Mafnas removed from special assistant post
Ray Mafnas, special assistant to Gov. Eloy S. Inos for project development, is being relieved of his duties, Saipan Tribune learned yesterday.
Press secretary Ivan Blanco said the administration has issued a “60 days notice to Special Assistant Ray Mafnas pursuant to his public service contract.”
Blanco was responding to Saipan Tribune’s request to confirm a news tip received yesterday afternoon that Mafnas had been “fired.”
“The administration appreciates his dedication and service during his tenure,” Blanco said in an email near press time yesterday. “We wish him well in his next endeavors.”
Mafnas’ position as special assistant has been described as an integrated type of project development monitoring that would assist different government agencies in consistently reviewing projects that go by their purview.
Mafnas is a former Cabinet member and commissioner of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety, as well as senior policy adviser for former governor Benigno R. Fitial.
UN DANGKULU NA SI YU’US MA’ASI! Retired Chief Justice Dela Cruz. It is a grateful moment to read your opinion in yesterday’s paper echoing the very essence of our struggle for transparency and accountability of all elected and appointed officials.
The last 9 months has been a struggle in trying to dissuade our DPL Secretary Pedro Tenorio from approving the LEASE; HPO Director Mertie Towai Kani & HPO Advisory Board from approving PERMITS, Zoning, CRM and DEQ from approving PERMITS – to give away OUR Ancient Chamorro Ancestors Burial Site to DIG UP the Graves and to desecrate this SACRED place. BEST SUNSHINE MUST bury back OUR OVER 600 CHAMORRO ANCESTORS to their Burial Ground where they were Resting in Peace for OVER 1,000 YEARS!
We should NOT tolerate any excuse not to place them back to their Village.. Our Ancestors DESERVE RESPECT and NOTHING LESS.
I am calling on the Governor, the Legislators, and the community to PLEASE PRAY for the REPATRIATION (Return) of our Ancestors from wherever they are, whether in Storage Rooms here in Saipan or elsewhere. And for their REBURIAL CEREMONY at Anaguan – the proposed site for the Best Sunshine Casino.
Peace!