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Price Freeze in Effect
On October 08, 2023, a Declaration of a State of Significant Emergency was declared for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Accordingly, pursuant to the Commonwealth Disaster Price Freeze Act, codified at 4CMC § 5141-5144, a price...

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FEMA continues to monitor and prepare for impacts from Tropical Depression Bolaven, on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). In addition to federal teams and specialists continuing to help with recovery from Typhoon...

Welcoming the USS Mobile
This past weekend, Governor Arnold I. Palacios welcomed Commander David Gardener, Commander Eric Burtner-Abt, Command Senior Chief Kendall Lindvold, and the crew of the USS Mobile to Saipan. The ship is making a port call through Thursday. The USS...

Cultivating More Investments into the CNMI
CNMI Governor Arnold Palacios and Lieutenant Governor David Apatang toured Atkins Kroll Saipan’s new Toyota and Lexus dealership at Chalan Pale Arnold in Puerto Rico. Tracy Guerrero, AK Saipan’s newly appointed General Manager, Clark Boswell, AK...

Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Concludes Second Mission Stop in Legazpi, Philippines
In a collaborative effort between Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States, PP24-2 participants held basic first aid workshops for 98 members of the community; taught health and music...

Enterprise Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS Market to Reach $111.6 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 7.8% CAGR: Allied Market Research
NEW CASTLE, Delaware, Aug. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Enterprise Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS Market by Deployment (On-premise and Cloud), Application (Pushed Content Services, Customer...

Pacific Partnership 2024 - 2 Concludes Second Mission Stop In Legazpi, Philippines
In a collaborative effort between Australia, Japan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States, PP24-2 participants held basic first aid workshops for 98 members of the community, taught health and music...

First Hawaiian, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Declares Dividend
HONOLULU, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Hawaiian, Inc. (NASDAQ:FHB), (“First Hawaiian” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for its quarter ended December 31, 2024. “I’m pleased to report that we finished 2024 with a very...

CHIEF JUSTICE MATTHEW DURRANT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES
Posted: August 8, 2024 Utah Courts Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant has been elected president of the Conference of Chief Justices by a vote of his fellow chief justices in state courts nationwide. Chief...

CHIEF JUSTICE MATTHEW DURRANT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES
Posted: August 8, 2024 Utah Courts Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant has been elected president of the Conference of Chief Justices by a vote of his fellow chief justices in state courts nationwide. Chief...

Kin Szeto Releases My Testimonies of His Amazing Grace: Stories of Faith, Deliverance & God’s Unchanging Mercy
"A Journey of Faith, Deliverance, and God’s Unchanging Love" CUNY, MD, UNITED STATES, January 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Kin Szeto, a retired Coast Guard veteran, certified EMF consultant, and born-again believer in Jesus Christ, announces...

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Joins 42 State Bipartisan Coalition Urging SCOTUS to Protect Veterans’ Rights
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Attorney today joined Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...

News release on federal funding for brown tree snake interdiction programs
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ʻOIHANA MAHIʻAI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KIAʻĀINA SHARON HURD CHAIRPERSON HAWAI`I BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NR24-24 August 2, 2024 HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO GET $375,000 FOR BROWN TREE SNAKE...

News release on federal funding for brown tree snake interdiction programs
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ʻOIHANA MAHIʻAI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KIAʻĀINA SHARON HURD CHAIRPERSON HAWAI`I BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NR24-24 August 2, 2024 HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO GET $375,000 FOR BROWN TREE SNAKE...

Syndemic Approach to Preventing HIV and Substance Use Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities
Short Title: Syndemic Approach to Prevention (SAP) Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO Number: SP-24-004 Posted on Grants.gov: Monday, July 29, 2024 Application Due Date: Wednesday, August...

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results, Declares Dividend
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Second Quarter 2024 Highlights Net income of $230 million Affordable Housing Program (AHP) assessments of $26 million Advances totaled $104.8 billion Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net...

WikiLeaks Founder Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Conspiring to Obtain and Disclose Classified National Defense Information
Julian P. Assange, 52, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Chelsea Manning, at that time a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, to unlawfully obtain and disclose classified documents relating to the national defense. After...

NUJ welcomes release of Julian Assange
The union has welcomed reports indicating Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with US authorities. Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, said: “The release of Julian Assange, after a hard-fought campaign by journalists...

Office of Veterans Affairs Receives Laptop Donation from American Red Cross
The Office of Veterans Affairs received two laptop computers donated by the American Red Cross – Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) Chapter as part of their continued support for local veterans and the Red Cross’s Service to the Armed Forces (SAF)...

Cooling Herbs to Beat Summer Heat
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