GUAM Buildup OFW: Comments still pouring in

Replying to gryyrg:

Replying to cruzinlaw:

Replying to islandboz:

Guess they have to hire more H2 workers from the P.I. Guam lack skill workers.

Guam could use more H-1 workers (skilled). Not H-2 which are unskilled by definition
Where did you get your definition of H-2 as UNSKILLED? do your homework.

google.com, now do your homework
06/04/2009 6:42:02 a.m. CST

ICEMAN671 wrote:

Replying to GOLDENCHELU:

To Goldenchelu:
Yea right, and if McArther had just packed up and left, and the US has skipped Guam, both would now be speaking Japanese.

Replying to CaptJerry:

You know ,We wouldn't be having this conversation if Mr MCarthur back during the WW2 would of just shut his mouth and got back on his boat or plane instead of say to the Phillipines"I will return" A moment in U.S. History we can do without !!!

06/04/2009 2:48:34 a.m. CST

nationalist2009 wrote:

Replying to MilitaryGuy:

Interesting concept! Guam needs to elect someone non Chamorro. Then maybe true progress will happen and corruption will cease once and for all. Our politicians are connected to one another that's why they are obligued to do the"favor" mentality or "I will scratch yours and you scratch mine" policy.

With the huge impending influx of foreign workers to Guam, it appears that Filipinos will easily become an ethnic super majority on Guam in the coming years. This may spell trouble for Guam's traditional ruling elitists who have simply “taken” for decades now without acting in the people's [or the island’s.
Call it what you will but I smell some potential payback coming – most likely in the form of many more Filipino Senators being elected to serve in the Guam Legislature. A Filipino Governor is a distinct possibility in the coming years as well. Time will tell if this is true progress for Guam.

06/04/2009 1:41:37 a.m. CST

GOLDENCHELU wrote:

Replying to CaptJerry:

I don't know why you guys are getting so mad at Mayor Gordon. Actually, he's saving your behinds! You don't have the skilled labor force on Guam to do what needs to be done; he does. Plus, they will work a heck of a lot harder and cheaper than the normal Guam citizen, and they will consume a lot less rice. You lost your Ship Repair Facility years ago because of wage issues and the lack of a skilled labor force. U.S. Navy ships now go to Singapore or elsewhere for repairs. Here's your chance to grow that labor force (albeit H2 workers) and get your Ship Repair Facility back. Stop thinking like a bunch of stupid haoles (hey, I resemble that!). Think long term and at the strategic opportunities that lay ahead for the island.

06/04/2009 1:17:23 a.m. CST

CaptJerry wrote:

guam-ofw wrote:

We all know that had the Americans wanted to stay, they could! The naval base workers' lobby to retain the bases was not adequately supported, which gave us the hint that in reality.... Uncle Sam is NOT INTERESTED.

Now.... Try to imagine if the bases in PI exist today... most probably the BUILDUP is happening in Subic Bay... and Guamanians are in PI working (just like the old days) which we really don't mind, we actually welcome it.... we have many Guamanian friends (I can give you their names in private) and cherrish that relationship.

So please, all we are offering is our services, just in case you will need it, we have no intention of taking away foods from your table.

Our countries' relationship dated back even before white men came into picture (this is history and not a racist statement.) This deeply rooted relationship should be enough reason for us to face the future together.

Again brother.... we are simply offering a hand.
06/03/2009 6:12:34 p.m. CST

guam-ofw wrote:

Replying to ICEMAN671:

Replying to islandboz:

Wrong answer, the Americans left the Philippines because they had no more use for it after Russia became a non entity in the nuclear world, and the rent in the Philippines became to high to justify the cost. I was on the Admirals staff while all of that was going down.................

My grudged on the Filipinos is that their government told the Americans to move out of their country.

