NEW ORLEANS, USA, Jul 2, CMC – The meteoric rise of Virgin Islands sprint sensation Adaejah T. Hodge reached new heights this week as the University of Georgia standout officially signed an NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) endorsement deal with global sportswear giant Nike, Inc. Adaejah Hodge The agreement, finalised on Wednesday, marks a historic milestone […]

The Government is funding a major expansion of the New Zealand-developed ENRICH programme to help young children build the language skills they need, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. ENRICH will expand from 65 to 525 early childhood education services, supporting children aged 18 months to 5 to strengthen their language skills before they start school. […]

Building system reforms are set to make construction easier, faster and more affordable while also strengthening protections for homeowners, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “The Building Amendment Bill passed its first reading today, and will deliver the most significant building system reforms in 20 years, with the express purpose of improving regulation and […]

A Florida man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of victims as young as eight years old. According to court documents, Vincent Anthony Principe, 55, of Arcadia, travelled to the Philippines over the course of several years and sexually abused […]

Jeffrey Garth Ewing, of Iowa, agreed to waive his bankruptcy discharge of more than $17.7 million in debts after an investigation by the Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP). The USTP’s investigation found that Ewing had transferred nearly $400,000 to companies he controlled to shield the funds from his creditors. On June 15, the […]

On July 1, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) marked the conclusion of the second annual ‘Title IX Month’ – honoring the fifty-fourth anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) – by recapping the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to protect women and girls and restore Title IX to its […]

The United States Coast Guard announced the finalization of two contracts for the construction and delivery of six Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), a brand-new class of polar icebreakers that will strengthen America’s position in the Arctic. The contracts are awarded to Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C. of Lockport, Louisiana for four ASCs, valued at approximately $2.2 billion, and Rauma Marine Constructions Oy of Rauma, […]

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau signed an Air Transport Agreement yesterday with H.E. Mao Havannall, Minister-in-Charge of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, to advance our countries’ bilateral aviation cooperation.  The Agreement is the first bilateral air transport agreement between the two countries and will bring the civil air transportation relationship between the United […]