{"id":335604,"date":"2020-12-23T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=335604"},"modified":"2020-12-23T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:00:47","slug":"community-briefs-december-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-december-23-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY BRIEFS &#8211; December 23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Attention: Election candidates, political parties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to 1 CMC \u00a7 6424, all certified candidates must file a detailed \u201cCampaign Statement of Account.\u201d This itemized financial statement, prepared with the advice and co-signature of the candidate\u2019s treasurer, must show the specific source(s), name(s) of contributor(s), and amount(s) of contributions and expenses. The Office of the Public Auditor is mandated by the act to administer the filing of such statements. Pursuant to the act, failure to file a complete, signed, dated, and verified statement by today, Dec. 23, 2020, shall subject you to a fine of up to $100 per day for each date the statement is late.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCampaign Statement of Account form, suggested reports, and supporting schedules are available on OPA\u2019s website at www.opacnmi.com or the Commonwealth Election Commission\u2019s website at www.votecnmi.gov.mp. Please note that filing of a \u201cCampaign Statement of Account\u201d form is mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>The sct also requires that the statement be verified under oath by the candidate\/political party and the candidate\u2019s\/political party\u2019s treasurer. Our office will provide free notary service to those who wish to avail themselves of this service. (Proper identification bearing both the photo and signature of the candidate and treasurer must be provided).  Please be advised that our office is closed every Monday due to austerity and on legal holidays. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office closed today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office will be closed from 11:30am to 4:30pm today, Dec. 23, 2020. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAFEA 25th anniversary, Christmas party Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Marianas Association of Filipino Engineers and Architects will be celebrating its 25th founding anniversary and Christmas Party this Dec. 26 at the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa\u2019s Hibiscus Hall. The event will start at 6pm. This will also serve as a fundraising event for the benefit of Filipinos back home who were severely affected by super typhoons Rolly and Ulysses. <\/p>\n<p><strong>COTA Demand Response closed today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please be advised that the COTA Demand Response service will be closed today, Dec. 23, due to Professional Development. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention: Election candidates, political parties According to 1 CMC \u00a7 6424, all certified candidates must&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":330355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2757],"class_list":["post-335604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-mafea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335604","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=335604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}