USVI legislative Committee to consider Senator Gittens’ WAPA Special Investigator legislation
An independent investigation is necessary to root out corruption at the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority and to help restore accountability to the institution, said Senator Kenneth L. Gittens (D) on July 26, 2021. Given the problems at WAPA, Senator Gittens...
US Territories’ July 19-25, 2020 news week in tweets
Puerto Rican demonstrators tear down illegal fence https://twitter.com/midnucas/status/1419065233704849411 Demonstrators in Rincón tear down an illegal fence that surrounds condominiums on a public beach. Guam celebrates Liberation Day...
Guam Governor Leon Guerrero promotes islandwide Sustainable Development Goals at UN Forum
Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (D) and other global leaders discussed how islands are coming together through the Local2030 Island Network to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals during a side event at the 2021 United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum...
Selling the CNMI as a multi-island destination
Bea Cabrera at the Saipan Tribune reports on a presentation from Darlene Zhai at the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors general membership meeting. The author of the Sustainable Tourism Development Study basically espoused that the CNMI has the capacity to...
González-Colón, Mace, Jacobs, and Ross introduce legislation to provide disability compensation to military retirees for sexual trauma
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) of Puerto Rico, along with representatives Nancy Mace (R) of South Carolina, Sara Jacobs (D) of California, and Deborah Ross (D) of North Carolina have introduced bipartisan legislation, HR 4452, the Military...
Governor Bryan issues new protocols for travel Between BVI and USVI
At a press conference on Thursday, July 15, at the Public Finance Authority on St. Thomas, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) issued new protocols for travel between the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands regarding proof of a negative COVID-19 test for entry...
US Territories’ July 12-18, 2020 news week in tweets
DC leaders in favor of statehood for Puerto Rico https://twitter.com/LongTimeAmy/status/1416202203707101188 Bills for Puerto Rican statehood receive support as they pass through Congress. Guam is 78% vaccinated ...
For open context: an announcement on the future of Pasquines
Eight years ago, Pasquines started as a blog to cover ongoing political and policy issues that affected Puerto Rico vis-à-vis the federal government, and since then it has grown to become a nonprofit news organization that covers all of the United States...
US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan hosts US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as Co-Chair of National Governors Association committee meeting
US Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joined Community Renewal Co-Chairs US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) and Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) on Thursday, July 8, at the NGA Virtual Summer Meeting. Governors Bryan and Parson led the discussion...
US Territories’ July 5-11, 2020 news week in tweets
Bills proposed to rebuild Vieques, a former Navy bomb testing site https://twitter.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/1413132655328124928 This Puerto Rican island suffered greatly as the result of military testing. Bills HR 1317 and HR 1126 have been proposed to rebuild the...