Like numerous other CNMI sunrise and sunset meetings held recently throughout the community, the purpose of Kagman meeting is to bring together concerned CNMI residents to help develop a long-term vision for the community, identify promising and viable candidates for public office who share that vision, and begin mobilizing the resources and support that will be needed to bring about honest, open, and responsive government that serves the best interests and highest aspirations of all the people of the commonwealth.
The meeting will be guided by seven questions covering what the role of government should be, the most important opportunities and challenges facing the CNMI, priority government reforms, the most effective ways for concerned citizens to organize, what life in the CNMI should be like 10 years from today, and the names of potential candidates.
Other topics and questions may also be considered at this gathering.
The meeting is open to the public.
All are welcome to join the conversation, and those who cannot stay for the entire hour are also welcome to submit their written responses to the survey.
Responses from all the sunrise and sunset meetings will be compiled and presented at a public forum to be announced at a later time.
For more information, contact Jesse Torres at kagmankomuni [email protected] or Rep. Tina Sablan at 285-3935 or [email protected].
For general information about the sunrise/sunset meetings, contact Rep. Tina Sablan at 285-3935 or [email protected]
NMC English and math placement test schedule
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College will be conducting English and math placement tests on the following dates:
English Placement Tests
• April 28 – Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., Room D-1
• April 29 – Wednesday, 5-8 p.m., Room D-1
• May 14 – Thursday, 1-4 p.m., Room D-1; 5-8 p.m., Room D-1
Math Placement Tests
• May 19 – Tuesday, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Room D-1; 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Room D-1
• May 21 – Thursday, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Room D-1
Those who wish to take the test must bring a valid photo ID — driver’s license, passport or school ID —and pencils.
No admittance to the testing room will be allowed after the starting time.
There is a $25 fee each for the English and math placement tests that must be paid in advance at the NMC Cashier.
No one will be allowed into the testing room without proof of payment — a receipt for either the placement test fee or the NMC application fee.
Payment for the application fee will cover the English placement test fee.
If you have any questions about the English placement test, call Mark Haag of the Languages and Humanities Department at 234-5498 Ext. 2017 or Mona Camacho at Ext. 1242.
If you have any questions about the Math placement test, call Glenn Keaton of the Sciences, Mathematics, Health, and Athletics Department at 234-5498 ext. 1200 or Hera Ogo at Ext. 1212.
Business start-up results from abalone workshop
(NMC) — Four farmers on Rota have recently decided to pool their resources to create a commercial abalone farm after attending a workshop conducted by Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Services.
Facilitated by aquaculture specialist Michael Ogo, the “Grow-out Requirements for Abalone Production” was held earlier this month at the NMC Tatachog campus on Rota.
There were14 participants who attended the workshop and learned about biology of abalone, feeding requirements, water quality management, system maintenance, and the economic of abalone farming.
According to Ogo, the workshop was highly successful.
The farmers who attended and who have decided to pool their resources are looking into negotiating with the Rota municipality to lease idle aquaculture tanks in Tatachog for their venture.
“The workshop is a good example of how NMC and CREES are transferring research-based knowledge that will ultimately help to develop large and small industries in the CNMI,” said Tee Abraham, dean of NMC’s Community Programs and Services.
Abalone is an edible mollusk that is a highly priced delicacy in Asia.
They have been mass-produced in China and Japan since the 1950s.
A disease has reduced the Chinese abalone stock, thus giving chance for the CNMI to enter into this market.
In addition to their use as food, the abalone’s highly iridescent shells have traditionally been made into buttons, inlays for furniture, musical instruments, or jewelry.
Pearls from abalone are popular in New Zealand and Australia and very expensive rarities.
Yesterday’s edition misspelled one of the words in the story about the donation of toys at CHC. The pharagraph should read “With a help of Hawaii state Rep. Glenn Wakai’s Reach out Pacific, the 14-year-old packed 60 boxes of toys into a 24-foot container van and sent them here.
