2016batonrouge-Presidential-Proclamation

STATE OF MOURNING: On the passing of former Dededo Commissioner Martin C. Benavente   Governor Eddie Baza Calvo and Lt. Governor Ray Tenorio are mourning the late Commissioner Martin C. Benavente who passed away early this morning.   The Governor has declared a state of mourning and all flags will be flown at half-staff until the date...

June 9, 2016 — The Board, Management and Staff at the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam are in a celebratory mood and ecstatic with the recent news out of the Honolulu Airports Districts Office (ADO), Western Pacific Region of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On June 3, 2016, the FAA conducted its annual certification...

(Hagatna, Guam) Two GovGuam agencies have signed up every one of its employees, who are native inhabitants, into the Guam Decolonization Registry. Director of Administration Christine Baleto, and Guam Visitors Bureau deputy manager Telo Taitague yesterday (at a Cabinet meeting) reported to Gov. Calvo that their agencies accomplished this...

In the last few months, Vice Speaker Cruz has been upset about the administration's call for a second actuarial report on the bill that would increase the $1.1 billion unfunded liability at the Retirement Fund by up to $170 million. We're still paying down that $1.1 billion unfunded liability, by the way. And it's unclear how much taxpayers and...

The Guam Department of Labor (DOL) is pleased to announce that a research group has been selected to complete the independent economic impact statement on the minimum wage increase authorized through Public Law 32-178.   The organization was awarded the $45,000 contract today. GDOL anticipates completion of the economic impact statement in...

The Department of Administration is working to get an actuary to study the impact of increasing the unfunded liability to the Government of Guam Retirement Fund by October.   A team, consisting of DOA and BBMR officials, are negotiating with an off-island company on the cost and details of the contract.   “We hope to complete...

The Western Pacific Islands Typhoon Readiness and Planning Workshop kicked off today at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort. The two-day workshop hosted by the Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aims at improving Guam's readiness to respond to and recover from natural disasters...