The Department of Public Lands has completed its mapping work for the agricultural homestead program on Pagan and is now ready to award homestead lots to the island’s residents who want to go back there and cultivate their lots. According to DPL Secretary Marianne Teregeyo, a...

First, Saipan’s streets got named. Next up will be house numbers. The Saipan Mayor’s Office is now working on a house numbering system for the island, according to special assistant Henry Hofschneider. That means assigning a number to every house and building on Saipan for the...

Nine people were awarded Thursday homestead lots located in Kagman. According to Ray Salas, the acting director for the homestead program, the Department of Public Lands issued last Thursday morning 19 letters to homestead applicants. Of the 19, only 12 responded to the letter....

The lease of five landmark hotels on Saipan is set to expire in four years, and the continued uncertainty over the fate of these leases worries the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands.   And in the years that the question has been up in the air, what used to be...