A legislation seeking a sweeping overhaul of the bidding regulations on government contracts to favor local firms was disapproved by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio because of the measure's serious legal implications.

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.

Despite the urgency, the Department of Public Safety has continued to ignore recommendations from previous audit reports of the Office of Public Auditor, which may have led to present problems confronting the vital government agency.

Commonwealth Ports Authority Executive Director Carlos H. Salas has asked the US Marshals in Guam to help the CNMI get rid of the four ships used by illegal Chinese immigrants because of the danger the vessels pose to the island-municipality of Tinian in the coming typhoon season.