The NMI Supreme Court affirmed last Dec. 5 Mohammad A. Bashar’s conviction for marriage fraud. Back in July 2016, Bashar sought the Supreme Court’s review after the trial court denied Bashar’s request to set aside his plea and vacate his conviction and sentence and order denying...

The CNMI House of Representatives passed yesterday a new measure to set the salary level of members of the Legislature. This was the second time that the House acted on such a measure after then acting governor Victor B. Hocog vetoed last week a similar bill that had been passed...

The Supreme Court affirmed yesterday the sentence imposed on Patrick M. Calvo, who has been convicted of molesting his own daughter. The high court issued its opinion in Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Patrick M. Calvo yesterday. This is Calvo’s second appeal...

Former assistant attorney general Matthew C. Baisley is disappointed with the CNMI Supreme Court’s ruling in the case against former Department of Public Safety commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero and former police officer Jesse Salas Concepcion, raising questions why it took...