Scarlet bloom.Flame trees along Tun Herman Pan Road in As Lito are beginning to bloom. Described as the most colorful tree in the world, the flame tree is the state tree of the CNMI. Photo by Mark Peñaranda

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GUAM EDITION

Tony Aguon of the Port Authority of Guam’s Building Maintenance Division gestures as he explains to senators why he does not support the confirmation of Monte Mesa, left, as board chairman of the Port Authority of Guam at a hearing yesterday. Photo by Paul Blas

• Port chairman comes under fire
  
• Guthertz seeks probe into DOA hires
  
• Agencies still not submitting financial reports
  
• Salvation Army Thrift Store burglarized
  
• Department of Land Management defends employee transfer
  
• Governor, first lady encourage youth to stay away from alcohol
  
• May 13-19 is Guam Police Week
  
• Man arrested for burglary
  
• Drug peddler gets 5 years
  
• Judge accepts ‘ice’ recipient’s guilty plea
  
• 2 women with fake money, stolen checks arrested
  
• Direct Instruction leads to middle school reading improvement
  
• Bill to allow GFD’s re-hiring of retirees
  
• Lujan demands rollback of CCU members’ stipend
  
• AGO wants pretrial conference in worker case against 10 port officials
  
• Progress of school construction can be monitored via Internet
  
• Navy awards Guam housing contracts
  
  Editorials/Columns/Letters
• The Outsider Perspective:Bats are not a healthy food
  
• Now is not the time to revive the Bureau of Women’s Affairs
• Corruption

• Poliarco scores 30 in Engineers win
  
• Sharks down Knights in girls’ soccer
  
  

Administration mulls 90-day unpaid holiday for some gov’t workers
SOME government employees may be forced to take a three-month unpaid holiday and other nonessential agencies may be abolished if revenue collections do not improve, according to Press...(Full Story)

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Benedetto: Attitude change needed vs human trafficking
FEDERAL Labor Ombudsman Jim Benedetto says a “change in attitude” about human trafficking is needed if the CNMI wants to deter this crime, which has victimized more than 40...(Full Story)

PSS may lay off support staff
BOARD of Education Chairman Roman C. Benavente says they will have to consider the termination of the Public School System’s support staff due to lack of funding.....(Full Story)

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