{"id":392291,"date":"2023-05-24T06:06:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=392291"},"modified":"2023-05-24T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:06:26","slug":"budget-hearings-for-dpw-doc-postponed-due-to-typhoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/budget-hearings-for-dpw-doc-postponed-due-to-typhoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget hearings for DPW, DOC postponed due to typhoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has postponed the hearings for the budgets of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Corrections as a precautionary measure due to Typhoon Mawar.<\/p>\n

As this developed, Senate Judiciary, Government and Law Committee chair Sen. Celina R. Babauta (D-Saipan) also announced yesterday the postponement of their meeting scheduled for today, Wednesday.<\/p>\n

House Ways and Means Committee chair Rep. Ralph N. Yumul (Ind-Saipan) informed committee members that the budget hearings for DPW scheduled today, Wednesday, and for DOC tomorrow, Thursday, are postponed until further notice.<\/p>\n

Yumul said the official budget hearing notice and agenda will be forthcoming with the new schedule date.<\/p>\n

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Celina R. Babauta and Ralph N. Yumul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Babauta notified all government employees and private citizens that the meeting scheduled for today, Wednesday, is cancelled until further notice. Among the agenda of the meeting is Senate Bill 23-19 that seeks to remove the payment of land compensation judgements by the Department of Public Lands.<\/p>\n

Others on the agenda is Senate Legislative Initiative 23-01 that proposes to amend Article 11, Section 6 of the NMI Constitution to ensure that transferred accrued interest on the investment proceeds is reserved for the benefit of Northern Marianas descents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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