The federal court granted yesterday the request of Rota Mayor Efraim M. Atalig and his girlfriend, Evelyn Atalig, to postpone the jury trial in their case. The trial was originally set to start on June 4, 2019; the new trial date is Oct. 1, 2019. At a brief pre-trial conference,...

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has allowed Evelyn Atalig to accompany Rota Mayor Efraim M. Atalig to Manila, Philippines for his heart surgery. Manglona’s order on Wednesday allows Evelyn Atalig to travel to Guam on April 18 and to the Philippines...

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona granted yesterday Rota Mayor Efraim M. Atalig’s request to travel to Guam to attend the funeral of his sister. Manglona said “upon good cause shown” she grants Atalig’s unopposed motion for permission to travel to...

Rota Mayor Efraim M. Atalig requested yesterday the federal court to allow him to travel again to Guam, this time to attend the funeral of his sister. Atalig, through counsel David G. Banes, said his sister, Bernadita Atalig Lingad, recently died and that her funeral will be this...