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GARAPAN, Saipan — Less than a month into his appointment as deputy assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Angel Demapan is already making waves in his new role — beginning with a return visit to the Northern Mariana Islands, where he was once a youth congressman, now as one of the highest-ranking islanders in a White House administration.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands — Each week, the Marshall Islands Journal newspaper is filled with classified ads seeking skilled construction workers, accountants, and project managers. Nearly all these positions end up being filled by aliens.

Guam’s housing crisis is not just a supply issue — it’s a structural one. 

It’s taken grit, sacrifice and a few hundred thousand dollars, but Billyscott Bernardo’s dream of entrepreneurship has come full circle.