US Territories’ July 6-12, 2020 news week in tweets
JOE BIDEN WINS PUERTO RICO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
According to NBC News on July 12, 2020, Joe Biden won the Puerto Rico Democratic Primary.
$4.2M IN GUAM TAX REFUNDS TO BE MAILED THIS WEEK
The Guam Department of Administration will mail 1,214 tax refund checks this week for 2019.
GDOE TO CONDUCT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS
The Guam Department of Education will be conducting social and emotional wellness training for school administrators, division administrators, school counselors, social workers and support staff beginning next week.
WITH NO COVID-19 CASES, AMERICAN SAMOA STRUGGLES TO BRING HOME RESIDENTS STUCK IN SAMOA
The American Samoan Government is planning to repatriate all of the residents of the territory that are stuck on Samoa. However, there are many questions surrounding how these people will return home like testing with very limited test kits.
ARMY RESERVES CRNA DEPLOYS TO SAIPAN IN SUPPORT OF COVID-19 RESPONSE
Nurses from the 1984th US Army Hospital-Pacific, headquartered at Fort Shafter Flats, Honolulu, Hawaii, deployed to the Commonwealth of the Northern Marian islands to help increase medical capacity.
EXPLORING WATER ISLAND IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS
Exploring water island in the US Virgin Islands with Paul Angelides, a part-time resident of St. John in the US Virgin Islands.