From cleaning up Super Typhoon Yutu debris, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office is reverting to its original priorities for Saipan, which is to make the island as beautiful as possible for its residents and tourists alike.<\/p>\n
Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang told Saipan Tribune last week that his office has reverted to prioritizing the beautification of the island since the devastation of Super Typhoon Yutu in late October 2018 forced the office to prioritize cleanup efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are back to our regular operation. We are doing village re-beautification now,\u201d Apatang said, adding that teams have started in Koblerville, San Antonio, Chalan Kanoa, and Chalan Piao.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working our way toward the north,\u201d he said, citing the Dandan area, San Vicente area, Kagman area, and the Capital Hill area. \u201cWe are cleaning the villages along the roads and raking a lot of the trash.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apatang further noted that he also has teams going around and doing bush-cutting work in the villages.<\/p>\n
Even as they work toward restoring the beauty of the island, the mayor noted that many previous beautification projects were affected by the devastation of Super Typhoon Yutu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was more debris than we had ever seen,\u201d Apatang recalled. \u201cPeople were throwing out trash and, even though many weren\u2019t typhoon-related, they just [dumped] it in one place. That\u2019s why there are trash flying around and we are now cleaning those up again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office field operations director Joann Aquino further noted that the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality would be issuing a statement soon regarding their enforcement of the 1989 Anti-Littering Act.<\/p>\n
According to Aquino, BECQ would go far as to impose fines, depending on the severity of the violation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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