Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has severely affected its operations in the CNMI and the lack of top officers on the ground, its newly hired general counsel, Michael W. Dotts, describes it as just a “transition” phase for the company, that it will eventually hire a chief...

A man who punched and threatened to kill a male gas attendant at a gasoline station in Chalan Piao has pleaded guilty plea and was sentenced to one-year in prison, all suspended except for one day. Inario Bisanen, 37, was given credit for one day of time served; this means he...

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a vast impact on the construction progress of Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC’s casino/resort project in Garapan, according to IPI vice president of construction Eric Poon. Poon reported at the Commonwealth Casino Commission’s board...

Sylvestre Rogopes Sablan, who is serving a 25-year prison term for killing his wife, was slapped Thursday with another 30-day prison sentence for assaulting a fellow inmate at the Department of Corrections in Susupe. Sablan, 48, pleaded guilty to assault and battery as part of a...