The CNMI will play host next month to the First International Children's Fishing Derby for kids ages 7 to 12 which organizers hope would attract young children to engage in sport fishing and promote friendship among participants.

Gerald Boyer and Kana Aikawa have been included in the North Pacific Junior Team that will compete in the 10th ITF Oceania Junior Circuit/ Championships to be held in Samoa, American Samoa and Fiji in August/September 1999.

Instead of charging bus fare, the Public School System should limit the school bus service to public school students, an officer of the CNMI PTA Council said yesterday.

The Board of Public Lands has agreed to grant a 15-year lease extension to the Rota Resort and Country Club, ending months of dispute over conditions which the tourists' golf haven has yet to meet as stipulated in the initial contract with the government.