Close to 100 legislators from 23 countries in the Asia Pacific will gather next week on Saipan to discuss various regional issues during a conference of the Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians Union (APPU).

A meeting between Air Nauru officials and the CNMI officials has been temporarily scheduled next week to explore the possibility of providing a direct service between Saipan-Guam and Saipan-Manila.

Amid concerns of not having enough funding for school year 1999-2000, the Public School System assures the community that a comprehensive analysis for its resources was completed before it opened the registration for kindergarten.

As this school year comes to a close, the Class of 1999 from throughout our high schools in the Northern Marianas would have marched in and out of graduation exercises to receive their diplomas and awards beaming with guarded pride and joy.