The Commonwealth Ports Authority has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation for supplemental funding amounting to $30 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in order to keep the CNMI’s airports open until fiscal year 2026.
THE divert airfield project broke ground on Tinian, Tuesday, with CNMI and military officials hailing the close ties between the Commonwealth and the nation’s armed forces.
WE canât emphasize enough how the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force have done a great job in establishing protocols that allowed the CNMI to manage the pandemic, save lives, and motivate us to work together in getting our economy back up and running.
Our economy relies heavily on tourism. With ongoing uncertainty with this crisis, we must work on a road map for the safe resumption of the critical and only industry in the CNMI.
The Governorâs Council of Economic Advisers or GCEA, through its Tourism Resumption Blueprint, offers a pathway that recognizes the threats associated with increased arrivals into the CNMI and places the safety of its residents and visitors as its foremost priority. The blueprint recommends implementing enhanced safety protocols â Â testing upon arrival, quarantine, and reporting and monitoring of visitors â educating stakeholders about the rapid response for containment, and creating travel bu