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"The suspension will remain in effect until the violations cited by DEH have been satisfactorily corrected and the facility has undergone the inspections necessary for DPHSS to verify compliance," DPHSS said.
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"Tiyan High School's sanitary permit remains suspended until all cited violations are corrected. The department is working to address the outstanding items so that the permit can be reinstated as soon as possible," Borja said.
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"With the support of this administration and our federal partners, this modernization will help us reduce delays, strengthen accuracy, and make it easier for our clients to receive services with dignity and care,” DPHSS Director Theresa Arriola said.
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New applicants who meet the updated income criteria will be placed on a centralized waitlist rather than enrolled immediately. Priority, however, will be given to foster children and families experiencing homelessness for immediate enrollment as funding spaces open up.
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GCC Interim President Virginia Tudela said learning of the fire "concerned" officials, as the college plans to demolish the building to make way for a "modern" facility which will house GCC's nursing and "soon-to-be" paramedic programs simulations lab and DPHSS clinic.
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"I don't have the exact amount at this time. In terms of the response, operations took approximately six hours. Due to the size of the structure and heavy smoke conditions throughout the building, crews had to conduct extensive searches across multiple floors and rooms to ensure no occupants remained inside," GFD Spokesperson Nick Garrido said.
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"Now they've asked for extension and today we confirmed that they (DPHSS) will come on the 11th for reinspection of the two schools," she said.
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"The greatest barrier was the lack of affordable housing (79%)," DHAPP officials stated.
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"I think there's a lot of ways that we can better inform our community about, you know, like when do you get a physical, like what happens at these kinds of appointments, how do we do cancer screening? What does that mean for you? and how we can just better people's preventative help overall," Kim said.
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"Backpacks were distributed through the Department of Youth Affairs (DYA) and its regional youth centers, the Department of Public Health and Social Services' emergency foster shelter and village mayors," a social media post on Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero's page said Aug. 14.
GDOE confirmed the immediate closure of the school at 5:34 p.m. on Thursday, citing the closure would remain effective "pending correction of deficiencies identified in the recently release Department of Public Health inspection report."
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"Sometimes the best thing we can do is simply get everyone in the same room, put the issues on the table, and figure out how we solve them together," Borja said following the meeting. "We have an inspection coming up in eight days. There is no time for finger-pointing or miscommunication. We need a plan, we need clear responsibilities, and we need the work to get done."
"Our team didn't let the typhoons slow us down," Jimmy Pangelinan, facilities and maintenance manager for GDOE, said. "Our crews stayed focused and kept pushing to get FBLG back to a safe, compliant standard. Seeing our kids move back into their own school is what makes this work worth it."
The five-day conference will build regional capacity by engaging participants in "expert-led" presentations, specialized breakout sessions and professional networking. The event is geared toward clinicians, nurses, laboratorians, outreach workers and tuberculosis program managers.
Bill 1 (9-S) is an act to appropriate from fiscal 2026 general fund revenues up to $13,361,849 to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero for Super Typhoon Bavi response and recovery, $7,630,000 for childcare subsidy payments and $17,654,625 to cover operational costs at the Guam International Airport Authority.
By Jolene Toves ·
DPHSS anticipates receiving $22M for Fiscal Year 2027 from the federal government, but CCDF program costs have already exceeded that for the current fiscal year, prompting the department to request $7.6 million from the legislature to pay childcare provider subsidies owed for June and to carry the program through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
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The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) has launched targeted mosquito control efforts at the Oka Point disaster debris site in Tamuning.
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A Federal Public Health Emergency has been declared for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) announced Friday, July 17.
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A line of cars stretched along Marine Corps Drive Tuesday afternoon as the first drive-through distribution of food commodities for families affected by Super Typhoon Bavi got underway at Adelup, with the Department of Public Health and…
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Food commodities will be available for pickup Tuesday through a Department of Public Health and Social Services drive-through at the Adelup breezeway.
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The Department of Public Health and Social Services is preparing the application to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Nutrition Services Administration for automate mass replacement (AMR) of a portion of nutritional benefits lost due to Super Typhoon Bavi.
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The Division of Homelessness Assistance and Poverty Prevention (DHAPP) is now open at its new Hagåtña location, the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) announced June 26.
The Department of Public Health and Social Services will be amending the Guam Medicaid State Plan to pregnant and post-partum women to avail of doula services.
Guam's Summer EBT Plan for 2026 has received federal approval, the Department of Public Health and Social Services announced, clearing the way to provide grocery benefits to eligible children during the summer months when school meals are unavailable.
