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President Biden Releases Statement on SSI for Puerto Rico 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 15 1542
Public pensioners in Puerto Rico remain united in battle to protect retirement system 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 833
USVI Legislature Casts Aside Bryan Plan to Pay 8 Percent Salary Cut, Decides to Do it Themselves 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 845
Power restored to LUMA customers following explosion and fire at substation (Puerto Rico) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 798
Philanthropist Donald Sussman Donates $6 Million to Establish School of Medicine at UVI, in What is 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 908
Postmaster installed by Trump causing huge lines due to employee cutbacks (PR and USVI) 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1334
Irradiated, Cheated and Now Infected: America's Marshall Islanders Confront a Covid-19 Disaster 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1165
Guam plans CNMI-style 'travel bucks' tourism incentive program 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 880
9 terminated CNMI firefighters sue DFEMS 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1009
Korea planning 'travel bubbles' with Guam and Saipan 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 785
Guam Regional Medical City will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 787
Puerto Rico blackout after fire at power station 0 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 939
Pacific territories and Fisheries Council oppose new coral designations 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1054
Private company takes over Puerto Rico power utility service 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 898
Working Women in Puerto Rico Earn Slightly More Than Men 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 801
A Two-Year Budget Proposal But No Funding For 'Elephant in the Room' G.E.R.S., Senators Bemoan 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 951
Puerto Rico eliminates COVID-19 curfew: Here's what you need to know before traveling to the island 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1414
No tsunami threat to Marianas from China earthquake 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1006
NMI Democrats launch signature drive urging Kilili to run for governor 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 780
Local Samoan farmers fear competition will shut them out of the market 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1438
Officials discourage travel to Guam amid COVID-19 surge 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 914
Turkey Reports on Puerto Rico's Status 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1288
EPA Orders Limetree Bay to Shut Down for 60 days, Putting Plant Restart in Peril 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 930
GovGuam looking to establish another homeless shelter 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 933
Guam Public Works clears some debts; still owes more than $1M to employees 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 922
Guam governor asks Biden administration to address federal deficiencies 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 755
Guam Public Health: No COVID-19 vaccines have gone to waste 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 840
American Samoa included in proposed benefits of American Families Plan 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 822
After another leak, EPA probes whether St. Croix refinery poses 'an imminent risk to people's health 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1034
New Census Data Show Population Drop in Puerto Rico 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 933

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VI Governor Bryan Praises CDC Director's Letter to the Cruise Ship Industry 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1015
Donald Trump, HUD Secretary Ben Carson Kicked Puerto Rico When It Was Down 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 917
Puerto Rico government asks Florida festival attendants to quarantine and not to visit family for 14 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1097
New COVID clusters identified; Guam governor concerned 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 920
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Guam's dump case, $84M at stake 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 877
CNMI casino commission suspends IPI gaming license, imposes $6.6M fine 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 739
CNMI senators hear pros and cons of amending Article XII 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 870
CNMI: No more junket licenses for Imperial Pacific International 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 745
Another big federal grant for American Samoa -- this time addressing COVID-19 related needs for child 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 654
Probe stalled by Trump officials finds they created red tape for Puerto Rico relief funds 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 5 1011
More Navy ships stop over on Guam for provisions 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1220
Responses ahead of the Puerto Rico Status Hearing 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1017
Puerto Rico to shutter schools amid spike in COVID-19 cases 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1427
Puerto Rico vaccinates thousands in 15-hour mass event 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 925
Comments sought for planned cable through Marianas Trench 5 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1870
Guam on pace to meet May 1 'path to half' COVID-19 vaccine goal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1507
Samoa Airways repatriation flight to Samoa next week 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 822
Would Puerto Rico Be Better Off as a Freely Associated State? 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1626
Puerto Rico to get $23 billion in Federal Rescue Aid from Biden Administration 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 30 2180
Daughter of VI Attorney General Denise George Awarded $70,000 No-Bid Contract at Height of Pandemic 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1253
'We're Surging on St. Croix Right Now,' Dept. of Health Says as Island Records 62 New Cases in Past 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1400
Rep. Stacey Plaskett Speaks on Representing a Territory 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 8 890
Puerto Rico to reopen historic San Jose church after long restoration 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1242
Far from the White House, St. Croix refinery to test Biden's promises on poverty and pollution 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1176
Could Puerto Rico become a U.S. state? New bill in Congress faces an uphill battle 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1295
Senate resolution calls for hearing on Lemanu's pay and job conversion roll backs 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1010
Guam governor vetoes legislation that 'destroys' separation of powers 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 4 1145
Guam awarded $3 million for permanent homeless shelter 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 723
NMI government: IPI owes over $10M in taxes 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1112
Guam seeks grant from military to plan new hospital 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1564

U.S. Territories Continued...

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"Without registration, we cannot help you," Task Force says to residents wanting to come home 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1524
NMI Court said to grant default judgment in favor of 7 construction workers 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1119
IPI doesn't oppose suspension of casino license 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 768
IPI's CEO still unlicensed, says CNMI casino commission 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 812
Oversight board warns gov't against enacting Dignified Retirement bill 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1332
Myths and Realities of Manufacturing in Puerto Rico 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 778
ABA Passes Resolution Proposed by USVI Bar in Support of 4th Amendment Protections 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 9 1249
The success of Puerto Rico's recovery depends on transparency and input from its people 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 862
Board reaches tentative deal to lower Puerto Rico debt 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 906
Ousted St. Croix Senator DeGazon Gets $95K To Head Division of Economic Research For Gov. Bryan 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1239
Coast Guard receives new Guam-bound cutter 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1092
Biden withdraws Cenzon nomination to federal court 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 20 3605
'Add PR, USVI, Guam, A. Samoa to SSI' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1272
IPI found in contempt of court, again 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 709
Territorial governors seek comment period extension for threatened coral 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 803
Puerto Rico governor: 'Every penny' of long-awaited Hurricane Maria relief funds will be used 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1332
Mashantucket Pequots Ante Up With Landmark Venture in Puerto Rico 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 983
Puerto Rico governor plan for a 'shadow delegation' draws criticism amid pandemic 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1046
Plaskett Writes to President Biden Asking For Removal of Gretchen Shappert, U.S. Attorney for the VI 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 7 1538
Guam hosts partner nations in exercise Sea Dragon 2021 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 965
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