THE general counsel for the CNMI judiciary, attorney Hyun Jae Lee, has requested the Superior Court to quash the subpoena of rape defendant William Abraczinskas, and issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of judiciary records.

POLICE arrested Khandakar S. Rahaman on Aug. 3, 2023, for confronting and assaulting another person over a malicious comment about his fiancée.

CLASSES at Northern Marianas Technical Institute began on Monday, Aug. 7, and now include cosmetology as a new program.

A FILM screening featuring local filmmakers will be held at Regal Saipan Megaplex this Friday at 5 p.m.

THE Settlement Fund is requesting all members to submit their 2023 Annuity Recipient Information Update form (Form SF-200) by the Sept. 29, 2023 deadline.  The form can be obtained online at https://www.nmisf.com/forms-2/.

(Office of the Governor) — Community members are invited to informational sharing sessions where updates to the  Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training Project or CJMT will be provided.

IT was a police officer’s service firearm that injured a seven-year-old boy who was holding the weapon when it accidentally discharged at a Kagman residence on May 21, 2023, the Department of Public Safety said.

THE Department of Public Safety-Criminal Investigation Division is actively investigating the theft of personnel files at the Saipan Mayor’s Office, DPS said.

THE Department of Public Works said the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. should pay $9.6 million in fines and civil penalties for the incomplete restoration of public roads that CUC's Water Division cut and trenched for pipe repairs and maintenance.

THE Commonwealth Ports Authority board of directors on Friday approved a job description with “pretty extensive” qualifications for a new executive director.

NEDA Deleon Guerrero, a career manager at Northern Marianas College, said on-island employers can directly recruit students from NMC into their businesses using “Handshake,” an online recruiting platform.

DEPARTMENT of Lands and Natural Resources Secretary Sylvan Igisomar on Thursday said they are looking at ways to streamline the permitting process. 

“WE are deeply committed to its effective implementation,” Corrections Commissioner Anthony C. Torres said, referring to the recently enacted anti-contraband measure or Public Law 23-7.

(Office of the Governor) — The leaders of six law-enforcement agencies recently inked an agreement to reestablish and reorganize a joint-drug-prevention-task force. Drugs, specifically ice, have continued to negatively impact the CNMI. Agencies are seeing more cases of drug use especially in…

“WORKING together makes a difference,” said Saipan Mayor Ramon “RB” Camacho during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday for the Gualo Rai basketball court which was repainted by the Saipan Magalahi Eagles Club and the Saipan Maga'Haga Lady Eagles.

GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios on Tuesday signed House Bill 23-17 “to establish the crime of promoting prison contraband and appropriate punishment.”

DAVID Ayuyu Atalig, who has been accused of inappropriately touching a minor, is asking the Superior Court to provide him with a hearing aid device and a Chamorro interpreter so he can participate in the proceedings.

NORTHERN Marianas College began the physical process of rebuilding its As Terlaje campus on Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new NMC Student Center.

GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios has reappointed Catherine Marie Attao to serve another four-year term representing Saipan and women on the Northern Marianas Technical Institute board of trustees.

IMPERIAL Pacific International LLC. is opposing Joshua Gray’s motion for attorney’s fees, saying it should be less than what was being asked.

A SMOLDERING piece of trash caused a fire at the Marpi Landfill on Monday the Department of Public Works reported.

A WEEK after the last fuel price hike, Mobil Oil Marianas at 4 p.m. Wednesday increased its gasoline prices by 15 cents and diesel price by 20 cents.

LOCAL businesses must prepare for the CW-1 “touchback” provision, Saipan Chamber of Commerce board member Alex Sablan said in a chamber meeting on Wednesday at Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan.

MARIANAS Global Inc. is a Korean-based investment company that signed an agreement with the Department of Public Lands to operate Managaha based on a “shared vision” of the CNMI.

