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By Diana G. Mendoza
- Sep 30, 2017
- 3 min
Dead plants and human suffering
Coming home from a one-time, month-long job posting with an international humanitarian organization that has a team deployed in a conflict area, I found myself staring at two pots with dead plants among a row of previously happy looking greens. I stayed there for a while wondering how they died. My plants are the kinds that don't need watering even for a week. I guessed my neighbor or the cleaners in the apartment must have drowned them unintentionally as I asked them to look
Pacific Island Times Staff
- Sep 30, 2017
- 3 min
Pot hole bipartisanship: Guam legislators vote higher gas tax to fix roads
Senator Tommy Morrison Maybe it's more a question of facing reality. Roads don't get fixed and water and sewer systems don't get improved without more funds. And ultimately, those who benefit must expect to pay. The political figures required to bring this about know very well that voters aren't likely to reward them for facing up to this. But a majority of senators in the 34th Guam Legislature have just supported a 4-cent increase to the Liquid Fuel Tax rates intended to fi
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
- Sep 29, 2017
- 3 min
Feds sue Guam over Chamorro land restrictions
Activist and Chamorro Nation Maga'lahi Angel L.G. Santos leads a demonstration/ protest,demanding access to traditional Chamorro fishing grounds.Other concerned citizens and public officials joined in the historic event at Rt. 3A, also known as Potts Junction. Undated 1990s file photo by Eduardo C Siguenza. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued the Chamorro Land Trust Commission alleging it violates the Fair Housing Act by implementing land and housing programs that a
Office Governor of Guam Release
- Sep 29, 2017
- 2 min
Calvo: Stop military construction;
federal refusal to unfreeze H2B last straw for Guam gov
Governor Calvo made similar points about the H2B situation during a recent meeting of the Guam Contractor's Association If Washington won't stop continued denials of skilled foreign workers for Guam projects, Governor Eddie Baza Calvo is demanding an immediate end to military buildup construction while the Record of Decision and Programmatic Agreement that underlie the multi-billion dollar defense effort are reassessed. Read previous story here “I have been provided no viable
New Release, Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo
- Sep 28, 2017
- 3 min
Guam, other territories demand 'fair and robust' aid for hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, VI
The Congressional delegation of U.S. territories wants equal federal disaster relief for all territories. Congresswomen Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón of Puerto Rico authored a letter seeking fair and robust federal emergency assistance for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and all U.S. territories affected by natural disasters in any emergency-relief bills. The complete text of the letter is
Pacific Island Times Staff
- Sep 27, 2017
- 2 min
Admiral Chatfield says existing firing ranges on Guam are too small, justifying NW Field/Ritidian si
Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, Joint Region Marianas Taking on community protest of the planned new live firing range at the former Northwest Field, adjacent to the Ritidian conservation area, Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield has made arguments countering claims by the Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian group and some Guam lawmakers. Admiral Chatfield submitted testimony on Sen. Telena Nelson's Resolution 228-34, which calls for a halt on the firing range complex until the De
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