{"id":299133,"date":"2019-05-09T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=299133"},"modified":"2019-05-09T06:06:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T20:06:01","slug":"community-briefs-may-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-may-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefs &#8211; May 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all NMD\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Do you consider yourself of Northern Marinas descent? If you do, come to the Chalan Kanoa Kiosku (next to CK Post Office) this Saturday, May 11, 2019, at 11am for a discussion on NMD benefits. For more information, call John Castro at 789-8087. (PR)<\/p>\n<p>Taste of the Marianas every Saturday<\/p>\n<p>The 21st Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival &amp; Beer Garden will be held every Saturday in May at American Memorial Park beginning at 6pm. <\/p>\n<p>Registration is open for the first 10 participants in this Saturday\u2019s BBQ Whole Chicken Cook-off, with hundreds of dollars in prizes for the Top 3 winners. <\/p>\n<p>This Saturday\u2019s entertainment includes Studio M Show, Saipan International School, Da Kine Band, Tieul Belau, Guam Poksai Chamorro\/RCC of Marianas High, and Teivi Maori. <\/p>\n<p>Cook-off registration forms and rules are available on the Marianas Calendar at www.mymarianas.com. (PR)<\/p>\n<p>Military training today in open ocean <\/p>\n<p>\u2028ASAN, Guam\u2014The U.S. Navy will conduct an open-ocean exercise today, May 9, from 2pm to 10pm at the coordinates 13\u00b0 26&#8243;N\/145\u00b0 08&#8243;E and 13\u00b0 42&#8243;N\/144\u00b0 36&#8243;E. <\/p>\n<p>It is recommended the public, fishermen and marine tour operators monitor the Coast Guard broadcast notice to mariners for advisories. It is also recommended the public, commercial pilots, fishermen and marine tour operators stay clear from the area during the date and times indicated. <\/p>\n<p>These types of trainings are designed to enhance the readiness of military personnel. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all NMD\u2019s Do you consider yourself of Northern Marinas descent? If you do, come&#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":[],"class_list":["post-299133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299133","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=299133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}