Rota Mayor Efraim M. Atalig has urged Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to closed all ports of entry for passenger travel into the municipality to prevent the entry of the coronavirus into Rota. In a letter dated March 30, 2020 Atalig described the closure of all pots of entry into Rota ...

Following Guam’s confirmation of three cases of the novel coronavirus last Sunday, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres yesterday signed Executive Order 20-04 declaring the CNMI under the State of Significant Emergency and a State of Public Health Emergency. * * * – Two weeks of govt...

With increasing concerns about the novel coronavirus entering and spreading in the CNMI, Sen. Paul A. Manglona (Ind-Rota) asked Gov. Ralph DLG Torres yesterday that a temporary travel restriction to and from China be put in place. “I am respectfully requesting that we have travel...

The Torre administration, low on money and looking for options, has chosen to look at the CNMI Medical Referral annual expenditures of $15 million to find some savings. They also cite the overtime costs for law enforcement, (Department of Public Safety, Department of Fire and...