Archive for the ‘Press Releases’ Category

Capital Hill, Saipan -  The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority (COTA) and the Commonwealth Public Transportation Advisory Board (CPTAB) wish to inform the general public, most especially those individuals with disabilities and the elderly, that the Call-a-Ride Saipan, under COTA’s ParaTransit System will commence a specialized servic...

  Capitol Hill, Saipan - Governor Eloy S. Inos today nominated his senior policy advisor and acting secretary Pete A. Tenorio to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Public Lands. Tenorio’s appointment now heads to the Senate for advice and consent. If confirmed, Tenorio, a former Lt. Governor and Resident Representative to the Washi...

  Capitol Hill, Saipan - In a ceremony at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation along with the CNMI State Medicaid Agency, Governor Eloy S. Inos announced today that the State Medicaid Health Information Technology (HIT) program awarded $1.4 million in Medicaid EHR Incentives to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) for Adopting, I...

  Capitol Hill, Saipan - Governor Eloy S. Inos today nominated acting secretary Laura T. Ogumoro to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. Ogumoro’s appointment now heads to the Senate for advice and consent. If confirmed, Ogumoro will fill the vacancy at DCCA following last month’s resignation of ...

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Capitol Hill, Saipan – The establishment of the Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority created by PL. 17-43 did not just happen overnight. The CNMI public transportation movement dates back since late 2000 when the CNMI Council on Developmental Disabilities first initiated the Call-a-Ride program servicing people with disabilities and the olde...

Capitol Hill, Saipan - The Coastal Resources Management Office thanks all the individuals, clubs, organizations, and businesses who have been donating trash receptacles to be used at beaches around Saipan. CRM appreciates interest of donors in keeping our islands beautiful and trash free.   However, CRM would like to notify the general public...

COUNCILMAN KAIPAT. Governor Eloy S. Inos is joined by Lt. Governor Jude U. Hofschneider as he administers the Oath of Office to the newly-confirmed member of the Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council, Mr. Diego Kaipat, during a brief ceremony this afternoon at the Office of the Governor. Kaipat, accompanied by his wife, Damiana, became the...

Capitol Hill, Saipan - Governor Eloy S. Inos has named Juan D. Cruz to serve as Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Agency. Cruz’s appointment does not require the advice and consent of the Senate and will take effect on Monday, March 18th. Cruz has been employed at CJPA since 1995 as a Criminal Justice Planner III ......

NEW JAPAN CONSUL. Outgoing Japan Consul Tsutomu Higuchi, second left, and incoming Japan Consul Koji Hino, third left, visited Governor Eloy S. Inos and Lt. Governor Jude U. Hofschneider to officially convey the change in consular assignments for the Japan Consulate Office here in Saipan. House Speaker Joseph Deleon Guerrero also joined the Govern...