The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday presses the NMI Retirement Fund to ease conditions on the settlement of some $21 million in unpaid contribution by the government, pointing to the mounting financial obligations of the Tenorio administration.

More than $15 million in government money have either been wasted or lost in several irregular deals or pocketed by corrupt officials during the past administration, according to an annual report of the Office of the Public Auditor.

Ten companies from the CNMI and the US have submitted proposals for external monitoring compliance system of the Saipan Garment Manufacturers Association after searching for months for a prospective contractor to help them carry out its Code of Conduct.

Due to efforts of Japan Airlines and Asiana Airlines to bring in more visitors to the Northern Marianas, the Commonwealth Ports Authority's operating revenues in a the aviation division increased by five percent in March 1999 amounting to $893,206 compared to the same period of...