During the hearing, Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero put hard numbers to what island residents experience every day: a flight from Guam to California can cost as much as $4,000, while travel to Hawaii can run between $2,000 and $3,000. These are not luxury vacations. For many families, they are lifeline trips for medical care, emergencies, education, military service, government work, and access to the mainland.

Guam is not waiting for the future; it is being built right now. And the organizations, companies and professionals who show up to do the work will be the ones who shape it.

By David Lubofsky Bill 322-38 breaks the silence that the medical system on Guam depends on. This piece of legislation is the first real threat to the culture of silence that has protected Guam’s medical system for decades. The bill introduced by Sen. Telo Taitague, co-sponsored by Sens. Therese Terlaje, Chris Barnett and Sabina Perez, forces the truth into daylight. It requires doctors to disclose whether they practice privately, for the government, or in both settings. I