Temporary water interruption in Gualo Rai
Commonwealth Utilities Corp. customers in the village of Gualo Rai may experience a temporary water service interruption next week as contractors fill the storage tanks that will temporarily replace...
View ArticleTasi Tours settles man’s lawsuit over drowning of daughter
Tasi Tours & Transportation has settled a lawsuit filed by the father of a Chinese tourist who drowned while snorkeling off Managaha Island in 2012. U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge...
View ArticleNMHC board notes ‘high’ delinquency rate of loan accounts
The board of directors of the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. is concerned of the high number of delinquent accounts for their various programs. For their own programs alone such as the HOME Investment...
View ArticleSCfA needs more volunteers
The Saipan Cares for Animals needs more volunteers that would help them in attending to their needs as more dogs and at times cats were either caught or surrendered to the animal shelter in Lower Base....
View ArticleCUC, 18 foreign workers agree to dismiss lawsuit
The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. and its 18 foreign workers have agreed to dismiss their lawsuit against U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Charles Johnson and other federal officials...
View ArticleTeenager dragged by car during Susupe robbery
A teenager was injured after he was dragged 50 feet away from a car driven by a 25-year-old man who allegedly grabbed his cellphone along Texas Road in Susupe last Wednesday afternoon. Police officers...
View ArticleBordallo announces Congressional Art Competition
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo and the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA) today announced the start of the annual 2016 Congressional Art Competition. The...
View ArticleUnified response to unexploded ordnance at the Port of Saipan
SANTA RITA, Guam—On Feb. 12, 2016 the CNMI Homeland Security & Emergency Management and the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Saipan, responded to a discovery of a WWII UXO at the...
View ArticleMt. Carmel School is 18th Annual Mock Trial Champion
Mount Carmel School emerged as this year’s champion in the 18th Annual NMI High School Mock Trial held last Thursday and Friday at the House of Justice. The school’s student attorneys and witnesses...
View ArticleNavy responds to potential endangered species lawsuit
In the face of a potential lawsuit over alleged violations of environmental law, the U.S. Department of Navy emphasized the need for servicemen to train in the land, sea, and air of the Marianas in the...
View ArticleSmall craft advisory until this morning
A small craft advisory is in effect through early Tuesday morning, according to the CNMI Emergency Operations Center. Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is advising the general public and inexperience mariners,...
View ArticleStrike Group sailors to volunteer during port call
ASAN, Guam—Volunteers from the John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) will take part in several community projects during a port call in Guam Feb.15-16. While on island, hundreds of sailors from the...
View ArticleFrink says Tinian Dynasty owners failed to fulfill obligation
Citing irreconcilable differences, attorney Sean Frink of the Marianas Legal Strategy Group LLC has requested the federal court to allow him and his law firm to withdraw as counsel for the owners of...
View ArticleCHCC ramps up its awareness campaign
KAMMER BEACH, Tinian—The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. is ramping up its precautionary awareness campaign on all hazardous diseases like the Zika virus. CHCC personnel, headed by Public Health and...
View ArticleLions Clubs to hold annual health fair
Lions Clubs International District 204 Region 2 will hold its annual health fair next month. The event is scheduled on March 13 to be held at the Joeten Dai-Dai Social Hall of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in...
View ArticleDeleon Guerrero receives NMC’s Academic Advisor of the Year
In recognition of her commitment and service to providing quality service and mentorship to students, Velma C. Deleon Guerrero was recently awarded the “Academic Advisor of the Year” award by the...
View Article$30K in scholarships awarded to NMC students
Northern Marianas College has announced that 12 deserving students have been awarded the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Scholarship. The Asian...
View Article‘Largest CNMI delegate’ for FestPac seeks community support
The committee and delegates for the upcoming Festival of the Pacific met to discuss their participation and other requirements on the upcoming festival last Friday. According to committee chair John...
View ArticleLibDay committee open to community’s suggestions
The 2016 CNMI Liberation Day committee said they are open to suggestions and is encouraging the community to submit any of their ideas in order to improve ways on how the annual festival is celebrated....
View ArticleHouse agrees with OAG’s position to lobby, tax offset
The House of Representatives has agreed with the Office of the Attorney General’s position that persons with court judgments against the government can lobby to the governor and the Legislature and...
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