The CNMI government has prodded the US Marshals in Guam to help it dispose the captured vesells of the illegal Chinese immigrants by sinking the ships into the ocean.

Amid pressing issues confronting the Northern Marianas, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio is expected to deliver the annual State of the Commonwealth address during a joint House and Senate session next week.

As scheduled, the Public School System will receive on Thursday through an electronic bank transfer the proceeds from the recent sale of the $15.6 million worth of bonds, the last step to finally begin the construction of its various infrastructure projects.

Some 2,650 illegal workers in the Northern Marianas have come out of hiding and sought the limited amnesty offer by the government, but the number falls short of the projected 5,000 to 15,000 overstaying aliens on the island.