{"id":380081,"date":"2022-11-22T06:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=380081"},"modified":"2022-11-22T06:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:04:40","slug":"house-committees-welcome-to-boost-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/house-committees-welcome-to-boost-info\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018House committees welcome to BOOST info\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ralph DLG Torres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres said Sunday that the House of Representatives\u2019 committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary and Governmental Operations are welcome to get information and hold hearings on the administration\u2019s Building Optimism, Opportunities and Stability Together Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get accused of so many things that they throw names in there, [saying that they] have been paid. Again misinformation. False allegations. I mean, this is the practice that they have been doing,\u201d said Torres in an interview.<\/p>\n

The governor said he is glad that the Bank of Saipan, which is the administering authority for the BOOST Program, came out and clarified those information that his critics \u201chave been throwing rocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I hope that the community sees that. You want information, ask for it. You get that information you need, instead of going out and trying to bash other innocent hardworking people,\u201d said Torres, without elaborating it.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Governor issued a \u201cRumor Control\u201d advisory over the weekend where it said that rumors about Shayne Villanueva and Robert Travilla having received BOOST grant funds as a result of political involvement is false. Villanueva and Travilla are reportedly involved in the campaign activities of Torres and his running mate, Sen. Vinnie Vinson F. Sablan (R-Saipan).<\/p>\n

Sablan, in the same interview with Torres, said it is all about providing assistance to the community. \u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what this is, whether it\u2019s the BOOST Program, whether it\u2019s the Office of Energy, or Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, and all the community resource programs, and government resource programs\u2014all of it is providing assistance and to help\u2026our people, to comfort them, to improve their quality of life,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n

The senator said if the committees need information and ask for it, the information will be given. \u201cBut that\u2019s not [going to] stop the administration and us in providing the needed assistance to our people. They need help, we\u2019ll be there to assist them,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n

The Ways and Means Committee and Committee on Judiciary and Governmental Operations have sought information from the Department of Finance and Department of Commerce about BOOST Program. (See banner story).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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