SANTO DOMINGO — Five Caribbean countries continued to show an uptick in coronavirus cases Sunday to reach 17,906, according to a News Americas analysis. But
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Puerto Rico To Hold Statehood Referendum Amid COVID-19 Disillusionment
SAN JUAN — Governor Wanda Vázquez announced on Saturday that she will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should become
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Superior Court Judge: GOP Primary Must Go Forward And Party Brass Can’t Stop It
KINGSHILL — A temporary restraining order was issued late Friday by Superior Court Judge Kathleen Mackay at the behest of Gordon Ackley and other local
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Economic Impact Payments Coming For Social Security and SSI Beneficiaries In June
BALTIMORE — The Social Security Administration issued an update Thursday about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments (EIP) to certain groups of Social Security and Supplemental Security
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USVI Said To Be ‘On The Uptick’ With COVID-19 Cases After 5th Death In Territory
SANTO DOMINGO — While a large number of Caribbean countries seem to have halted the COVID-19 curve, in seven nations yesterday, the number of coronavirus
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Ackley Lawsuit Seeks To Keep Canegata From Canceling Republican Primary Election
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Gordon Ackley, who is running as a candidate for chairman of the territorial Republican Party, has filed a lawsuit against the Supervisor
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Governor Bryan Asks Congressional Leaders For More COVID-19 Relief
CHRISTIANSTED — In his continuing efforts to lobby the federal government for help in the territory’s fight against COVID-19, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. sent a
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Anderson Stewart Gives $1 Million To USVI To Fight COVID-19 In The Territory
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. and the Anderson Stewart Family Foundation announced Friday that the foundation has given a grant of $1 million
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COVID-19 Threatening Global Peace and Security, UN Chief Warns
NEW YORK — UN Chief António Guterres said heightened solidarity is needed if the world is to defeat the crisis, which he called the “gravest test
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WARNING TO CARIBBEAN: ‘Gov’ts Must Increase COVID-19 Testing … Before It Is Too Late!’
QUITO — We are among 250 population scientists and health specialists from around the globe who have issued a stark warning to countries in the Caribbean and
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