The CNMI State Board of Education will be moving forward in suing the CNMI government to finally settle the issue over what constitutes the mandated 25 percent funding that PSS should get from general revenues. BOE chair MaryLou S. Ada said they had given the CNMI House of...

The Office of the Public Defender believes traffic cases involving persons who commit traffic offenses while under 18 years old should be handled by the juvenile court. Assistant public defender Heather M. Zona, who is representing two persons facing traffic charges, asked the...

In a three-hour session, the CNMI House of Representatives passed the cannabis legalization bill yesterday, naming it after the late David K. Peter. In a vote of 18-1-1, with one opposition and one abstention, Rep. Joseph Deleon Guerrero’s (R-Saipan) House Bill 20-178 passed on...

The Department of Public Safety’s Boating Safety Unit officers recovered yesterday afternoon a human skull found underwater near the Garapan Fishing Base. A diver with Aquasmith Pacific reported the find to DPS, saying he discovered the skull on Tuesday at 4pm, according to DPS...