HEADLINES
Lujan: One Website for Procurement Documents
Sen. Jesse Lujan is proposing to amend Guam law so that requests for proposals and invitations for bids are published all in one place online. Bill 8-37 would task the Office of Technology with creating and adding web pages for the publications on the Guam public...
Sen. Lujan: Lower taxes on businesses, food, medicine sales
The push to reduce business privilege taxes is back with the 37th Guam Legislature. Sen. Jesse Lujan over the weekend introduced legislation to roll back business privilege taxes, or BPT, from 5% to 4%. He’s also introduced a measure to suspend the BPT applied to the...
Lujan’s proposed resolution to pause Jones Act
To help bring down prices, Sen. Jesse Lujan is seeking a temporary, 24-month waiver of the Jones Act. It's an old law that prevents cheaper, foreign-flagged carriers from shipping between U.S. ports, including Guam. The Jones Act was passed more than a...
December 18, 2022
Letter: Effects of inflation, pandemic not distributed equally
December 03, 2022
Letter: Early voting helps elections, community
November 27, 2022
Letter: Health emergency ends, but other battles remain
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
2022
Newroom • Letters to the EditorDecember 18, 2022 Letter: Effects of inflation, pandemic not distributed equallyDecember 03, 2022 Letter: Early voting helps elections, communityNovember 27, 2022 Letter: Health emergency ends, but other battles remainNovember 19, 2022...
2021
Newroom • Letters to the EditorDecember 25, 2021 Letter: Restoring tourism top priority December 5, 2021 Letter: Reviving Guam Tourism November 13, 2021 Letter: Do more to aid tourism October 21, 2021 Letter: Efforts to revive tourism are crucial, need support...
IN THE NEWS
Oversight hearing called with GVB
Sen. Jesse Lujan, currently acting as chair of the legislative committee on tourism, has called for an oversight hearing of the Guam Visitors Bureau next week, set for Feb. 10. There are several discussion points for the oversight, including the status of harmonizing...
Visitors bureau board meeting halted over directorship issue
A special meeting of the Guam Visitors Bureau board of directors ended for lack of quorum Tuesday, but only after nearly an hour, over which a large part was spent in heated discussion on whether the board could proceed with the meeting. The agenda was simple -...
Law enforcement seize fentanyl; officials want overdose medication widely available,
Government officials want to hand out medication capable of stopping an opioid overdose in its tracks, ahead of concerns that Guam could be struck by the opioid epidemic that’s already swept across much of the mainland. GPD Chief Stephen Ignacio told lawmakers Monday...
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PRESS RELEASES
Senator Jesse Lujan Introduces Legislation Mandating all Government of Guam RFPs and IFBs Be Published Online on One Easily Accessible Government Website
Today Senator Jesse Lujan introduced Bill 8-37. Bill 8-37 would amend the current procurement law of the Guam Code Annotated so that all Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitations for Bids (IFBs) will be published in one central location online within a...
Senator Lujan Introduces Two Bills to Lower the BPT and a Jones-Act-focused Resolution on Week One of the 37th Guam Legislature
Yesterday, Senator Lujan introduced Bill 3-37 to roll back the BPT from five percent to four percent while keeping all existing exemptions for small businesses in place. Senator Lujan also introduced Bill 4-37 which suspends all BPT on the sale of food and...
Senator-Elect Lujan meets with the Chief of Police and Director of Customs & Quarantine as he prepares draft legislation to fight the crystal meth plague on Guam
Senator-Elect Jesse Lujan held separate fact-finding meetings with the Director of Customs & Quarantine, Ike Peredo, and Chief of Police, Stephen Ignacio this week. The meetings primarily focused on what can be done to combat the serious crystal meth problem the...
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