US Territories’ March 28-April 3, 2022 news week in tweets

Political Action Committees in Guam spring to action

With primary elections in August and general elections in November this year, #Guam is seeing political action committees ramp up activity. https://t.co/rGwGmnc2w2

— Pasquines (@pasquines_us) March 29, 2022

With important elections coming up, the Guam Political Action Committees are getting to work as they prepare to reshape Guam through their political power. 

Latino group pushes for Puerto Rican statehood

Latino civil rights group could see bigger push for Puerto Rico statehood – NBC News https://t.co/FJCOPYlFMf

— AFRO~RICAN✊🏾🇵🇷🎖 (@afr0rican) March 30, 2022

The League of United Latin American Citizens are growing in political power, and a large issue for them is statehood for Puerto Rico.

American Samoa’s fight against COVID-19 continues

And here's confirmation from a few weeks ago that American Samoa has seen a case surge recently: https://t.co/be2I4gov8i

— Charles Gaba 🇺🇦 (@charles_gaba) April 2, 2022

American Samoa still battles COVID-19 as the cases continue to increase in the US Territory. 

FCCA and US Virgin Islands partner on strategic development agreement

FCCA Partners With US Virgin Islands on Strategic Development Agreement https://t.co/oWpZgqsGHX #news pic.twitter.com/B6xpuWd80W

— RockCheetah (@RockCheetah) March 28, 2022

The US Virgin Islands and FCCA have partnered to ensure that the cruising industry helps the US Virgin Islands economically. 

US military plans to not use Pagan and Tinian

The governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands says that U.S. military officials have agreed to abandon plans for bombing practice on Pagan and Tinian: https://t.co/6U45jcihC3

— Anita Hofschneider (@ahofschneider) April 1, 2022

The US military originally agreed to use Pagan and Tinian for bombing practice, but the governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands says that they agreed to abandon this plan.