The Senate should be commended for passing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to support health in the CNMI. The senators are right to put the target on sugary drinks because overwhelming scientific evidence directly links sugary drinks to the diabetes epidemic. They...

Registration of kindergarten students for school year 2016-2017 at Garapan Elementary School began last Wednesday, April 20. The registration times are from 8am to 4pm at the GES library. New students registration for grades 1 to 6, meanwhile, will begin on June 13, 2016. The...

University of Guam professor Dr. Yvette Paulino, PhD, will announce her findings and plans of conducting a Betel Nut Intervention Trial on Saipan. She will be speaking in a press conference at 3pm today, April 22, at the Governor’s Office conference room. Paulino’s visit is part...

Joyce Tang, trustee of the NMI Settlement Fund, pushed the fund’s interest on lawmakers yesterday requesting government payments be at an equal weekly basis and not “by the end of each quarter” as is now, hinting at an “ask” for legislation to mandate such a payment schedule....