{"id":208209,"date":"2015-07-24T15:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T05:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=208209"},"modified":"2015-07-24T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T05:41:30","slug":"internet-causes-problems-on-da-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/internet-causes-problems-on-da-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet causes problems on DA election"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Internet outage that the CNMI has been experiencing the last two weeks has stalled the election of the next district administrator as election board chair Robert Guerrero has yet to send a packet to Rota.<\/p>\n

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Intensifying the CNMI\u2019s Little League baseball program and helping Rota and Tinian raise their level should be the next district administrator\u2019s focus. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guerrero, who supervised the election last July 3, said in an interview that he needs to send a packet to Rota.<\/p>\n

\u201cInternet has been the issue that\u2019s why there\u2019s still no DA. We can\u2019t do anything about it since I need to send it via email. We\u2019re just waiting for the connection to get fixed and return to normal,\u201d said Guerrero in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully our Internet connection gets better next week so a decision could be made and we finally have a DA,\u201d added Guerrero.<\/p>\n

Former DA and current Department of Public Works Secretary James Ada and Northern Marianas Sports Association executive director and Saipan Baseball League coordinator Tony Rogoilfoi are the two candidates vying for the post to be vacated by Mike Borja.<\/p>\n

Guerrero said Little League headquarters in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania will decide who will be the next CNMI DA after voting last July 3 ended up 1-1.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the chartered Little Leagues of Saipan and Rota voted for the next district administrator. Tinian failed to vote since they failed to get chartered this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to wait for the decision,\u201d Guerrero said.<\/p>\n

Both Ada and Rogolifoi have served in various capacities under the Saipan Little League program and have been involved in baseball for most part of their lives.<\/p>\n

The two candidates submitted their credentials, letter of intent, and other requirements to election board chair Guerrero where it will also be forwarded to Little League headquarters.<\/p>\n

Ada has been involved with the CNMI Little League program since the \u201990s and served as the Commonwealth\u2019s district administrator in mid-2000s before being replaced by Borja. The DPW secretary was also the tournament director when Saipan hosted the Asia Pacific regionals in 2008 and this year.<\/p>\n

Rogolifoi, on the other hand, was a former director of the now defunct Division of Sports and Recreation and has been the SBL coordinator for more than 10 years now. He guided the CNMI to gold medals in the 2006 Saipan Micronesian Games and the 2011 Pacific Games in New Caledonia, and became NMSA executive director when the sports organization became a private entity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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