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Recent Press Releases:
NEWS: Health Insurance for retirees will continue despite failures at the Legislature
Retirees' health insurance benefits will continue The Governor is, once again, calling on the Democratic leadership at the Legislature to do their job and stop with the drama that really only illustrates their failures in the financial arena. Vice Speaker BJ Cruz wrote a letter saying “reports” indicate insurance companies will stop providing...
NEWS: Governor reiterates call for leadership and accountability
For immediate release, October 13, 2016 ATTACHMENTS: Letter from Governor Calvo to Speaker Won Pat The Governor is writing again to Speaker Won Pat to ask that she reconsider her stance to not hold an oversight hearing on the education board's sudden termination of Superintendent Jon Fernandez. The baffling turn of events today — during a...
NEWS: Governor moves for deportation of Juan J. Torres
A man convicted of raping a minor has been transferred out of the Guam Department of Corrections and into the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials for deportation. Juan J. Torres was convicted in 2013 for third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony. He was charged with 4 counts of third-degree criminal...
NEWS: Good Neighbor: Boot drive collects more than $15K
The generosity of the people of Guam is shining through once again. Wednesday’s boot drive to help the Nethan family through their time of tragedy collected $15,708. “The depth of this loss is felt by our entire community,” Governor Calvo stated. “And the people of Guam have opened their hearts to this family, and showed them that they do...
NEWS: Governor thanks Sen. Morrison, former Sen. Duenas for their call for transparency on Jon Fernandez's mysterious firing
Hafa Adai, Please see the Governor's reaction to a call by Sen. Tommy Morrison and former Sen. Chris Duenas to find out how the Education board went from lauding Jon Fernandez's efforts to lead Guam DOE (hence the renewed contract) to terminating him at 10 o'clock at night. The Governor wants to hear from students, teachers and others in the...
NEWS: Governor asks Education Board to ensure stable leadership at Guam DOE
Good afternoon, Attached is a letter to the Guam Education Board Chairwoman Lourdes San Nicolas regarding Superintendent Jon Fernandez. In the letter he requests the Superintendent’s reinstatement. 10-3-16 Letter to Lourdes San Nicolas on Jon Fernandez PDF
NEWS: Another criminal given to custody of feds; 3 convicted felons to be deported by feds following Governor’s commutation
The Governor has commuted the sentence of the 10th individual under his initiative to protect the people of Guam. He also received a report from the Department of Corrections that 3 of the convicted felons whose sentences he commuted earlier this month have gone before a federal immigrations judge and are now slated to be deported. The Governor...
NEWS: DOE financial management questioned
The Department of Administration is calling on the Department of Education to explain their shortage in utilities and net payroll, considering they are, and have been, receiving the weekly allotment agreed upon earlier this year. In February, Deputy Superintendent of finance Taling Taitano told the media that they “asked DOA to release about $4...
NEWS: Good Neighbors: Helping a family suffering catastrophic loss
Governor Calvo is reaching out to the Nethan family who lost five children in a fire that engulfed their Yigo home. “As a father and a grandfather I cannot imagine the pain and suffering Rino and Mersetes are going through right now,” the Governor stated. “They lost five children. And its a loss felt by our entire community. We lost five bright...


