Ada-Calvo team launch "Guam First Agenda" platform

As Decision 2026 draws nearer, the republican gubernatorial team of Tony Ada/EJ Calvo unveiled their platform, kicking-off the beginning of a conversation with the community that they say will only continue.  The campaign trail for Guam’s next governor and lieutenant governor is heating up, with the team launching their “Guam First Agenda” platform on Thursday at their Hagåtña headquarters.

The platform centers on three pillars: strengthening families, protecting communities, and building the economy.

Ada said, “The Guam First Agenda is built around a simple principle–the government must focus on the needs of the people. In other words, the government should put Guam first.”

Ada and Calvo outlining initiatives focused on these pillars, promising to tackle major island issues, including the cost of living, making healthcare more accessible, and investing in education. Other priorities the duo say they have their eyes set on include: investing in the island’s tourism industry, making the military buildup work for Guam, and putting small businesses first.

Ada and Calvo also introducing plans for a new rapid response unit dubbed “The G Team,” which, if elected, would be managed by the Island Beautification Task Force of the lieutenant governor of Guam.

Calvo explained, saying, “The G Team will work closely with the government agencies, mayors, and partners from the private sector to address six areas within their scope: abandoned vehicles, illegal dumpsites, and trash pick up, broken traffic lights and signs, damaged guardrails, potholes and broken sidewalks, and unruly landscaping.”

And when pressed on their stances on key debates, such as where a new hospital should be built and the need to build a new one, Ada stating that the focus is to strengthen and support the current Guam Memorial Hospital. 

“A new hospital is not going to be built for another what? 5-10 years maybe. We need to work on what we currently have now. Because if we don’t strengthen the current GMH, we don’t know where we’re going to end up if anything happens. We continue to work with each other, we continue to have those discussions on where the hospital is going to be built, we have the governor saying it’s at one place, and those have to be ironed out, but right now, we have to stay focused on strengthening GMH," said Ada.

To note, Ada and Calvo are among four confirmed gubernatorial teams hoping to secure their spot in adelup, going toe-to-toe with Frank Blas, Jr. and Dr. Mary Okada on the republican side. While on the democratic ticket, Josh Tenorio and Tina Muna Barnes are up against Joe San Agustin and Dwayne San Nicolas. 

In the meantime, the pair says they will continue to engage with the island community in the coming weeks with fuller conversations surrounding their agenda, which they note is living and breathing.