The coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the Mariana Islands is a natural disaster of perhaps larger import than Super Typhoon Yutu. The Marianas should receive the same support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as they did for Yutu, if they can adapt to a new form...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “Spotlight,” a recurring series featuring CNMI personalities and how they are helping the island community with their advocacies or their work. To suggest a person to feature in this section, email us at editor@saipantribune.com. Beauty with...

For the current fiscal year, the CNMI government was unable to meet the constitutional mandate that gives the Public School System at least 25% of the general fund revenue. PSS was supposed to get a budget of over $42.8 million this fiscal year 2019. Saipan Tribune learned over...

Government expenses in fiscal year 2019 exceeded the projected revenue by $63.8 million, according to the Department of Finance, with disaster expenditures comprising more than half of the deficit. In a letter to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres dated Sept. 3, 2019, Finance Secretary David...