New and seasoned senatorial candidates shared what they believe are the biggest issues in health care and the local economy, and how they want to fix them, at a forum
PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services) — From Oct. 10 to 14, 2022, the 39th General Assembly of the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures or APIL met in the State of
Clearings & Clarifications: This story has been updated to correct that David Panuelo is FSM president, Ed Camacho spoke for the Guam Economic Development Authority and that the Guam Women’s
Gutierrez: Adjusting our economy and following the money
By Carl T.C. Gutierrez
Håfa adai. Today I am delighted to see Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and other island leaders taking rapid strides toward switching up the way Guam does business with the world by capitalizing on our dormant but natural strengths.
Scraping rock bottom of a COVID-shuttered visitor industry, we can hardly diversify our local economy fast enough not if we hope to fill the revenue gap between $660 million in new federal stimulus funding and the tourism rebound we’re targeting over the next 24 to 36 months.
Four industries
Right off the bat, four industries are shaping up for precedence and traction along the 21st century causeway to a sustainable island economy.