RAPE defendant William Abraczinskas has subpoenaed the CNMI Superior Court’s human resource office for documentation, reports and interviews related to the allegation that he sexually assaulted another judicial employee.

ASSISTANT U.S. Attorney Ashely Kost has asked the federal court to deny Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo’s compassionate release request.

GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios on Tuesday signed into law House Bills 23-15 and H.B. 23-60.

SENATOR Celina R. Babauta will introduce on Friday Senate Bill 23-43, which proposes to permit novel captive insurance in the CNMI.

THE Carolinian Affairs Office on Wednesday informed Education Commissioner Alfred B. Ada that it has established a Carolinian Bilingual Recruitment Task Force to address the shortage of Carolinian or Refaluwasch language instructors in the CNMI.

ALEXANDRIA Davis Steeley has sued the Department of Lands and Natural Resources and the Division of Fish and Wildlife for the delay in issuing a land clearing permit for her Kagman homestead lot, which she inherited from her mother, Jacinta Kapileo.

THIS week the Senate is expected to adopt Senate Resolution 23-9, which urges Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and the Department of Finance “to utilize all qualified human resources to conduct…tax enforcement and collection activities.”

AFTER the CNMI Supreme Court denied his request for a stay in proceedings, rape defendant William Abraczinskas is now asking for the same thing from the Superior Court.

THE Commonwealth Ports Authority is “working on” the issues concerning some facilities at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport ahead of the Federal Aviation Administration officials' visit.

SENATE President Edith Deleon Guerrero is requesting the Office of the Public Auditor to look into the indirect cost revenue that the Office of Grants Management and State Clearinghouse received from fiscal years 2012 to 2022.

SAIPAN Mayor Ramon RB Camacho on Tuesday swore in educators Flo Calvo and Eluene Baza as the newest board members of the Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance program.

TUESDAY, Aug. 1, was the opening day of the 2023 Advocacy Academy, presented at the Saipan World Resort by the Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., and congressional representatives for the U.S. territories — Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-CNMI, Jim Moylan, R-Guam, Jenniffer González Colón, R-Puerto Rico, and Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, D-USV…

(CNMI DOL) — The CNMI Department of Labor is reminding businesses that a written notice must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary at 1356 Mednilla St. on Capital Hill at least 60 days prior to the commencement of a reduction in force or closure of business.

A MAJORITY of the House members do not support the administration's proposal to increase the business gross revenue tax, but they are willing to consider a 3%  tax on construction contractors, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ralph N. Yumul said on Friday.

THE Commonwealth Ports Authority may implement cost-cutting measures in light of the U.S. House majority’s rejection of U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan's proposal to restore the CNMI's eligibility for the essential air service program.

SENATOR Celina R. Babauta’s office on Capital Hill has been vandalized, and its surveillance camera was stolen.

CHIEF Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI ordered Thompson Law Office LLC to promptly release the amount of $251,581.44 from its Client Trust Account to USA Fanter Corporation Ltd.  

THE CNMI Supreme Court has denied the request of rape defendant William Abraczinskas for a stay of proceedings until it has reached a decision on whether to overturn the lower court’s decision not to disqualify its judges from his case. 

CNMI Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandro Castro has appointed Guam’s Arthur Barcinas as judge pro tempore in the lawsuit filed by former Gov. Ralph DLG Torres against the Department of Finance and the Office of the Attorney General.

AS the Hook Up officially opens its doors, General Manager Nick Sablan Jr. remains passionate about cannabis, but cautious about the industry overall.

THE House Ways and Means Committee chairman said department and agency heads should stop hiring people because most of the vacant positions listed in Gov. Arnold I. Palacios' fiscal year 2024 budget proposal will not be funded.

SAIPAN Mayor Ramon “RB” Camacho is frustrated with the permitting process for clearing overgrown vegetation on secondary roads.

THE three-day 42nd Flame Tree Arts Festival concluded on Sunday at the Civic Center Beach Park with six community members walking away as the top winners of the Bridge Capital LLC art competition.