By Michael San Nicolas The function of government is to govern. To set the framework for public policies and execute the delivery of public services as expected by the community…

We asked the question, ‘Why do you choose to stay on Guam,’ and the overwhelming response from more than 300 readers could be summed up this way: ‘There is no…

By Lou Leon Guerrero Local government can do many things, but it can’t do everything. At its most basic level, the role of government in a free market is to…

The Commonwealth Legislature needs to raise several taxes and further cut pay for government employees in order to fund Medicaid for the poor and group health and life insurance for…

By David Lubofsky While I agree with the concept of the government of Guam self-insuring medical insurance, in a perfect world, it currently negates significant historical factors such as the…

Michael San Nicolas, who ran unsuccessfully for governor last year on a platform of change, chimed in twice on a Kandit discourse about the reasons (what is believed to be)…

The reason we left Guam (Part II) Lou Leon Guerrero said she very much understands the plight of the floundering middle class in an economy of unaffordable costs. In response…

Guahan means “we have,” in Chamorro. It isn’t that place anymore. And with every family that leaves – and not for lack of trying to make it here – the…

The woman in this photo is Guardenia Ferreira, and her family is raising funds for the cost of her trip to accompany a family member for emergency surgery in California.…

By Lee Webber Having lived here since the fall of 1968 and having watched the operations of the government of Guam, it is not hard to understand why our Department…