CNMI VOAD Helpline Adopts New Weekday Hours
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster announced new operating hours for its helpline, the group said Sunday.
Saipan-Born Taisacan Commissioned as U.S. Space Force 2nd Lieutenant
SAIPAN – Second Lieutenant Randy P. Taisacan Jr., born in Saipan, was commissioned into the United States Space Force on May 18 in Honolulu as part of a class of five lieutenants from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Air Force ROTC detachment.
The Pacific Remembers
A Memorial Day Tribute to the Fallen of the Mariana Islands and Micronesia
By Luis John Castro
Project Buddy Check 670 Hosts Memorial Day Motorcade Monday Morning
SAIPAN – Project Buddy Check 670 will host a Memorial Day motorcade Monday morning, starting at Airport Field and ending at the CNMI Veterans Cemetery in Marpi, the veterans organization announced.
Deleon Guerrero Calls USCIS Policy “Unfair,” Says Families Could Be Separated
SAIPAN – Independent candidate for U.S. House delegate Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero on Sunday released a statement criticizing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memorandum issued Friday that directs officers to apply heightened discretionary scrutiny to in-country adjustment of status applications.
Medical Trips Drive Two-Thirds of COTA Recovery Transports
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority has logged 1,205 emergency transports since April 10 in support of Super Typhoon Sinlaku response and recovery, with medical trips accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total, the agency said in a Sunday update.
USACE Active on Saipan Debris Removal; Residents Asked to Sort Into Six Categories
SAIPAN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is actively conducting residential debris removal across Saipan as Super Typhoon Sinlaku recovery enters its 38th day.
USCIS Tightens Discretion on In-Country Green Card Applications, With Implications for CNMI
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday announced a new policy memorandum that directs officers to treat adjustment of status applications as an “extraordinary” and discretionary form of relief, signaling heightened scrutiny on green card applications filed from inside the United States, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Saipan Mayor’s Office Opens Sunday to Issue Address Verification Letters for STRONG Applicants
SAIPAN – Saipan Mayor Ramon “RB” Camacho’s office is open today on a shortened Sunday schedule to issue Certification of Physical Address letters needed for Super Typhoon Sinlaku survivors applying to the S.T.R.O.N.G. Tent and Roofing Program.
Partly Cloudy Sunday in the Marianas, More Active Weather for Memorial Day
SAIPAN – The Marianas will see partly cloudy skies and isolated showers Sunday, with conditions turning more active through Memorial Day and into Tuesday as east winds increase and shower chances climb across all three islands, the National Weather Service in Tiyan said.