{"id":383176,"date":"2023-01-11T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=383176"},"modified":"2023-01-11T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T20:06:07","slug":"mayor-rb-camacho-pushes-for-sustainability-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mayor-rb-camacho-pushes-for-sustainability-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor RB Camacho pushes for sustainability within"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saipan Mayor Ramon \u201cRB\u201d Camacho makes his remarks during his inauguration ceremony last Monday at the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office parking lot. (LEIGH GASES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Mayor Ramon \u201cRB\u201d Camacho now taking the reins of the municipality of Saipan, he has set a lot of plans for his term, with a call for self-sustainability to drive the response to the community\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

In his inauguration day remarks last Monday, Camacho pointed out that, with the tourism industry not being where it once was pre-pandemic, and with the inflation of goods in the past year, \u201cwe should start looking within our island for sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that fishing and farming are local industries that Saipan should continue to tap into for resources. \u201cWhat industry do we have here? What if we, the community, the municipality of this island, create a local industry: the product from the ocean and the product from the land, so we can have sustainability and food security? We have to be mindful of this. Food security is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camacho, who is a farmer and was the president of the Sabalu Farmer\u2019s Market, recalled the late Tony Pellegrino, who was then the vice president of the Sabalu Market, and had said that \u201cwe are stepping on the diamond and that we are not making use of that diamond. What is that diamond? The soil. We have to start to cultivate the soil. \u2026Let\u2019s have this sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, according to Camacho\u2019s inauguration booklet, he will promote self-sustaining and health-conscious practices through community gardening.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Camacho said that Saipan can\u2019t rely on tourism alone. \u201cFor tourism\u2026 Japan and Korea [are] still a question mark on tourists coming here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his opinion, it might take another three or five years before the CNMI can start seeing an increase in the number of tourists coming to the CNMI once again, so he said, \u201cWe need to work together,\u201d but that once they do come in, \u201cLet\u2019s introduce ourselves\u2014who we are and what we are. Let\u2019s give them what is locally grown,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n

He also noted that \u201cThe CNMI government is not generating [money]. The other industry, the casino, is not moving. The casino before, when it was first established, was on its feet. Up and running. Now, the casino is on its knees\u2014it can\u2019t move.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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