HONOLULU—The Coast Guard successfully coordinated the rescue of 42 people who abandoned ship when their fishing vessel American Eagle caught fire approximately 1,800 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands, Wednesday. An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point...

Assistant attorney general David Lochabay has stated that there are no negative implications to be drawn from his previous statement that “historically, persons with judgments and other claims against governments have lobbied for private bills to pay them.” Lochabay said there is...

The NMI Settlement Fund and the administration of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres are in dispute over this month’s 25 percent pension payment, some $1.2 million, for CNMI retirees. The Fund essentially claims that money provided by the government for the Feb. 12 payment is unlawful and...

The Chinese Association of Saipan, CNMI and the Korean Association of Saipan will be holding a joint celebration of the Lunar New Year for two consecutive Saturdays, Feb. 13 and 20, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan. CAS and KAS officials last week held separate ribbon-cutting...