Students of Kokusai Seishonen Kenshu Kyokai called on Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang last Friday as part of the mayor’s office’s cultural student exchange program. A total of 12 Japanese students ranging in age from 9 to 12 years old and two coordinators— Naoko Matsumoto and...

The case of an employee of the Saipan Mayor’s Office dog control program who was allegedly caught on camera stealing has been dismissed—at the request of the Office of the Attorney General and the defense’s counsel. The OAG may re-file the case against Rodney C. Babauta in the...

Tim Law ruled the men’s division for a winning Half Ironman debut, while Manami Iijima took the women’s crown in last Saturday’s 29th Tagaman 70.3 Triathlon. The Hong Kong bet foiled Russian Aleksandr Dorovskikh’s bid for back-to-back titles as Law completed the lung-busting...

A $15,000 cash bail was imposed Friday on an employee of the Saipan Mayor’s Office’s Dog Control Program who was allegedly caught on a surveillance camera stealing items from a car at Banzai Cliff last Monday, Feb. 19. Rodney Camacho Babauta, 35, was arrested for burglary and...