Utility payment assistance available

Saipan residents who are having difficulty paying their utility bills may seek the assistance of the Saipan Mayor’s Office.

Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela said that funds under the Mayor’s Utility Assistance Program are now available to help qualified residents pay for one month of their overdue power bill.

This is a federally funded program available to residents of Saipan who are unable to bring their power account current with the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.

Applications can be picked up at the Saipan Mayor’s Office at Afetnas Square in San Antonio during regular working hours, Monday to Friday, from 7:30am to 11:00am and from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. Interviews and processing of papers will start on Monday, April 3, 2006, also during regular working hours, Monday to Friday, except on holidays.

For more information call Carmen C. Maratita at the Saipan Mayor’s Office at 234-6208 or 234-6280. (PR)