March 12, 2018 Hagåtña — As the Legislature recesses again from addressing the fiscal crisis, the executive branch continues to make cuts. Deeper cuts are being made across the board at agencies this week to include a 32-hour work-week for Adelup senior staff members. Governor Calvo announced last week that everything is on the table when it...

March 11, 2018 Hagåtña — Since January, the executive branch has implemented cost-cutting measures to avoid a shutdown of services. Going into this week, the government will continue to make deeper cuts without a bill passed by the legislature to bridge the financial gap. To date, the following cost-cutting measures have been implemented: All...

March 10, 2018 Hagåtña — Three more criminals will never hurt another man, woman or child on Guam. Governor Calvo commuted sentences for three non-U.S. citizens last month.  Brady Dois was deported on March 8, 2018 while Maxio Anney and Yprok Chutaro continue to await deportation while in federal custody. U.S. immigration officials identified all...

March 9, 2018 (Hagåtña) — With the near payless payday for executive branch agencies and uncertainty for future payroll, Governor Calvo announced today that he, Lieutenant Governor Tenorio, and their senior staffers have volunteered for a 32-hour workweek. “My staff and the Lieutenant Governor's staff understand the dire financial straits that...

March 8, 2018 Hagåtña — Senators today, facing a possible solution to the $67 million shortfall in Sen. Joe San Agustin’s bill, still haven’t reached a decision. This is the eighth special session that the Governor has called them in hopes that they would pass a bill that bridges the $67 million gap. Meanwhile, GovGuam line agencies just barely...

March 8, 2018 Hagåtña — The Department of Administration was JUST ABLE to make payroll this week because of reduced revenues. Whether or not it can happen next week is uncertain. This could have been avoided if Senators had passed a bill that resolved the $67 million in reduced revenues. For more than a month now, the Governor has sent bill after...

March 7, 2018 Hagåtña – Two months, numerous meetings and a CreditWatch later, Senators haven’t passed a bill that would take the government out of this fiscal crisis. The administration today sent a bill to the Legislature that would reduce the timeline of the furlough process from 90 days to 30 days. The contracted timeline would allow the...

NEWS: Administration Weighing Deeper Cuts  Private school bussing, streetlights, and recreational facilities on the table. March 7, 2018 Hagåtña — Months after the implementation of federal tax cuts, the legislature failed again to address the governments $67M shortfall over the next 6 months. This has put government services, employees and the...

March 6, 2018 Hagåtña — As working families have lost employment via non renewals of employment documents, fire and police stations remain closed, thousands of government employees are on track for furlough, and the government is on credit watch, senators failed again to pass a bill to address the incredible $67 million fiscal crisis. “I am...