A federal judge ruled Friday in Schaller v. U.S. Social Security Administration that the exclusion of Guam residents from the federal Supplemental Security Income benefits program for the blind, elderly, and disabled constitutes unconstitutional discrimination.   The decision, if...

CNMI Attorney General Edward Manibusan and Guam Attorney General Leevin T. Camacho have jointly petitioned seeking High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area designations under the Hawaii HIDTA. The petitions were submitted on June 12, 2020, to the National Office of Drug Control...

The Department of Public Health and Social Services in Guam is monitoring and investigating cases of Shigellosis. From January 1 to June 16, 2020, a total of eight Shigellosis cases have been reported (with 100% confirmed). One household contains epidemiologically linked cases,...

Among the many concerns cited to explain why the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. has removed the number of recoveries in the CNMI on its website’s tally, Esther Muña says that CHCC is not comfortable using the term “recovery,” which she said is misleading. “To say that someone has...