2010 MMAC chairwoman Janine Nogis said the event has seven major sponsors and six title sponsor.
This year’s major and title sponsors are Bank of Guam, Delta Airlines, DFS Galleria, Joeten Charitable Foundation, Take Care, IT&E and Sorensen Media Group, Bank of Saipan, GPPC Inc., Image Saipan Ltd., Marianas Medical Center, Shell and the Marianas Variety.
Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos, who signed the proclamation designating May 10-15 as Marianas March Against Cancer Week, yesterday urged all members of the community to celebrate the week by “honoring survivors of cancer, commemorating those who have passed on from cancer, and learning as much as possible about preventing this deadly disease.”
Public Health Secretary Kevin Villagomez yesterday said that the figures for cancer are not good in the CNMI.
“The rate of cancer in the CNMI continues to go up,” he added.
Public awareness and lifestyle changes, he added, can do a lot to reduce the rate of cancer which is one of the top two leading causes of death in the CNMI and the second leading cause of death in the United States.
“I commend the efforts of the Marianas March Against Cancer and the Commonwealth Cancer Association because they have managed to increase to cancer awareness in the community,” he added.
