{"id":267564,"date":"2018-01-08T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=267564"},"modified":"2018-01-08T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T20:06:33","slug":"community-briefs-december-8-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-december-8-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefs &#8211; January 8, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Military training at Warning Area 517, FDM <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ASAN, Guam\u2014The U.S. military will conduct training at Warning Area 517 during the following dates and times:<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 8, from 8:30amto 5pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 10, from 8:30amto 6pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 11, from 10:30amto 3:30pm<\/p>\n<p>The military will also conduct training at the island of Farallon de Medinilla during the following dates and times:<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 8, from 8:30amto 5pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 10, from 8:30amto 6pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 11, from 10:30amto 3:30pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan. 12, from 11amto 3pm<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended the public, fishermen and marine tour operators monitor the U.S. Coast Guard broadcast notice to mariners for advisories. \u2028W-517 is activated south of latitude 12\u00b0 40\u2019 00&#8243;N. Santa Rosa Reef and Galvez Banks are open for public use.<\/p>\n<p>The general location of the training on the island of Farallon de Medinilla will be in a 12-nautical mile radius of the island. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoD adopts Guam\u2019s smoking age rule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ASAN, GUAM\u2014Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the Department of the Defense voluntarily enacted a policy that aligns with the new Guam law that raises the minimum age to purchase, possess, or consume tobacco products and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21 years of age.<br \/>\nThe policy is consistent with DoD\u2019s policy on tobacco use and states that DoD resale activities, including Morale, Welfare and Recreation points of sale, located on Guam will not sell or distribute tobacco products or electronic cigarettes to persons under 21 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco cessation is a priority of the DoD, critical to the health, fitness, wellbeing, and readiness of DoD personnel. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bordallo on the passing of former mayor Duenas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former mayor of Tamuning, Connie Duenas: \u201cI join the people of Guam in mourning the passing of mayor Connie Duenas. She was a dedicated public servant who worked to improve our village of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon, and the broader community during her tenure. Her involvement in village events and service in public safety were testaments of her leadership and commitment to the people she served. My thoughts and prayers are with Juan, their children and entire family during this difficult time. I extend my deepest condolences.\u201d (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military training at Warning Area 517, FDM ASAN, Guam\u2014The U.S. military will conduct training at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1420,51,67,612],"class_list":["post-267564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-asan","tag-guam","tag-people","tag-warning-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}