{"id":275704,"date":"2018-05-10T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275704"},"modified":"2018-05-10T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:06:05","slug":"community-briefs-may-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-may-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefs &#8211; May 10, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Normal hours resume at Settlement Fund office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NMI Settlement Fund office was temporarily closed on May 8 due to a mechanical incident requiring temporary closure. Normal operations resumed yesterday, May 9, at 8am to 5pm. For more information, contact administrator Lillian M. Pangelinan at pangelinanlm@nmisf.com. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>BECQ closed today and Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Environmental &amp; Coastal Quality will be closed today, May 10, and tomorrow, May 11, 2018 for a professional development workshop. As such, payments can be made at the CNMI Treasury Office or the CNMI Supreme Court. Regular office hours will resume back on Monday, May 14, 2018.  (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAO community report meetings set<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Carolinian Affairs Office is holding a community report meeting today, May 10, at the Talabwogh Youth Center, and on May 16 at the Kagman Youth Center. The CAO is asking members of the Refaluwasch community to attend one of the meetings. Contact the CAO at (670) 234-6385 with any questions or concerns about the meetings. (PR) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting for farmers\/producers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a farmers\/producers meeting on May 15, at 9am at the Kagman Agriculture Station to discuss the upcoming 31st Agriculture Fair.  All farmers and producers who wish to participate in the fair must register their names and plants\/animals to display. Also, farmers will be asked to select amongst themselves who will participate in the Agriculture Fair Committee.  They will be selecting officers for president, vice president, and secretary\/ treasurer. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reunion meeting for MHS Class of \u201988<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All graduates of MHS Class of \u201988 will be having their final meeting on\u00a0May 14, 2018,\u00a0to discuss their 30th\u00a0year class reunion for June 29, 2018.\u00a0 Meeting location will be at Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cepeda\u2019s residence in As Lito at\u00a06:30pm.\u00a0 If you have any questions, you may contact Eleanor Cepeda through MHS Class of 88 WhatsApp group. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominees sought for MINA\u2019s Green Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance is seeking nominations for this year\u2019s Green Award for presentation at the annual Green Gala event slated for Sept. 14, 2018. The deadline for submission of nominees is June 1, 2018. Awards are given in the following categories, and nominations will be accepted from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota: Environmental Champion Award, Environmental Heroes Award, Green Business of the Year. Submit nominations to rguerrero.mina@gmail.com. For additional information, call 233-7333. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal hours resume at Settlement Fund office The NMI Settlement Fund office was temporarily closed&#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":[3759,21144,207,21145],"class_list":["post-275704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-cao","tag-kagman-youth-center","tag-reunion","tag-talabwogh-youth-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275704","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=275704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}