By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
Variety News Staff

A STATE funeral for former Sen. Paul Bordallo will be held at the Legislature this morning.
Government officials and the Bordallo family will gather at the Legislature Building for the memorial service that starts at 9:45 a.m.
Bordallo, who is credited with the Chamorro Land Trust Act and for advocating the rights of the indigenous people of Guam, served in the 11th and 12th Legislature. He succumbed to a lung disease that he had suffered from for several years. He was 76.
Rep. Donna M. Christensen, D-Virgin Islands, extended condolences to the people of Guam on behalf of the House of Representatives’ committee on natural resources and subcommittee on insular affairs.
“A distinguished, ‘son of the soil’, who was educated at some of our country’s finest institutions, he dedicated his life to his homeland and championed the rights of the Chamorro people,” Christensen said. “He will be missed but he leaves behind a fine legacy which will endure forever.”
In honor of Bordallo, Gov. Felix P. Camacho has declared Guam in a state of mourning.