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Nonresident workers hold placards during a Dekada rally in front of the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan on Friday in support of permanent residence status for long-term alien residents in the CNMI and of the federal minimum wage increase measure. Photo by Mark Peñaranda

YOUNG DANCER. Mary Frances Mengloi, 3, wearing the traditional Ote’a costume of Tahiti, takes a breather after a performance at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan. She is the youngest member of the Te Kanahau Nui Dancers, a Polynesian Dance troupe.

Photo by Mark Peñaranda

Local News — CNMI

Gov’t to send Villagomez to US Senate hearing
Investors, NGOs encouraged to apply for federal cleanup grant
Health inspector to look into Garapan stench
Pavilion to be constructed in Bird Island area
Gov’t presents 4 witnesses in ex-CRMO employee’s trial
Departments to pay their own utility costs
Governor, zoning board to discuss relocation of Garapan adult establishments
Man charged with robbery, assault, theft
Wiseman dismisses theft charge vs former technician
Saipan’s 1st solar-powered restroom not yet hooked up to sewer
DPS identifies pedestrian struck by vehicle in Tanapag
Around the Islands

Local News — Guam

Court approves EITC settlement deal
Loan deal for COLA payment submitted
Guam to wait for months on court’s bond opinion
Guam Guard not involved in Somalia conflict
Governor hopes for quick court decision on bond case
Administration finalizing regional trade hub plans
Tougher laws on DUI proposed
Rapadas: We acted appropriately
Delivery truck overturns, spills produce
Bank of Guam offers college scholarships
14-year-old suspended from school for pellet gun incident
GWA disappointed with public hearings
Cruz takes over Beautification Task Force
GVB continues to go after Japanese consumers

Local News — Palau

Remengesau signs $57.7 million budget for 2007
Palau to spend $1.9 million on debt servicing
Palau ‘s 2007 baby born Jan. 2
Seid says budget delay not anybody’s fault
FDIC to assist in PSB probe