Superior Court associate judge Kenneth L. Govendo stated that the ruling he issued in 2009 about how much the CNMI government owes the NMI Retirement Fund was a final judgment.

By a vote of 8-0 with one abstention, the Senate overrode yesterday Gov. Benigno R. Fitial’s veto of a bill seeking to pay employees working on federally funded capital improvement projects at least the U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Rota and Tinian medical referral patients can now heave a sigh of relief following Freedom Air’s assurance yesterday it will immediately resume transporting patients to Saipan as the government honors its obligation to the airline.

Police Commissioner Ramon Mafnas confirmed yesterday that a Department of Public Safety personnel had refused to undergo a lie detector test as part of investigation into the disappearance of sisters Faloma and Maleina Luhk.