Former Board of Education chair MaryLou Ada believes that lifting the ongoing austerity measures at the Public School System would be “suicide.” Speaking at yesterdays’ BOE meeting on Capital Hill, Ada, who also chairs the BOE’s Fiscal, Personnel, and Administration Committee,...

The Marianas Visitors Authority’s board of directors has approved the issuance of an invitation to bid to transform the Japanese Peace Memorial at the Banzai Cliff in Marpi into a tranquil Zen garden. The project is estimated to cost between $950,000 and $1.2 million. At the MVA...

Tinian Mayor Edwin P. Aldan is calling for equal access for everyone in the CNMI and that includes services for people with disabilities. As keynote speaker during the celebration of the International Day of People with Disabilities last Wednesday at the CNMI Center for Living...

A man was arrested at his workplace last Wednesday for an alleged child abuse incident that took place six months ago outside the Kagman High School’s back fence. According to a statement yesterday from the CNMI Department of Public Safety, Theodore Oronigo Pehnos was arrested at...