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Can NMC Avoid Closure?

July 8, 2010 Can the governor and members of the legislature stop interfering in the affairs of the Northern Marianas College?

NEWS UPDATE: Trash cart rollout for residential customers complete

The Guam Solid Waste Management Division announced today that the rollout of the new cart-based residential trash collection system has been successfully completed.

Military eyes Adelup?

THE Navy is seeking to conduct a habitat study on lots in the Radio Barrigada area and several properties within the Apra Harbor area, which includes the Ricardo J.

Educational Campaign?

May 27, 2010 Oscar Rasa , the former CNMI House Speaker with the criminal background and ties to Governor Fitial , claims that Saturday’s political rally is intended to be a “political education program.” Rasa is the president of the non-profit group, the CNMI Descent for Self-Government and Indigenous Rights. The group was said to have been formed specifically to back Governor Fitial’s anti-federalization lawsuit that was filed in September 2008 as an attempt for the CNMI to maintain their broken labor and immigration system

NEWS UPDATE: 3 p.m.- GCC to host Republican candidate forum tomorrow

Guam Community College students enrolled in instructor Fred Tupazs Skills Management Development class are implementing concepts from their course to plan and host two gubernatorial Meet the Candidates forums this week and next week.

WESPAC: A Love Story

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is at it again. They are trying to create loopholes that would allow for all types of damaging commercial fishing inside the Islands Unit of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument. This is so frustrating on so many levels, the first one being that what they are proposing is unconstitutional (in spirit)

Solid waste program desperate for staffers

Guam Environmental Protection Agency employees who are working on the prioritized Solid Waste Management Program are under tremendous stress, since GEPA Administrator Lorilee Crisostomo continues to ignore their request to fill the vacancies that has plagued the program and is now operating without any personnel out of the 11 full time vacancies, Variety sources said.

Layoffs looming at GEPA Federal grant unable to fund employees

Guam Environmental Protection Agency personnel who are drawing a salary from the federal consolidated environmental grant may be laid off as early as this summer since as of March 3, the total deficit for personnel salaries and benefits is approximately $1.115 million, according to documents obtained by Variety from a budget analyst of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research.

NEWS UPDATE: Federal court appoints management team to oversee Mental Health department (Pacific Daily News)

The federal court on Guam today denied a motion to place the local Mental Health department under a receivership, but did appoint court monitors to be the management team that oversees the department’s services to people with mental health disabilities.

We’re All Friends Now

The Saipan Tribune has an excellent story on all the support being generated for placing a Mariana Trench Visitors Center and the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument Headquarters on Saipan. The story appeared on the front page of the Tuesday, February 23 edition of the paper with some of the biggest headlines I’ve ever seen for Saipan. ‘Put Marine Monument visitors center in CNMI, not Guam’ Residents, officials press US Congress to honor presidential proclamation By Haidee V.