouraging quality education programs through the western Pacific.

Deep gratitude goes out to all PIBBA Conference steering committee members, and all the entities that joined us to make the 37^th Anuual PIBBA Conference a memorable event that will always be remembered! Kalahngan! Si Yu’os Ma’ase’! Mesulang! Kuloh!  Kinissow! Kommol! Kammagar!

Enjoy the following PIBBA Snapshots!