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A NOAA awarded to the University of Hawaii’s Marine Laboratory is aimed at helping protect coral reefs on Guam and elsewhere in the Pacific.
The $199,996 grant is meant to address the effects of land-based sources of pollution on coral reefs in the Pacific.
The money will fund the first year of a five-year, $1 million [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the University of Guam $50,000 in federal financial assistance through the agency’s Rural Business Enterprise Grants Program. The funding awarded today to the University of Guam is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. President Barack Obama signed [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded $141,000 to the University of Guam (UOG) for the Sea Grant Extension Program. Congresswoman Bordallo supported an increased appropriation of $58 million to the National Sea Grant College Program in the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $403,112 to Guam for the management of pests and diseases and disaster prevention. A total of $45 million has been allocated for projects nationwide through Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill. These projects will support the enhancement of [...]

Over 40 early childhood stakeholders from the Guam Early Learning Council and Project Tinituhon Strategic Management Focus Area Groups participated in the 2009 Early Childhood Summit facilitated by Project staff on November 30th at the Guam Marriott Hotel. Focus Area facilitators from Guam CEDDERS provided participants with activity updates across the four areas of focus, [...]

Going into the New Year, the Guam Department of Education is looking forward to receiving $70 million in stimulus package funds that will be used for much needed capital improvement projects and bringing local schools into the age of information technology, said acting Superintendent Taling Taitano.
“One of the things that’s really exciting on the horizon [...]