Press Releases

To date, the CNMI Department of Labor has received nearly 5,000 applications for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) programs.

With approved guidance from the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC), the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force announced this weekend that scuba diving shops and businesses are now open at all designated Marianas dive sites on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, except for the Grotto.

JKPL no longer an application center for PUA

The Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) would like to remind travelers (CNMI residents) that arrived on Saturday, June 20, 2020 to get their specimen collected on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Kanoa Resort Saipan between 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

WHEREAS, the CNMI community has built on remarkable progress to uplift, center and support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer communities across generations, spanning every sexual orientation and gender identity; and, 

The Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) announce a new quarantine procedure for all individuals entering the CNMI, effective Saturday, June 20, 2020.

The CNMI Department of Labor (DOL) would like to provide updates on several known technical issues regarding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) online application portal, as of June 17, 2020.

The CNMI Department of Labor (DOL) will be accepting applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) in Saipan, Rota, and Tinian starting June 17, 2020 through December 26, 2020.

On Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to Governor Ralph DLG. Torres’s latest amendment to the CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) Environmental Health and Disease Prevention (EHDP), has transitioned from operating under Community Vulnerability Level YELLOW to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE, which allows restaurants and bars to serve dine-in customers at 50% of originally permitted occupancy limit in accordance with supplemental regulatory guidance from the CHCC.

In line with approved guidance by the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) and community-based testing data by the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force, Governor Ralph DLG. Torres announced on Monday that the CNMI can now responsibly initiate the next phase in the implementation of its Economic Recovery Plan from Community Vulnerability Level “YELLOW” to “BLUE.”