Members of the Senate Gaming Committee were caught off-guard yesterday when the Commonwealth Casino Commission brought up the subject of alleged sewage overflow troubles at the casino in Garapan. CCC executive director Edward Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune in an interview last week and yesterday that the matter has been “taken cared of” by Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC, which runs the Imperial Pacific Resort. Saipan Tribune learned that the overflow was not the first...

Casino operator Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection inked a memorandum of understanding yesterday that would hasten the immigration process for IPI guests coming to the CNMI. The MOU was for the Reimbursable Services Agreement Program...

A repeat offender from Palau who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend and threatening to kill her and her 2-year-old son was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Lawson Santiago Renguul Jr. was sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment,...

IT&E services returned to normal at 1pm yesterday after a disruption in cellular and internet services that crippled communications and internet connection among its subscribers. According to an IT&E press release, a damaged terrestrial fiber was the root cause of the...