ICEMAN671 is absolutely right, and to add another fact.... due to the devastation made by Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption on the buildings and the facility as a whole, the cost to rebuild the military base became impractical at the time (it was the straw that broke the camel's back). I was with the US Naval Base Public Works Center at the time... Project Management Office
06/03/2009 6:05:40 p.m. CST

ICEMAN671 wrote:

Replying to beach671:

Wow, a local that went and got it

David Tydinco is the Younex Senior Vice President that got the contract along with Agility to provide housing for the H-2's.
He's also the Chairman of the Board for the Guam Visitors Bureau and Legal counsel for the Chamorro Land Trust Commission. President of the Guam Hotel & Restaurant Association. He submitted comments on the Federal Register that he's the Chairman of the Board for the Guam Visitor's Bureau about immigration. When he went to Taiwan with Felix he claimed he's the Guam Museum Foundation Chairman as well on that trip.
He knows who he wants and who he's going to bring in. Who ever talks the most cash. That will be Fillapino's. He'd be able to charge them more for rent than a chinese worker or someone else.
He's been getting Chamorro Land for free:
http://guam.mvarietynews.com/images/stories/a00/7/aiadai.jpg
He is Guam. I'm betting he's bringing in Fillapino workers. He likes money

06/03/2009 4:51:14 p.m. CST

ICEMAN671 wrote:

Replying to MilitaryGuy:

Already, the Filipinos already have the voter block to elect several senators if not a governor now

With the huge impending influx of foreign workers to Guam, it appears that Filipinos will easily become an ethnic super majority on Guam in the coming years. This may spell trouble for Guam's traditional ruling elitists who have simply “taken” for decades now without acting in the people's [or the island’s] best interest. Additionally, the people who have continually elected these people into power will also no doubt be viewed as complicit.

Call it what you will but I smell some potential payback coming – most likely in the form of many more Filipino Senators being elected to serve in the Guam Legislature. A Filipino Governor is a distinct possibility in the coming years as well. Time will tell if this is true progress for Guam.

06/03/2009 4:49:58 p.m. CST

ICEMAN671 wrote:

Replying to islandboz:

My grudged on the Filipinos is that their government told the Americans to move out of their country, which they do not want, Americans in their country but just the money.

06/03/2009 4:36:43 p.m. CST

roforon wrote:

Just flash your "Bogus" degree, and get a high paying job. Leave your country that needs your support and come here and enjoy the benefits given. Make more babies, have fun in the sun, bring all your families and relatives. Have your own little community, and look down on others who less fortunate.
I know, I think I'll go live in Hawaii. I was Born & Raised on Guam.....but the outsiders are more qualified to eat and sit on Uncle Sam's hands. Oh gee, oh well. Poor li' ol' me and my native Guamanians.
06/03/2009 10:52:16 a.m. CST

DaneJiRoos wrote:

I_C_U_TRIPPIN,

Put that GI bill to use and get that education. Then use that education to get yourself a civilian job so you won't have to cry, b*tch and moan to a civilain for having been deployed. Or just man up and take it like a true soldier coz you should have known what you signed up for.
06/03/2009 1:57:11 a.m. CST

simonbolivar wrote:

Replying to fchase:

Careful what you say, many haoles on the mainland think this way about Chamorros. This is wrong on all accounts!

H2 workers get anchored in Guam. Eventually they bring their wife and 8 children to Guam. The breadwinner earns $20k a year. The family vacuums up $70K in public education each year and taps into a variety of local and federal social programs. Then come additional sponsored family members. More U.S. taxpayer money gets sucked up. No one will deny that they're a hardworking, talented people but the overbreeding, poverty relationship is obviously of little or no concern. Stay in your own country and improve it? Can't. No time. Too many kids to feed. Solution? Like Mexico and Latin America.....export your poverty. Export the same breeder culture that turned your country into an economic black hole.
06/02/2009 9:03:25 p.m. CST

goodearth wrote:

Now is the time to take up "How to be a carpenter in 30 days" courses. If you can swing a hammer, you are on your way to a fat paycheck.

06/02/2009 8:32:31 p.m. CST

gryyrg wrote:

Replying to cruzinlaw:

Replying to islandboz:

Guess they have to hire more H2 workers from the P.I. Guam lack skill workers.
Guam could use more H-1 workers (skilled). Not H-2 which are unskilled by definition
Where did you get your definition of H-2 as UNSKILLED? do your homework.
06/02/2009 6:01:18 p.m. CST