Former governor Juan Nekai Babauta and former senator Juan Sablan Torres filed yesterday their candidacies for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, at the Commonwealth Election Commission in Susupe. The two longtime Republicans are running as independents. Babauta and...

Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has ordered the disbarment of suspended lawyer Ramon King Quichocho Jr. from the practice of law in CNMI courts for professional misconduct in representing his then-client, Jung Ja Kim. In a 50-page decision on Tuesday, Camacho...

The U.S District Court will vacate attorney Ramon K. Quichoco’s show-cause order as he has given consent to release the bail amount of $1,200 to satisfy Ming Yang Corp.’s legal fees. On Monday, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona said the show-cause...

After nearly three years of talks of increasing the hotel occupancy tax by 5 percent and coming to an agreement to allocate the funds to the Marianas Visitors Authority for marketing purposes, a new bill is being proposed to divert 1 percent of that funding to the Saipan Mayor’s...