Ma. Isabel Ongpin
I WAS in Guam on holiday in late February. Guam is the largest island of a group known as the Marianas Islands in the Pacific (i.e. Tinian, Saipan, Rota, etc.). The Spanish named it Ladrones (Thieves) in a fit of pique when Magellan and his crew on their way to the Philippines sought harbor there and were robbed. I looked around for some Spanish traces as Guam was simultaneously colonized with the Philippines by Spain for almost 400 years. I only found a Plaza de España somewhere near the cathedral in Agaña (Guam’s capital) which seemed a new addition though I must admit I had very little time to continue searching.