The vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Fiscal Affairs noted that the Senate version of the fiscal year 2019 budget is currently in the works. Sen. Justo Quitugua (Ind-Saipan) said the Senate’s legal counsel is still working on the recommended drafts. “So, until the legal...

Andrew L. Orsini has officially declared his candidacy for the one vacant seat in the State Board of Education Saipan, for this upcoming general election on Nov.6, 2018. Orsini filed papers with the Commonwealth Election Commission last week Friday. Orsini, the former human...

Jin Air launched the first of 23 summer charter flights from Tokyo, Japan, to the Marianas on Aug. 1, 2018. The flights depart daily from Narita International Airport at 10:15am and arrive at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport at 3pm. All passengers aboard the...

Former governor Benigno R. Fitial re-registered as a voter yesterday morning before the Commonwealth Election Commission and threw his support behind the candidacies of incumbent Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres and Senate President Arnold I. Palacios. Accompanied by his wife, Josie,...