News of the United States territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; the context of islands
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I spent weeks preparing for my legislative internship: reading about Puerto Rico’s Senate, choosing professional outfits, and anticipating what I would encounter once I walked into the Capitol. I expected the marble-filled halls to contain answers. I imagined politics as a world of certainty, populated by people with unwavering convictions, polished speeches, and clear solutions […] The post…
This is our monthly series examining the top Google Trends in the US Territories of 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 identified), categorized (determining the topic for a search query), and […] The post Google Trends in the US…
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) of the United States Virgin Islands formally requested that United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issue a secretarial drought disaster declaration for St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, as extreme drought conditions continue to strain the territory’s agricultural community. The entire US Virgin Islands is currently classified under […] The post…
The Saipan Beacon was a daily military newspaper published by the United States Army Saipan Island command in the Northern Mariana Islands, providing military operations of the Allied campaign in the Pacific Theater and worldwide news during World War II, as seen in this August 13, 1945 issue. The post #TBT: August 13, 2026 appeared first on Pasquines .
Puerto Rico entered August 2026 under a rationing plan that its own water utility called a last resort. Following the driest July on record for San Juan, Governor Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) activated the National Guard and issued a pair of executive orders, OE-2026-35 and OE-2026-36, declaring a state of emergency across the archipelago. Under the […] The post Puerto Rico’s water crisis, in…
By Silvia Higuera When police told journalists from the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) in Puerto Rico that 1,000 people go missing every year on the island –which is home to about 3.2 million people–, they wanted to investigate further. It wasn’t just a shocking number; it led to more questions. Who are these people? Where […] The post In Puerto Rico, journalists must often sue for…
July 21 marked Guam’s 82nd Liberation Day. Liberation Day is a very busy and important day for Guam, as people gather to attend the Liberation Day Parade. Guam celebrates Liberation Day to commemorate the invasion of United States military troops, which took place on July 21, 1944. The invasion ended Japanese occupation of the region, […] The post Guam marks 82nd Liberation Day under the shadow of…
On August 8, 1844, missionary Archibald Wright Murray wrote that Tutuilans planned to cede Pago Pago Harbor, in what is now American Samoa, to the French in exchange for a pledge protecting Tutuila’s independence—recognizing the harbor as their greatest lure for European powers. The post #TBT: August 8, 2026 appeared first on Pasquines .
In 2026, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) finds itself in the deepest institutional crisis since the imposition of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. This is not because a single decision went wrong, but because years of austerity, political interference, and administrative erosion finally converged into open collapse. By spring 2026, […] The post Sin U no hay PR: The…
The primary is almost here for United States Virgin Islanders, and Tregenza Roach is hoping for votes. Roach is trying to move into the US Virgin Islands’ top office. Roach launched his Democratic gubernatorial campaign with Senator Novelle Francis Jr., who is the current senator of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. In May, the […] The post Roach and Francis campaign on six decades of public…
