New Profit’s Build Investments offer multi-year, unrestricted support for community-led nonprofits
New Profit, a philanthropic organization focused on expanding access and opportunity across the United States and its territories, is offering $1.5 million multi-year, unrestricted grants through its Build Investments portfolio, alongside deep strategic advisory...
American Samoa inaugurates new Fono building
After years of delays, American Samoa inaugurated the new legislative building, Maota Fono. The dedication ceremonies took place on November 28-29, 2025. They were well covered, with videos from Talamua Media and others. The Fono is the American Samoa legislature,...
El Apagón: A love letter to my island
Editor’s note: Bad Bunny is not just a global music star; he is a cultural and political force whose work reflects how many Puerto Ricans experience identity, migration, power, and belonging. Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, Pasquines is publishing a short...
US spy chief’s office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
Reuters has an interesting report about the activities of the United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and an apparent investigation of Puerto Rico's voting machines. A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last...
BAILE INoLVIDABLE: A dance of resilience and resistance
Editor’s note: Bad Bunny is not just a global music star; he is a cultural and political force whose work reflects how many Puerto Ricans experience identity, migration, power, and belonging. Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, Pasquines is publishing a short...
#TBT: February 5, 2026
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ofa was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused severe damage in Polynesia in February 1990. Cyclone Ofa affected American Samoa between February 3 and 5 with wind gusts of up to 100 mph, which caused widespread and extensive damage to the...
TURiSTA: A hymnal about love and Puerto Rico
Editor’s note: Bad Bunny is not just a global music star; he is a cultural and political force whose work reflects how many Puerto Ricans experience identity, migration, power, and belonging. Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, Pasquines is publishing a short...
Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián 2026 break attendance record, draw more than one million people over four days
The 2026 Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián closed with a record-breaking estimated attendance of 1,083,881 people over four days, according to figures released by San Juan Mayor Miguel A. Romero Lugo. The annual celebration, held in Old San Juan, marked the official...
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: A call to treasure what we have
Editor’s note: Bad Bunny is not just a global music star; he is a cultural and political force whose work reflects how many Puerto Ricans experience identity, migration, power, and belonging. Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, Pasquines is publishing a short...
Google Trends in the US territories: December 2025
This is 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 personally...
