Hagåtña, Guam – The Guam War Claims Processing Center will open its doors on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 9 a.m. It will be located at the old Hakubotan Building across from the Tamuning Post Office. A ribbon cutting ceremony will also be held on the same date at 8:30 a.m. “We are so excited to finally have a center where our World War II...

Hagåtña, Guam - Governor Lou Leon Guerrero will be writing to Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, to share the selfless acts of two students here on Guam. On Wednesday, Governor Leon Guerrero and Lt. Governor Joshua Tenorio visited St. Anthony Catholic School to meet with 7-year-old Teia Tan and 10-year-old Deion Tan. Earlier this week,...

Hagåtña, Guam - In line with recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force to Reform Government Permitting Procedures, the Business License and Permit Center (BLPC), formerly known as the One Stop Center, is improving its hours and services. Effective today, each agency housed at the Upper Tumon site is open for business on Mondays, Wednesdays,...

Hagåtña, Guam – The Holiday Home Tree Decorating contest winners have been announced. Non-profit organizations were invited to sponsor and decorate Christmas trees to be featured at “The Governor’s Holiday Home” located at Government House. A total of seven organizations participated in the tree decorating event. The winners are: First Place:...

Hagåtña, Guam – Governor Lou Leon Guerrero issues the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the nearly $1.4 trillion spending bill which includes a provision for $127 million in Medicaid funding for Guam. “Today, Democrats and Republicans in Congress put national partisanship aside to help millions of people they have never met. This...

Hagåtña, Guam – Guam is that much closer to receiving hundreds of millions of dollars more in Medicaid funding with the passage of a spending bill by the House late last night. The bipartisan measure includes a provision that increases Medicaid funding to Guam to $127 million annually until September 2021 and also increases the Federal Medical...

Hagåtña, Guam – Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has announced that the new H-2B prevailing wage rates for common construction occupations were recently approved by USCIS through a biennial process using Guam data gathered from the USDOL OES Survey. These rates will not change again until December 2021. The new rates only affect new applications filed...

Hagåtña, Guam – Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has selected Luis Rivera Baza as the new Deputy General Manager of the Port Authority of Guam (PAG). His nomination has been confirmed by the PAG Board of Directors. “I want to welcome Luis to the Port Strong Family. He is no stranger to government operations and working in the ship and port industry....

Hagåtña, Guam - Governor Lou Leon Guerrero recently met with an inspiring young woman committed to making a difference. Keisha May Ayson is an eighth-grader at Astumbo Middle School. Ayson wrote to Governor Leon Guerrero requesting more be done at school campuses to lessen our carbon footprint. During a meeting with the Governor this week, Keisha...