{"id":82681,"date":"2004-07-18T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-18T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9fefd7ba-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2004-07-18T05:03:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-18T05:03:00","slug":"9fefd7cd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/9fefd7cd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY BRIEFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADA SYMPOSIUMS POSTPONED<\/p>\n<p>The Developmental Disabilities Triagency Network is informing the public that the ADA Symposium for the following sessions listed below have been postponed until further notice.<br \/>\nSession III \u2013 July 19, 2004 &#038; July 21, 2004.<br \/>\nSession IV \u2013 July 22-23, 2004.<br \/>\nHowever, Session V\u2014July 26, 27 &#038; 28, 2004\u2014and Session VI\u2014July 30, 2004 are confirmed as scheduled. For more information, call 664-7000.<\/p>\n<p>UPAA MOVES RAFFLE DRAW DATE<\/p>\n<p>The University of the Philippines Alumni Association CNMI Chapter has moved the June 12 fundraising raffle draw to Aug. 14, Saturday.<br \/>\nThose who have not yet purchased tickets are encouraged to do so. Proceeds will go to the UPAA\u2019s \u201cDonate a Classroom Project\u201d in the Philippines, and will help recognize and support deserving CNMI students.<br \/>\nThe Aug. 14 raffle drawing will be held at the POLO office, 1st Floor of Nauru Building in Susupe, 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>TORRES OFFERS FREE NOTARIAL SERVICES<\/p>\n<p>Former congressman Stanley T. Torres, who is also a notary public, is offering free notarial services to all U.S. Army Reservists and their dependents.<br \/>\nTorres can be contacted through the offices of:<br \/>\nRep. Heinz Hofschneider\t\t664-6969<br \/>\nRep. Jesus Attao\t\t664-8822<br \/>\nRep. David Apatang\t\t664-8980<br \/>\nOr in an emergency \t\t287-9255<\/p>\n<p>OVERSEAS WORKERS CREDIT UNION MEETING SET<\/p>\n<p>The Overseas Workers Credit Union (CNMI), Inc. is advising all members and subscribers about the monthly general membership meeting tomorrow, July 18, at 3pm, at the Filipino Resource Center, Ground Floor Nauru Bldg., Susupe. Overseas workers who are interested in knowing more and\/or in joining this cooperative endeavor are welcome.<br \/>\nFor more information, contact Lito J. Marques at 286-6337 or Jun Pendon at 234-8320.<\/p>\n<p>SOCIAL SECURITY VISIT TO ROTA POSTPONED<\/p>\n<p>The Social Security representative\u2019s visit to Rota, originally scheduled for July 16, has been postponed because the Pacific Islands Aviation flight from Saipan to Rota has been cancelled. The visit will be rescheduled when reliable air service from Saipan to Rota is again available.<br \/>\nFor more information, Rota residents can call toll free at 532-9421. The local number on Saipan is 234-6203.<\/p>\n<p>OFW HEALTH SCREENING RESET<\/p>\n<p>The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Philippine Overseas Labor Office and the OFW Advisory Council is informing the Filipino community on Saipan that the Health Screening Program this July is rescheduled for August 1, 2004, 9am, at the Ground Floor of the Nauru Building.<\/p>\n<p>NMC ENGLISH PLACEMENT TESTS<\/p>\n<p>Following is the schedule of our upcoming English Placement Tests:<br \/>\nThursday\tJuly 29\tRoom D-1\t1pm-4pm<br \/>\nFriday\tJuly 30\tRoom D-1\t5:30pm-8:30pm<br \/>\nThursday\tNovember 4\tRoom D-1\t1pm-4pm<br \/>\nFriday\tNovember 5\tRoom D-1\t5:30pm-8:30pm<br \/>\nThere is a $25 fee for the English Placement Test that must be paid in advance at NMC&#8217;s Finance Office (M-F, 9am-4pm). Students will not be admitted to the testing room without proof of payment\u2014a receipt for either the placement test fee or the NMC application fee.<br \/>\nAll students seeking a degree and\/or certificate are required to take the English placement test. <\/p>\n<p>RESIDENTIAL, BIZ INSPECTIONS IN KAGMAN II VILLAGE<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Environmental Health would like to inform the residents of Kagman II village that on-site disposal system and premise compliance inspections would be conducted on residential and business facilities. The inspections has been ongoing since April 21, 2004 and will continue to be conducted every Tuesday and Wednesday.<br \/>\nKagman II residents are requested to cooperate with inspectors in keeping their dog(s) on a leash, for the safety of the inspectors. Both BEH and DEQ inspectors are required to wear their respective uniforms and photo identification during all inspections.<br \/>\nFor additional information on the OSDS inspections, contact the BEH office at 664-4870\/2 or the DEQ office at 664-8500\/1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADA symposiums postponed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82681","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}