Press Releases

CNMI receives $274,635 for mortgage assistance

Governor Ralph DLG. Torres and Lt. Governor Arnold I. Palacios, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), announce that the CNMI has been allocated $274,635 for Community Emergency Housing Assistance by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Development Block Grant CARES Act fund (CDBG-CV). 

USDA releases 2018 CNMI Census of Agriculture Data

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), together with the CNMI Department of Commerce’s Central Statistics Division announce the release of the 2018 CNMI Census of Agriculture data.

BECQ reduces laboratory fee for nitrate sampling analysis

The CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) recently announced that it has temporarily reduced its fee for the analysis of nitrate sampling performed by the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Environmental Surveillance Laboratory.

New hours of operation for PUA/FPUC program

The CNMI Department of Labor (CNMI DOL) announce that starting Monday, July 27, 2020, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, at Building #1334 in Capitol Hill, Saipan.

CNMI DOL releases more than $3.5 million in unemployment benefits

The CNMI Department of Labor (CNMI DOL) announced on Thursday that $3,530,191 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) have been disbursed to eligible and approved claimants, as of Wednesday, July 22, 2020.