{"id":334180,"date":"2020-11-30T06:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=334180"},"modified":"2020-11-30T06:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:05:38","slug":"torres-cnmi-needs-more-help-to-maintain-system-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/torres-cnmi-needs-more-help-to-maintain-system-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres: CNMI needs more help to maintain system, save lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-334185 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ralph-DLG.-Torres10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although the system to protect the community from COVID-19 has been working in the CNMI, the federal government needs to continue to provide additional resources in order to maintain that system, said Gov. Ralph DLG Torres.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a radio news briefing last Wednesday, Torres said that, with a new incoming administration in Washington, D.C., he is hoping that the CNMI will get additional assistance from D.C. as COVID-19 still remains and he hopes that D.C. understands the CNMI\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one thing that is very important that we acknowledge and make a statement is, \u2018Do not take us here in the CNMI for granted\u2019\u2026meaning we need more resources,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>The CNMI may be safe and its number of COVID-19 cases may be down but that should not mean that resources intended for the CNMI may be diverted elsewhere, he said. Torres said it\u2019s important that D.C. understands that the CNMI put all its resources in the very beginning to safeguard the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we should be awarded to continue to maintain our status here because the lesser the resources you give us, the more chances for us to have an outbreak here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the system to protect the community from COVID-19 has been working in the CNMI,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":333104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334180","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}