Hagåtña, Guam – Several Government of Guam agency directors urged lawmakers to maintain proposed funding levels in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Executive Budget Request (EBR) during a public hearing for , warning that failure to do so could result in disruption of government services. “When my Fiscal Discipline Team and I constructed the Executive...

Hagåtña, Guam – Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has ordered all United States and Government of Guam flags on island to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the tragedies of El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The directive is pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation signed by President Trump. “The people of Guam join the rest of the nation...

Hagåtña, Guam – Governor Lou Leon Guerrero is directing Guam Army National Guard (GUNG) engineers currently on annual training to assist the Department of Public Works (DPW) with flood mitigation throughout the island. In response to the Governor’s directive, The Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Esther Aguigui is sending engineers and road clearing...

Hagåtña, Guam - The Commission on Decolonization will host its regular monthly meeting tomorrow, August 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the Cabinet (Large) Conference Room at the Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex.   In light of the recent ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero and Attorney General Leevin Camacho will be...

Hagåtña, Guam – The Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs today pledged to provide Guam with resources to fund the structural assessment of the Guam Memorial Hospital (GMH) facility to be performed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Nikolao Pula, Director of the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is on Guam to join U.S. Department of...

Hagåtña, Guam – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie will be visiting Guam and the CNMI for the first time this week. During his visit, Secretary Wilkie will meet with Acting Governor Joshua Tenorio, as well as members of the Guam Veterans Commission.   On Tuesday, Secretary Wilkie will tour veterans facilities and...

Hagåtña, Guam – The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA) is pleased with the recent payments it received in Medicaid reimbursements which total $1.4 million for the month of July. GMHA also received a payment for Medicaid claims of $1.1 million in June. MEDICAID/MIP PAYMENTS RECEIVED: June 4, 2019 - $513,242.13 June 10, 2019 - 1,047.22 June...

Hagåtña, Guam – The Leon Guerrero-Tenorio Administration has made $32.8 million in Medicaid payments to various vendors and healthcare providers. This follows the passage of the Disaster Aid Bill in June which included a provision to temporarily increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Guam to 100% on remaining Affordable...

Hagåtña, Guam – The latest set of bills Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed into law will provide much-needed funding to the Autism Community and to riders of mass transit. Bill 130-35, authored by Senator Therese Terlaje with input from the Governor’s Office, appropriates $150,000 from the Healthy Futures Fund to the Department of Administration...