Congress approves Compacts of Free Association renewals
The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) were renewed as part of the government funding package, with Congress passing the first set of funding bills and President Joe Biden (D) signing the package into law. The United States currently has COFA agreements with the...
Discover Puerto Rico debuts evolution of ‘Live Boricua’ brand campaign
Discover Puerto Rico, the islands' destination marketing organization (DMO), recently announced the evolution of its 'Live Boricua' campaign. The new creative running on TV, digital and social, will delve deeper into what it means to 'Live Boricua,' leveraging...
Corruption allegations trail Northern Mariana Islands BOOST program
David Atalig, the secretary of the Department of Treasury under the Northern Mariana Islands’ previous gubernatorial administration, appeared in court on March 12 to account for the allocation of the commonwealth’s BOOST program. BOOST, or Building Optimism,...
#TBT: March 14, 2024
On March 14, 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders won the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential caucus, with 62.7% of the vote to Joe Biden's 35.8%, which would be his last win in the 2020 primary season. The caucus was held at the Saipan World Resort.
US Virgin Islands’ Plaskett announces inclusion of community funding project in government funding package
United States Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey E. Plaskett (D) hailed the recent passage of the government funding package that includes 12 community projects specifically for the US Virgin Islands. “The US House of Representatives passed HR 4366, The Consolidated...
Google Trends in the US territories: February 2024
Welcome back to our monthly series examining the top Google Trends in Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Trends data is an unbiased sample of Google search data. It’s anonymized (no one is...
Congressional inaction preserves US colonialism in Puerto Rico
Writing for Foreign Policy in Focus, Edward Hunt discusses how the lack of action from the United States Congress is perpetuating a legacy of colonialism. Following months of progress on a landmark bill that would enable the people of Puerto Rico to vote on a...
Jason Palmer wins Democratic primary on American Samoa
On Super Tuesday, people vote in the most significant national election day before the presidential election in November. In the Democratic primaries, Joe Biden beat every democratic candidate in the primaries except in American Samoa. Jason Palmer was the victor in...
#TBT: March 7, 2024
On March 7, 2023, American Samoa Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen delivered a speech on the floor of the US House commending US allies Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, and Nauru for calling to an end to Russia's invasion of...
American Samoa Democratic Presidential Caucus Result: Jason Palmer Wins
Jason Palmer has won the American Samoa Democratic Presidential Caucus with 56% of the vote. Palmer is expected to get four delegates, while Joe Biden will likely get two delegates from the US territory.
