Both acting governor Victor B. Hocog and House Speaker Raphael Demapan (R-Saipan) praised Gov. Ralph DLG Torres’ meeting with U.S. President Donald J. Trump on the CW-1 issues. Torres met with the president in Hawaii after the latter passed by the state before starting his...

HONOLULU—Pacific scientists will meet in Lihue, Kauai, from Oct. 10 to 12 to provide recommendations on managing fisheries in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the CNMI, and the US Pacific Remote Islands Areas. The meeting of the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Western...

The CNMI minimum wage will increase again by 50 cents effective Sept. 30, 2017, boosting the minimum wage to $7.05 per hour, up from the $6.55 per hour set last year. This is the penultimate, federally mandated increase in the Commonwealth’s minimum wage. It will get a 20-cent...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence is the recipient of $239,136 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) announced last week. The coalition asked Sablan during his first term in office...