Thirteen claimants whose properties were acquired for right-of-ways for primary roads across the CNMI decades ago will be paid pursuant to Public Law 19-87. Among these claimants, five were fully compensated and eight were partially paid. Claimants partially paid were given 18...

The House of Representatives passed a supplemental appropriation last Friday to divvy up $24 million collected from the Saipan Casino Operator’s Business Gross Revenue Tax. The House passed the budget bill with a unanimous vote of 17-0. Reps. Vinson Sablan (Ind-Saipan) and Joseph...

Lawmakers over the weekend discovered a potential flaw in the language of the CNMI Constitution while discussing whether to pass a “renewal” or an “extension” of leases for Bank of Guam and Construction Material Supply Inc. In a joint session held last Friday afternoon at the...

The federal court has dismisses all allegations against a Department of Public Lands employee due to insufficient evidence. Il Hwan Kim and KSA Corp. had sued Department of Public Lands official Ramon S. Salas on the grounds of racketeering. Kim alleged that Salas was part of a...