The Junction News Team
Tiyan Campus Purchase: The Untold Story (Third Part)
For this part of our Tiyan series, we would want to present to you the historical timeline of the Tiyan Campus purchase as concisely as we can. June 2008: JFK staff and students share GW (George Washington) High School in double sessions. 2008-early 2009: GSA puts out an Invitation for Bid for the “Lease and […]
Joe Guevarra, Jr. – a family of bankers
Perfect numbers, like perfect men, are very rare. –Rene’ Descartes One look at the man even in his recent pictures and you won’t see a typical 84 year-older. He doesn’t seem to dress like a grandpa. I assume he loves to hang out and smiles at family celebrations a lot. I never got the chance […]
Loren Legarda is global champion for resilience at COP 21
PARIS, France – The veteran campaigner and advocate, Senator Loren Legarda, has been recognized at the Paris UN Climate Conference, COP21, as a Global Champion for Resilience. \The appointment was announced by Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, yesterday at the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Meeting. […]
Cebu Pacific all set for its first U.S. flight with cheapest rate of $40
Finally, every Juan meets Uncle Sam! Manila, Philippines – Cebu Pacific will finally soar high for its first U.S. debut flight bound to the Island of Guam on March 16, 2015. On their press release, November 25, the Cebu Pacific Management announced that they are going to have four (4) flights for the route Manila-Guam […]
Gov’t Salary Increases: A Fiasco Traced Years Back
NOVEMBER 18, 2015 – The last stroke to recall the salary increases of elected and appointed government officials was voted down by the Legislature, 8:7. A lot of Guamanians were disappointed while majority of the senators stood their ground. Democratic Senator Michael F. Q. San Nicolas, who filed Bill No. 204-33 together with four others, […]
GMHA’s doctors are highest paid “unclassified employees”
Amidst the ongoing controversy of the elected officials’ retroactive salary increases they gave to themselves and the administration’s cabinet officials, the Governor opened up a hornet’s nest when he mentioned that there is long list of 6-digit earners on the island. What we found, indeed there are a lot of them, unclassified government employees (appointed […]
Governor signs GMHA rates hike into law
Patients expect 5% yearly increase NOVEMBER 25, 2015 – Guam Memorial Hospital Administration (GMHA) can now implement their rate increase as Governor Eddie Baza Calvo formally signs the hospital’s proposed rate adjustments as Public Law 33-98. Topping the list of rates increase is the “PTA-Tibioperoneal Artery/Branches” and “Intravascular Stent Percutaneous Init” both with a rate […]
CCU Gives Incentives for Energy-Saving Appliances
GPA Customers purchasing energy efficient appliances starting December 1st can apply for cash rebates with the submittal of completed application(s) for qualified appliance models from local vendors. Energy Sense is the name of the program approved by Public Utilities Commission and the Consolidated Commission on Utilities that provides for direct cash incentives for qualified energy […]
San Nicolas opposes Hybrid Retirement Plan Contribution Rates, Calling it a Tax on GovGuam Employees
In a letter to Vice Speaker Cruz, Senator Michael F.Q. San Nicolas firmly opposed the change in contribution rates proposed by the Retirement Fund to pay for the Hybrid Plan as introduced by Vice Speaker Cruz’s Bill 2-33. In a letter to the Vice Speaker, Senator San Nicolas describes the change in contribution rates as […]
