A bill that would have converted the Northern Marianas Trades Institute into a public institution—and thus receive public funds—has been vetoed. In his transmittal message to the 20th Legislature last Friday, March 16, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres expressed reservations about the bill’s...

The National Speech and Debate Association has named its top finalists that will compete at the NSDA National Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Students from various high schools across the CNMI competed at the NSDA regional championship from March 15 to 17. Last...

Several “exempt” employees of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., who are supposedly not entitled to overtime pay, did in fact receive overtime pay, according to former CUC chief financial officer Matthew J. Yaquinto. Yaquinto, through counsel David G. Banes, said that “exempt”...

The House of Representatives passed last Friday a measure to pay deceased retirees’ remaining loved ones the rest of their debt during the collapse of the NMI Retirement Fund. Prior to the implementation of the settlement agreement between the government and the NMI Settlement...