SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.96 million to the CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality to strengthen its capacity to protect human health and the environment. “The CNMI government has been a great partner in environmental...

The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality named yesterday the winners of its first ever anti-littering logo design contest, with a student from Hopwood Middle School beating out 16 other entries to win first place. Regina Frances Terlaje Pangelinan of Hopwood won the $150...

Following the completion of the final sweep on Feb. 24, 2019, of the Department of Public Works and Saipan Mayor’s Office crew removing typhoon-related debris from village roadsides, residents still continue to bring out typhoon waste as well as household trash alongside the...

The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality will soon start re-enforcing anti-litter regulations because community members continue to leave trash on the sides of the road, some that are not even typhoon related. BECQ would like to inform the community that litter officers...