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San Nicolas: Guam has opportunity for "golden age" moving forward By Joe Taitano II View Comments Del. Mike San Nicolas struck a note of hope for Guam's future during his congressional address on Monday, his first since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the island in March 2020.  "Our island is at an inflection point, emerging from the greatest danger our community has faced directly since World War II," he said of the pandemic . Much of the address focused on federal money and programs that his office had been working to secure. Gaps in federal funding were closing up through improved Earned...

The measure would remove the Land Trust from the leasing process. San Agustin’s Bill 36 also would waive the legal requirement for competitive bidding of Land Trust leases and allow only GTA TeleGuam to lease the submerged land for its $30 million underwater telecommunications cable project. The bill is scheduled for a public hearing March 11, by the committee on land. It authorizes the governor to negotiate and issue a 21-year lease for submerged land at the Alupang reef flat and channel. The money from the lease would go to the Land Trust. GTA’s proposal to lease two submerged sites, in...