The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved housing payment relief for homeowners in the CNMI who were affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. A moratorium on USDA home loans provides immediate but temporary assistance by suspending borrower payments for up to 24 months. Gigi Jones,...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam) has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has approved a disaster-recovery waiver for Guam under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as “food...

HONOLULU, Hawaii—The U.S. Department of Agriculture Hawaii State and Pacific Basin Farm Service Agency executive director AL Frenzel announced to farmers and ranchers residing outside the contiguous continental United States that the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment...

A Tinian senator along with a local agricultural organization is looking forward to setting up its own slaughterhouse suitable to the island as it receives the pledge of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres. Sen. Jude Hofschneider (R-Tinian), in an interview yesterday, said that the Tinian...