{"id":339391,"date":"2021-03-02T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=339391"},"modified":"2021-03-02T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:00:18","slug":"community-briefs-march-2-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-march-2-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefs &#8211; March 2, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>5.1-magnitude quake in Guam<\/strong><br \/>\nAt 9:27am on Feb. 25, 2021, a report of a 5.1-magnitude earthquake occurred 32 kilometers north-northwest of Yigo Village, Guam. Currently, there are no tsunami warnings or advisories that were issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. For more information, contact the CNMI EOC State Warning Point at 237-8000. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guam PTAC sets free webinars<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 2021\u00a0is\u00a0Small Business Certification\u00a0month at the Guam Procurement Technical Assistance Center. Join us every Thursday as we show you how to get one of the Small Business Administration\u2019s official, small business certifications. Webinars run from\u00a010am to 11:30am\u00a0and\u00a0will be conducted via Zoom. Links to the live webinar and the webinar evaluation will be emailed to all registered attendees 15 minutes before the start of the webinar.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0March 4 \u2013 How to get HUBZone Certified \u2013\u00a0All of Guam and the CNMI are HUBZones. The Guam PTAC will take you through the certification process, the required supporting documents, and follow-up requirements from SBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0March 11 \u2013 How to get 8(a) Certified \u2013\u00a0The SBA\u2019s 8(a) Program was created to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the federal procurement market. The Guam PTAC will guide you through the 8(a) requirements and online application.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0March 18 \u2013 How to get Women-Owned Small Business Certified \u2013\u00a0WOSB is now an official SBA certification program. We will discuss eligibility requirements, supporting documents, and the new, online application.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0March 25 \u2013 SBA Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program \u2013\u00a0The SBA\u2019s All Small Business Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program is modeled after the 8(a) Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program. The Guam PTAC will update you on the eligibility requirements and how to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Register on our website,\u00a0http:\/\/guamptac.com\/news-and-events.php. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.1-magnitude quake in Guam At 9:27am on Feb. 25, 2021, a report of a 5.1-magnitude&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":330355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-339391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-guam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339391","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=339391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339391\/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=339391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}