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Over the last month, I have been looking into why CNMI residents continue to encounter problems opening brokerage accounts, obtaining credit cards, and accessing other financial services that are readily available elsewhere in the United States. One issue that keeps coming up is something very basic. We do not have standardized street addresses throughout much of the Commonwealth.
Tinian resident and entrepreneur Phil Long and Senator Jude U. Hofschneider visited their congressional office on Wednesday.
NMI Senate Vice President Corina Magofna visited with me Wednesday at the Saipan district office.
The CNMI has been awarded $10,162,706 in federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) following Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
Saipan - Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds has submitted formal comments to the U.S. Postal Service urging the agency to suspend implementation of new duty collection requirements for mail originating in the U.S. territories until legal and administrative concerns affecting territorial residents are addressed.
Congratulations to Saipan International School junior Lya Kim, who received the Women in Aerospace Access Award while representing the CNMI at the National STEM Festival in Washington, D.C.! Lya has been a part of some really phenomenal things. Her work on Identifying Saipan Native Plants for Long-Duration Space Missions, presented during the Festival, built on research she conducted with her teammates, Dong Hyun Lee and Dong Gyu Lee, exploring how magnetism could help plants grow in microgravity and support food production during long-duration space missions.
The Joeten-Kiyu Public Library staff — Patrick Sablan, Beth Demapan, Vincent Sablan, Celina Foreman, and Leoralynn Terlaje — visited their congressional office in Washington, DC on Thursday. The team is in the nation’s capital to attend the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival, an annual celebration that brings together best‑selling authors and thousands of readers for author talks, panel discussions, book signings, and more. During the festival, JKPL will showcase the Northern Mariana Islands’ 2026 Books of the Year: Guinaiyan Nåna: Mother’s Love by Carmen S.
The Honolulu Passport Office team—Director Melissa Naguwa, Customer Service Manager Michael Betts, and Ms. Lizzie Salerno—visited the Saipan District Office last week during their annual trip to the CNMI.
The team at Micronesian Air Connection Services (MACS) stopped by the District Office to discuss upcoming developments in their int