Eds: UPDATES: With AP Photos. Updates with Portland announcing it will start individual workouts on Thursday and Vancouver player being put in 14-day quarantine. Four Major League Soccer teams took the first small step toward returning to play Wednesday by allowing players to use team training fields for individual workouts. Sporting Kansas City, Atlanta United, Orlando City and Inter […]
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Posted inPacific News
Guam Government receives US$129M in federal money for pandemic, 141 covid-19 cases confirmed
HAGATNA, 27 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—At least US$117 million in federal funds is now in government of Guam accounts – funds intended to aid the local response to the coronavirus pandemic. Adelup also received word that Guam received a US$12 million allotment from the U.S. Department of the Interior. GovGuam officials will need […]
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U.S. selects Compact negotiators
U.S Department of State announced names of individuals selected to serve as negotiators for the agreements to amend Compacts of Free Associations with the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia and to engage in Compact Review discussions with the Republic of Palau on behalf of the United States. The negotiators […]
Posted inWorld News
Trump signs immigration order featuring numerous exemptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he had signed an executive order “temporarily suspending immigration into the United States.” But experts say the order will merely delay the issuance of green cards for a minority of applicants. Trump said his move was necessary to help Americans find work in an economy ravaged […]
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Stopping virus a huge challenge at crowded US meat plants
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whether slaughterhouses can remain virus-free. According to experts, the answer may be no. Given that the plants employ thousands of people who often work side by side carving meat, social distancing is all […]
Posted inOpinion
Op Ed from United States Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland April 17, 2020
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, generosity, and planning that is unmatched in history. […]