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How the military housing allowance structure warps Guam’s rental market
At this point, just keep service members and their families on base or designate Guam an unaccompanied tour. Seriously. Rent is ridiculous and landlords keep using the military as their favorite excuse to jack up prices. “Oh, the BAH/OHA is high!” Yeah, that’s exactly the problem.
Let’s stop pretending there’s some complicated mystery behind this housing crisis. The root of the problem is greed. Period. So if we want to be realistic, keep service members in the barracks, keep families on base and stop feeding a rental market that’s inflating itself with outer space.
— Songe Mariuana Guam
Court keeps GovGuam’s eminent domain power in check
Governor, stop using the elderly and the veterans as reasons for a master plan for your grand Mangilao project. You can’t even deal with the existing issues faced by veterans, homelessness and other situations facing the island currently. — Edith C. Iriarte
Federal official appeals to Palau to accept US deportees
Why keep forcing and bullying the small nation? No means no. — Francis Silk
Palau President eyes US deportees as a solution to labor shortage
Not only is this a grasping-for-straws argument, it’s so disrespectful to the vast majority of Palauans, including the OEK and Rubekul Belau, who have already said no. How many times and in how many ways should it be said? — Obichang Ongklungel
Fill the gap with Palauans, not deportees. Bad enough Palau is already full of people from Bangladesh, the Philippines and China. — Ashdray Jem
President, please nò. You don't have to. The damage may be irreparable to your beautiful paradise. — Huu Adai
No need for deportees to come to Palau, we’re all fine without them. Let’s pray for them not to come to Palau. — Toyoko Singeo
Just a reminder: Spain used Guam as a penal colony for prisoners from the Philippines and other places like Mexico. — Ken Leon Guerrero