Airline issues threaten Northern Mariana Islands
In July, following financial disputes over debt and unpaid fees, Star Marianas Air announced it would likely be ceasing operations between Tinian and Rota, two of the Northern Mariana Islands. According to the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Port Authority...
#TBT: September 5, 2024
Kagman Elementary School, located in the village of Kagman III on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, opened for students on September 5, 2000, with an enrollment of 680 students in Kindergarten through grade six.
#TBT: August 29, 2024
On August 29, 2022, American Samoa's sixth Constitutional Convention began as 129 Delegates gathered in Pago Pago. Each district was represented by a mixture of elected officials, village council members, and members of the general community.
Google Trends in the US territories: July 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...
Puerto Rico’s appliance reimbursement law in limbo amid Oversight Board concerns
The Puerto Rican government has recently introduced a bill that will allow Puerto Ricans to be reimbursed for appliances that may have been destroyed during power outages. The bill would require the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), LUMA Energy, a private...
US Virgin Islands hosts inaugural Medicaid Territories Summit
The United States Virgin Islands Department of Human Services recently hosted the inaugural US Territories Medicaid Enterprise Systems Summit from August 19-21, 2024. This groundbreaking three-day event, held at the Westin Beach Resort at Frenchman’s Reef, brought...
Agriculture hit hard, power restoration efforts ramp up in US Virgin Islands after Tropical Storm Ernesto
Tropical Storm Ernesto had a detrimental impact on the United States Virgin Islands, slowing down farming as well as causing power outages across the territory. Farmers reported that the damaged infrastructure would make growing and harvesting crops more...
American Samoa sets a new precedent as it seeks autonomy over constitutional changes
Last year, Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) of American Samoa, proposed resolution HR 6062, a bill that would give American Samoa autonomy over the management of its amendments to its territorial constitution. After a series of revisions, the bill passed the...
The role of USAID in the response to Hurricane Beryl
Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D) of the US Virgin Islands highlighted the importance of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Caribbean, addressing Hurricane Beryl, which tore through the region in June, causing at least 33 deaths throughout parts of...
Federal corruption investigations rock USVI government
Two officials of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) government resigned as a result of federal investigations and others were arrested on charges of corruption, as federal law enforcement agencies continue to scrutinize the territorial government. ...
