Marianas Visitors Authority board chairman Dave M. Sablan has pledged to assist the Commonwealth Ports Authority in enticing cruise vessels to bring in tourists to the CNMI.

Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio said Friday he would not run for another term in the 2001 elections, as his erstwhile political rival, former Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio, gears up to reclaim the governorship under a new political party.

It was a simple ceremony attended by the CNMI and US Navy officials. After several years of waiting, the $43 million Saipan Harbor Improvement Project was finally inaugurated.

Retirees from the government service are in for another long wait for their 30 percent retirement bonus after the administration scrapped plans to earmark $2.2 million in new funds to pay out the benefits.