Torres to Fund Nurse Pay Increase in FY22 Budget
The following is news from the Office of Sen. Mary Torres: In line with Governor Leon Guerrero’s prior authorization to increase public...
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Bills easing the adoption of children receive overwhelming support from senators
The following is news from the Office of Sen. Mary Camacho Torres: Recognizing that no unharmed infant should have to go into foster...
Catfight or implosion? Leaked group chat messages from the Republican Party spotlights infighting
By Johnnie Rosario johnnie@kanditnews.com Republican senators Telo Taitague and Joanne Brown have been bashing their Republican colleague...
Guam senators authorize local forfeiture statute
The following is a news release from the Office of Sen. Mary Camacho Torres: To stem the tide of drug trafficking into Guam, senators...
Customs backs Torres bill to forfeit illegally-obtained assets to GovGuam
The following is a news release from the Office of Sen. Mary Torres: A measure to generate additional revenue for Guam’s First Line of...
This is how gubernatorial rumors get started...
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Bipartisan adoption bills reduce trauma, provide permanency
The following is a news release from the Office of Sen. Mary Camacho Torres: A pair of bills that would bypass the foster care system and...
Republican now wants to maintain higher taxes
By Troy Torres troy@kanditnews.com First, it was Republican Gov. Eddie Calvo, who championed the business privilege tax increase that...
Torres bills update foster & adoption laws, Safe Havens for babies born to distressed mothers
Editor's note: In June 2018, a young mother left her newborn in a laundry basket at the doorstep of a Dededo family she believed would...
Senators propose local forfeiture statute to take assets of drug smugglers, criminals
The following is a news release from Sen. Mary Torres: To stem the rising tide of drug abuse, Guam’s First Line of Defense needs the...
Guam becomes first territory to allow automatic nurse licensure from states
By Johnnie Rosario johnnie@kanditnews.com Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero praised Sen. Mary Camacho Torres for authoring legislation she hopes...
AG gets tough on rapists and sex offenders
By Troy Torres troy@kanditnews.com Attorney General Leevin Camacho believes repeat sex offenders should not be given second chances. In...
Cross section of community rejects Speaker Terlaje's nurse pay bill
By Eric Rosario eric@kanditnews.com The common consensus among various people who testified today on Speaker Therese Terlaje's bill to...
OPINION: Who do you trust?
Sen. Mary Torres responds to criticism over her legislation to attract more nurses to Guam with reasons to support her approach.
OPINION: Special interest legislation puts GMH patients at risk
By David Lubofsky dlubofsky@outlook.com As a consumer of health care and an advocate to protect all of Guam’s health care consumers, one...
Port employees happy Brown is out, Respicio is in
Guam seaport employees overwhelmingly are happy their old general manager, Joanne Brown, was replaced by Rory Respicio and his management te
Nursing shortage and pay at heart of debate among senators
Senators have stalled Guam's entry into a nurse licensure compact that would have allowed more nurses to work on Guam.
The Battle for Speaker (Guam) ROUND 4: Sen. Jose "Pedo" Terlaje
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a multi-round series about the election for the next speaker of the Guam Legislature. The selection...
DOC officer falls to COVID-19
By Troy Torres troy@kanditnews.com As the seaport family was preparing their tribute to a Port Authority employee, who died from...
The Battle for Speaker (Guam) ROUND 3: Sen. Amanda Shelton
Editor's note: This is the third in a multi-round series about the election for the next speaker of the Guam Legislature. The selection...
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