Eight Chinese workers yesterday picketed in front of the Administration Building to dramatize their plight for non-payment of wages by their employer on Tinian.

LOS ANGELES — There were NBA players like Kenny Anderson, Chris Mills and Eddie Jones. There was a clock, referees, slam dunks, fancy passes and best of all, fans.

As the CNMI government prepares a package of incentives for the planned Free Trade Zone, Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Joe Ayuyu has urged officials to amend or repeal laws that currently restrict investors from doing business in the CNMI.

In recent days, Puerto Ricans rebuffed statehood electing the status quo in order to reap the best of both worlds. This isn't the first, but the third time that statehood was shot down by Puerto Ricans.