Today, Governor Ralph DLG. Torres met with U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Director of Policy, Mr. Basil Ottley, to discuss the CNMI’s current state of recovery after natural disasters, the global pandemic, and opportunities for growth of the CNMI’s economy and conservation of environments.

On June 9, 2022, sixteen child care providers and directors from Saipan, and one from Tinian, attended a remote orientation on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program, Quality Rating Scale and Improvement System (QRIS) and Coaching. The orientation was one hour and thirty minutes and was conducted by Evergreen Learning coaches Erlaine DLG Evangelista and Russelle Mae Ignacio.

WHEREAS, centuries of common Spanish heritage, customs, traditions, and values have brought together the peoples of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of the Philippines; and 

On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, the Science of Early Learning (SOEL)-CNMI Brain Builders™ Team from Evergreen Learning, conducted its third CNMI Brain Builders Café with parents and community members. The CNMI Brain Builders™ Café provides parents and community members an opportunity to obtain information about the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Program, Science of Early Learning Initiative.

WHEREAS, the CNMI Nurses Association will celebrate the week of June 12 to June 18, 2022 as CNMI Nurses Week with the theme “Nurses Make A Difference” in celebration of the ways in which nurses strive to provide safe and high quality patient care and map out the way to improve our healthcare system.

Governor Ralph DLG. Torres extends his deepest gratitude and appreciation to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) for their collaboration in ensuring Lt. Governor Arnold I. Palacios was timely and safely transported to Hawaii for medical treatment after the incident during his testimony at the Guma’ Hustisia this past Tuesday.

Governor Ralph DLG. Torres announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of the Interior Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State and Local Assistance Program has apportioned $2,010,009 for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for priority outdoor recreation projects benefiting the community.

WHEREAS, the CNMI is home to abundant marine biodiversity and ecosystems that provide valuable services supporting sustainable livelihoods, coastline protection, tourism opportunities, and cultural and recreational uses. However, these resources are constantly threated due to increasing pressures from land-based activities such as erosion, vessel groundings, and increased runoff sedimentation and pollution from community, industry, and infrastructure; and,

WHEREAS, the CNMI is comprised of a diverse and vibrant culture founded on the spirit of inafamaolek and continuously striving to maintain and promote harmony; and,