CEDA, Marianas SSBCI open technical assistance office for CNMI small businesses
SAIPAN — The Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) and the Marianas State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) have opened a new Technical Assistance Program office in Oleai to help entrepreneurs apply for small business loans.
Chinese ship jams communications as Filipino forces deliver supplies to Philippines-occupied shoal
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a territorial outpost in a long-disputed shoal i n the South China Sea, where Chinese government ships jammed communications during the hourslong supply mission as part of Beijing’s security practice in the far-flung atoll, two top officials in the Philippines said Tuesday.
