{"id":384044,"date":"2023-01-25T06:06:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=384044"},"modified":"2023-01-25T06:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:06:56","slug":"newly-elected-snild-chair-vows-to-do-best-in-leading-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/newly-elected-snild-chair-vows-to-do-best-in-leading-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly elected SNILD chair vows  to do best in leading delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_384045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-384045\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Paul-Sablan-mug-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-384045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Paul-Sablan-mug-PW-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-384045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Paul Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newly elected Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation chair Rep. John Paul Sablan (Ind-Saipan) vowed Friday to use his institutional knowledge in leading the SNILD in the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Roman Benavente (Ind-Saipan) was also elected vice chairman, while Sen. Celina R. Babauta (D-Saipan) was elected floor leader at the same SNILD organizational session.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan said there are many works and challenges ahead of them so they must work harmoniously for the common good of the people of the Third Senatorial District\u2014the political name of Saipan and the Northern Islands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must continue to assist our municipalities, the Office of Mayor of Saipan, and the Office of the Northern islands, as well as our municipal council,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The SNILD chairman said they must continue to assist community programs within their precincts and villages to improve the livelihood of the people.<\/p>\n<p>He said they must continue to support funding for the Saipan scholarship program, called Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must also set our priorities within our precinct district projects to improve the infrastructure of the villages,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is with great honor that he extends his sincere gratitude to all of his colleagues for their trust and confidence in him to serve as chairman for the 23rd SNILD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly elected Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation chair Rep. John Paul Sablan (Ind-Saipan) vowed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":384046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2738],"class_list":["post-384044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-snild"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384044","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=384044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}