Alarmed by negative reports about tourists\u2019 safety in the Northern Marianas, Marianas Visitors Authority officials have requested the police department for assistance leading to greater protection of visitors.<\/p>\n
These came in view of unpleasant tourism feedback, including the \u201coverly aggressive solicitation\u201d by female entertainers in Garapan, throwing of stones at passing cars in Tanapag\/San Roque area, stealing of tourists\u2019 items, and others.<\/p>\n
Two separate incidents also took place recently on Tinian: a Japanese couple being hit with a metal object and robbed by a man while at Blow Hole as well as the vandalism of the Okinawan monument.<\/p>\n
The Okinawan tower was built by the Micronesia Repatriation Association in honor of the war dead from Okinawa.<\/p>\n
Graffiti was all over the tower, and its descriptive sign and flower stand was reportedly damaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s just work together. We need your help,\u201d said MVA vice chair Marian Aldan-Pierce in a recent meeting with Department of Public Safety commissioner Ernest Williams.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the need to revive the DPS bike patrol was cited.<\/p>\n
For his part, Williams said that his office would extend assistance to MVA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be here to assist you. Our job is to make everyone safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Williams said that following the governor\u2019s order to club operators in Garapan to keep their female staff away from the street, \u201cthey [girls] are not aggressive now as they were.\u201d <\/p>\n
He said the Koban police station in the Garapan commercial district has been re-opened.<\/p>\n
He said that police officers are back in the area to ensure that the governor\u2019s order is complied with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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