US Territories’ March 21-27, 2022 news week in tweets

Puerto Rico ends its years in bankruptcy 

Puerto Rico formally exits bankruptcy following largest public debt restructuring – NBC News https://t.co/3cxxnIKzPX

— AFRO~RICAN✊🏾🇵🇷🎖 (@afr0rican) March 23, 2022

Due to a restructuring of the public debt, Puerto Rico was able to exit bankruptcy and officials are hopeful of economic prosperity for the US territory in the future. 

Epstein’s US Virgin Islands homes up for sale

The two private Caribbean islands owned by deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been listed for sale, an attorney for the estate tells @ABC News. https://t.co/HjKCjBvOv6

— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2022

The homes in the US Virgin Islands of the deceased sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, are now on the market. 

Missile defense system is sent to Guam 

US Army deploys Iron Dome missile defense system to Guam | AP News https://t.co/KZZjmkW9sT

— Sandra☮️🌏 (@sandra_united) March 21, 2022

The US Army recently sent a missle defense system to Guam that is used to destroy short-range rockets. 

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands basketball teams set to face eachother

The University of Guam's Triton Athletics will host basketball friendlies for the Northern Mariana Islands men’s and women’s national teams from Thursday to Saturday at the UOG Calvo Field House. https://t.co/AU9qgVkRJN

— Guam PDN (@GuamPDN) March 26, 2022

From Thursday to Sunday, the Northern Mariana Islands and University of Guam’s teams will compete against each other in a competitive tournament. 

American Samoa sees spike in COVID cases

AMERICAN SAMOA, pop 55,000 #COVID19

As of today, 1495 cases of Covid,
eight in hospital, no deaths. pic.twitter.com/r52QnEMVks

— Michael Field (@MichaelFieldNZ) March 21, 2022

American Samoa is seeing a large spike in Omicron cases as many states are continuing to ease their restrictions.