{"id":322226,"date":"2020-05-05T06:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=322226"},"modified":"2020-05-05T06:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:04:01","slug":"things-to-know-may-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/things-to-know-may-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"THINGS TO KNOW &#8211; May 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As of May 4, 2020. All information may change without prior notice. For corrections and additions to this list, send an email to editor@saipantribune.com or call 235-6397 or 235-2440.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SBA Fact Sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a \u201cFact Sheet for the CNMI\u201d about the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Read it by clicking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SBA-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">link<\/a> at www.saipantribune.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commerce Department in operation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CNMI Department of Commerce will continue to provide services to the CNMI business community via means of teleworking.<br \/>\nFor direct support and services, the CNMI is advised to contact the support team via the department\u2019s website at\u00a0info@commerce.gov.mp\u00a0and indicate the attention to the respective division or section for the appropriate services. See DOC advisory at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Commerce-Flyer.pdf\">link<\/a> at www.saipantribune.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FBI alert vs online scams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FBI issue an alert to the public to be on the lookout for scams that exploit the current COVID-19 pandemic. See FBI advisory at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FBI-COVID19-PSA.pdf\">link<\/a> on www.saipantribune.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Process for mass testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mass testing for COVID-19 is ongoing at the Saipan International Airport. The test is free. People interested in being tested for COVID-19 can request for an appointment for specimen collection on the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. website at https:\/\/chcc.gov.mp\/covid19testing.php or over the phone through the COVID-19 Info Line. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-19-testing.pdf\">link<\/a> at www.saipantribune.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>USDA takes steps to help <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken to better serve rural America. Visit www.rd.usda.gov\/coronavirus for more information. Or click on <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USDARD\/bulletins\/2894700\">https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USDARD\/bulletins\/2894700<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of May 4, 2020. All information may change without prior notice. For corrections and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2407,178,117],"class_list":["post-322226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-commerce-department","tag-fbi","tag-usda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322226","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=322226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}