The U.S. Congress has appropriated $1.7 billion to help communities like the CNMI that were hit by natural disasters last year and that is funding that the CNMI could tap into. In line with this, Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) recently wrote Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to...

Sen. Vinnie F. Sablan (Ind-Saipan) has introduced a bill to address the lack of law regarding genetic or gestational surrogacy. Senate Bill 21-26 would establish the Commonwealth Uniformed Parentage Act in the CNMI. Sablan said providing clarity and uniformity for all possible...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres has sought the assistance of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II in providing additional assistance to the CNMI Medicaid program, in the wake of the devastation wrought by Super Typhoon Yutu last October. “We have initiated...

The CNMI government has withdrawn its commitment to support Saipan’s hosting of the 2021 Pacific Mini Games. Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, in a letter sent to Northern Marianas Sports Association president Michael A. White last week, regretfully informed NMSA that the withdrawal is...