PORT MORESBY, 08 JUNE 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the CNMI Governor’s Covid-19 Task Force on Sunday announced that another individual was confirmed positive for Covid-19. A returning resident, the patient is an asymptomatic 53-year-old male who was placed on mandatory 14-day quarantine as soon as he arrived on Saipan. He […]
Tag: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Posted inPacific News
Drought conditions continue across the CNMI
SAIPAN, 01 JUNE 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — There have been some improvements to the drought situation across Yap, the northern islands of Chuuk, and the northern part of the Marshalls but it appears the CNMI still has a few more days of drought conditions ahead of it. According to a National Weather Service forecast that […]
Posted inPacific News
Two new Covid-19 cases in CNMI
SAIPAN, 18 MAY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — The CNMI governor’s Covid-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp has announced that two additional people have been recently confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. These cases were identified through contact tracing, are in stable condition, and are safely isolated at Kanoa Resort. The cases are being closely […]
Posted inPacific News
Governor: Our goal is to test everyone, 13 confirmed COVID cases on CNMI
SAIPAN, 15 APRIL 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) —The goal of his administration, the Covid-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. is to test everyone for Covid-19, CNMI Governor Ralph DLG Torres said on Monday at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport to witness the arrival of over 20,000 test kits from South Korea. With him […]
Posted inPacific News
CNMI eligible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
SAIPAN TRIBUNE, 13 APRIL 2020 (SAIPAN TRIBUNE)—In addition to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance(PUA) programme, the U.S. Department of Labour’s Employment and Training Administration has confirmed that the CNMI is also eligible for the Federal Unemployment Compensation programme. Under the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the FPUC programme provides eligible individuals US$600 […]
Posted inPacific News
CNMI gets supplies for field medical hospital
SAIPAN, 06 APRIL 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) —The supplies needed for a 50-bed field medical hospital arrived at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport on Saturday in response to GovernorRalph DLG Torres and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.’s request for federal assistance in combating the Covid-19 pandemic in the CNMI. The tents, beds, personal protective equipment, medication […]