Any further action as to P. No vote was taken on the floor amendment. The placement of bills, resolutions, and appointments on the session agenda will be pursuant to our standing rules. A copy of the session agenda and potential items to be placed on the session agenda can be found here:. A recording of the session will be available online via Guam Legislature Media on YouTube after the session.
Please email senatorterlajeguam gmail. Due to the current public health emergency, all persons attending Session will be required to wear masks and to observe social distancing protocols. The full context of these areas will be lost to future generations.
JRM admitted that they were aware of maps dating years back which show that some of their construction sites included under the Programmatic Agreement, were ancient CHamoru villages or adjacent to known areas of habitation. JRM made no promise to increase preservation-in-place or avoidance for archeological sites that are discovered. For example, in Camp Blaz, 26 sites containing human remains were found, but only one, in Sabanan Fadang , was preserved in place which had four graves with multiple burials in them.
In Andy South, or Mogfog , there were 18 archaeological areas discovered since construction, including eight human remains sites. Of the eight, one human remains site was preserved-in-place and believed to be CHamoru because of the context in which it was found, which included 90 ceramic sherds, two slingstones, one ground stone fragment, two fire pit-type features, and some animal bone fragments.
Thus far, seven additional archaeological sites covering multiple acres, and nine human remains sites were discovered during construction of the live-fire training range. During the meeting, Speaker Terlaje requested that she keep certain maps or that the maps be released to the public, stating that there is no risk of harm to the resources or sites because the maps did not indicate the location of the sites that were preserved-in-place within the firing range complex but clearly showed the location of archaeological discoveries and human remains that were subsequently cleared.
Maps presented were of sites located inside military gates. The details of these discoveries are not something they should only learn about years from now through archaeological interpretations or formal reports. It is for those whose heritage it is, to know what is found and when human remains are disturbed, and to decide the significance of the area in our history.
For more information, please contact Speaker Therese M. You can find the full testimony below and attached in PDF form. I am Therese M. Terlaje, Speaker of the 36 th Guam Legislature. In that time our people have survived several deadly wars and years of colonization and occupation by three separate foreign nations, including years under the current Administering Authority. Self-determination is a fundamental inalienable right affirmed by the United Nations Charter.
As is recognized by this Fourth Committee, the CHamoru people have not had the opportunity to fully and meaningfully exercise our right to self-determination on Guam free of outside rule or influence. It is also critically important in this time of climate change that Guam, a small island, be allowed to protect its existing resources that will increase the absorption of carbon dioxide, increase the protection of shores against rising tides, and maintain its biodiversity as a hope for the future wellness and economic independence of its community.
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Senators elected into office win seats by popular vote from qualified Guam voters. One of the most major changes in the Guam Legislature since its inception was the reduction of its members to fifteen senators. As the Organic Act only sets a maximum of twenty-one senators, the Legislature has always had the power to reduce its members below that maximum. However, he dropped the reduction bill after getting elected due to opposition from his colleagues.
Forbes resurrected the reduction of the Legislature from twenty-one to fifteen members before the election, in the form of an initiative to be approved by voters, and it passed soundly. On 31 January the new Democratic majority challenged the Republican leadership and put Sen. Judith Won Pat in place as Speaker, the first time a woman was chosen as the leader of the Guam Legislature. She is the daughter of the first legislative speaker, Antonio B.
Won Pat. The Democrats have maintained the majority ever since. In November , seven incumbent senators, many with a long history at the Guam Legislature including Speaker Won Pat, were not re-elected, bringing in a new crop of senators.
The Democrats, however, maintained the majority. Benjamin J. Cruz was chosen as Speaker. The newly elected body was sworn in at the newly renovated Guam Congress Building on 2 January On 7 January the 35th Guam Legislature was sworn in with a historic super majority of women elected. Ten of the fifteen senators are women. The Guam Legislature had 10 Democrats and five Republicans. Five of the senators are serving for the first time, two served as senators in the past and are returning to office, and eight are incumbent senators.
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