NMI Retirement Fund Administrator Juan S. Torres yesterday said he will ask Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio to immediately sign a piece of legislation which seeks to eliminate the 30 percent retirement bonus in order to save the financial integrity of NMIRF.

Saying he welcomes any investigation into the controversial Saipan power project, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Executive Director Timothy P. Villagomez yesterday lambasted what he called aggressive lobbying by one of the bidders in a bid to influence the Legislature.

Superior Court Judge Timothy Bellas yesterday ordered the release of Police Officer Edwin Santos Aguon who was accused of burglary and theft on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

The Board of Education yesterday approved a plan to build two new high schools early next year to ease overcrowding at the Marianas High School and Hopwood Junior High School.