Deadlock on Article 12 initiative

Barely a month before the deadline for all initiatives to be submitted for placement on the Nov. 6 ballot, the House of Representatives and Senate are deadlocked on an Article 12 legislative initiative that would change the 25-percent blood quantum requirement to “at least some...
Posted On Jul 09 2012 00:55
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DOI awards 1.6M for Salt River Bay

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas, Tony Babauta, has awarded $1.6 million to the Salt Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve, a park co-managed with the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the National...
Posted On Jul 06 2012 09:35
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Operation Dry Water extended in Guam

APRA HARBOR, Guam-The U.S. Coast Guard and the Guam Police Department are partnering in the fourth annual nationwide boating under the influence education, detection and enforcement campaign running through the month of July. A national initiative, Operation Dry Water key...
Posted On Jul 06 2012 05:31
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Senate puts 99-year land lease in House Article 12 initiative on blood quantum

By a vote of 8-0, the Senate passed yesterday a House legislative initiative on Article 12 of the NMI Constitution by changing the 25-percent blood quantum requirement to only “at least some degree” of Chamorro or Carolinian blood or a combination of these, in order to be...
Posted On Jun 29 2012 01:55
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