The 60th meeting of the Association of Pacific Islands Legislatures kicked off its three-day convention in the House of Representatives chamber on Capitol Hill yesterday morning. Reps. Ivan A. Blanco (R-Saipan) and Joseph “Lee Pan” Guerrero (R-Saipan) and Sen. Vinson Sablan...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is off-island for official business representing the CNMI in a regional development finance institution with a member of the Legislature. Torres, a member of the Pacific Islands Development Bank’s board of governors, is attending the bank’s annual meeting...

Sen. Arnold I. Palacios (R-Saipan) has been appointed to represent the CNMI on the board of the Association of the Pacific Island Legislatures. Palacios, who is also Senate floor leader, succeeds former senator Pete Reyes, who was the Senate representative for the Commonwealth on...