U.S. Department of Agriculture area director Joseph Diego discussed grant opportunities with Northern Islands Mayor Jerome Aldan and Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council chair Tonie Tudela during a meeting last Thursday. The Community Facility, Rural Business Enterprise,...

Northern Islands Mayor Jerome Aldan’s top priority is to push for the creation of Pagan homesteads that he said the Department of Public Lands has stalled for years. “I am ready to do it and I’m not saying I’m going to ‘try’ to do it but make sure that it does come into fruition...

Allowing post-election challenges to voter eligibility would open the door to non-stop battles and would only frustrate the election process, according to Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo. The Legislature has already provided guidelines on how to challenge voter...

Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo dismissed yesterday the election contest filed by defeated Northern Islands mayoral candidate Vicente Cruz Santos Jr. against mayor-elect Francisco Jerome K. Aldan and the Commonwealth Election Commission. At a hearing that lasted...