June 29, 2018 Hågatña — The registration for Liberation Festival vendors is extended until Friday and vendor costs have been slashed by half. The Liberation Festival Committee has confirmed 19 vendors for the July 11 to July 22 event. As planning continues, they find they are able to reduce vendor costs to fill the remaining 9 slots. The...

June 28, 2018 Hagåtña – The Office of Public Accountability’s (OPA) commentary on the financial audit of the Government of Guam for fiscal year (FY) 2017 commended the current Administration on a surplus of $32.7 million. This surplus was achieved even as we fulfilled obligations such as Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), cost-of-living allowance...

June 28, 2018 Hagåtña — “It’s been a long time coming” said Mangilao resident Danny Cepeda at today’s ribbon cutting ceremony for Atanacio Street. “We’ve seen the way the roads have been and they’re not good on the cars. Our Mayors are totally awesome! They always work with their staff to come out here especially for our Man’amko, to come and...

June 28, 2018 Hagåtña – Governor Eddie Baza Calvo signed Executive Order No. 2018-07 in support of petitioning for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) designation for Guam. "HIDTA designation benefits not only the people of Guam, but the region as well,” said Governor Calvo. “In pursuing this designation, we want to send a clear message,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port Authority of Guam successfully sells Inaugural Port Revenue Bonds New York, June 26, 2018 The Port Authority of Guam and the Guam Economic Development Authority successfully sold a total of $71.445 million of 2018 Port Revenue Bonds, realizing a savings of over $20 million from the initial estimated projections. Today’s...

June 28, 2018 Cumulative Deficit reduced from $300M to $73M A combination of reducing spending and increased revenues have resulted in a surplus of $32.7 million surplus for Fiscal Year 2017. The audit report issued by Deloitte & Touche contains an unmodified, or clean, opinion on GovGuam’s financial statements. The Government of Guam has kept up...

June 27, 2018 Hagåtña — A meeting of leadership from Adelup, Guam Memorial Hospital and Guam Power Authority took place today to address the power distribution system at the hospital. “Our island’s only public hospital needs our support. I was grateful to hear that a sister agency, the Guam Power Authority, was willing to assess the panel and the...

June 27, 2018 Hagåtña — Governor Eddie Calvo is calling the Legislature into session at 4 p.m. today to help the Guam Memorial Hospital maintain accreditation and Medicare/Medicaid funding. In his latest effort to provide our people’s only public hospital with the help it needs every year moving forward — once and for all fixing a decades old...