The Department of Public Lands announced over the weekend that it turned over $6 million to the Marianas Public Lands Trust in fiscal year 2019. The remitted amount totaled $6,327,685.23, which is a 167.271% increase over the $2,367,513 that DPL remitted to MPLT in fiscal year...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres signed into law yesterday legislation that amended the language in the Marianas Public Lands Trust fund loan to satisfy preferences recommended by the Office of the Attorney General. Torres enacted House Speaker Blas Jonathan “BJ” Attao’s (R-Saipan) House...

A House bill that amends the law that authorizes the CNMI government to secure a loan from the Marianas Public Land Trust—which had just been introduced at the House of Representatives last Friday—took just six days to zoom past the Senate yesterday afternoon. On a vote of 6-1,...

Public Lands Secretary Marianne Concepcion-Teregeyo announced Thursday the remittance of $567,508 to the Marianas Public Land Trust, representing money collected from current land leases. “The Department of Public Lands has strengthened its policies and enforcement for all public...