29/08/2026
Ada and Terlaje to Debate Each Other on Kandit Live 3 Times
Guam gubernatorial candidates V. Anthony "Tony" Ada and Therese M. Terlaje will debate each other three times as they sit across a table in the Kandit studios to engage in a real debate format.
The campaigns on Friday confirmed their participation in three topic-specific debates to be moderated by Troy Torres.
The debates will be livestreamed and multicast to Kandit's page, Instagram page, and YouTube channel.
The first debate will be held on Sunday, August 30. The topic will be "Corruption & Public Trust."
The second debate will be held on Sunday, September 27. The topic will be "Building GMH, Universal Access to Medical Care, and Disabilities Care."
The third debate will be held on Sunday, October 11. The topic will be "Affordable Housing & the CHamoru Land Trust."
These will be the first open format full gubernatorial debates since the 2010 debate between Carl Gutierrez and Eddie Baza Calvo held by the Guam Medical Association. Other formal confrontations between gubernatorial candidates have been in forum or timed response-reply-rebuttal format. The Kandit series of debates will follow rules that will allow the candidates to engage each other, question each other, compare their records, bring up relevant character considerations, and - most importantly - fully explain with detail their understanding of the topic-presented problems, and their solutions to those problems.
The moderator will interject to discontinue meandering and ad hominem attacks.
