Tinian and Aguiguan mayor-elect Joey Patrick San Nicolas has asked the Superior Court to hold the islands’ outgoing mayor, Ramon M. Dela Cruz, liable to pay him $26,019 in attorneys’ fees and $2,203.25 in costs in connection with Dela Cruz’s failed election challenge. In a motion...

The Northern Marianas College Board of Regents discussed yesterday facility financing through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ahead of a scheduled meeting with USDA Area Director Joseph Diego on Jan. 21. Regent William Torres, who has been exploring alternative financing...

Streetlights around the island currently face two issues: the high failure rate of LED streetlights and past due debts, according to Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Alan Fletcher. Fletcher told Saipan Tribune in an email yesterday that CUC is addressing the LED...

The House of Representatives honored outgoing Saipan Mayor Marian DLG Tudela with a resolution during the lower chamber’s sine die yesterday. With the distinction of being the first ever female mayor of the CNMI, it was a no-brainer for the House to bestow a commemorative...