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MOSES Pangelinan Cabrera, 79, was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for killing his younger brother during a drunken argument in 2024, after a Superior Court judge accepted a revised plea agreement supported by both families.

THE mayors of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota have issued two joint letters calling for urgent federal intervention to revive the Commonwealth’s faltering economy and opposing proposed seabed mining in CNMI waters, citing threats to the environment and cultural heritage.

MAISIE B. Tenorio was elected chair of the CNMI Board of Education on Thursday, succeeding Aschumar Kodep Ogumoro-Uludong.

The Republican Party of the Northern Mariana Islands announced that its Executive Committee convened and certified that two letters of intent have been duly submitted by former Sen. Vinnie Flores Sablan and former Gov. Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres, each seeking the party’s endorsement to run for go…

(Press Release) — The Office of the Attorney General on Thursday adopted regulations establishing a clear and fair process for the use of investigative subpoenas, a critical tool that ensures thorough, just, and efficient criminal investigations.

AS reconstruction of World War II-era airstrips at Tinian’s North Field accelerates amid intensifying military rivalry with China, the mayors of Tinian, Saipan and Rota say they are watching developments closely and are anxious about what lies ahead for their constituents should a conflict occur.

THE Tinian District Office of the Department of Public Lands is informing participants of the agriculture homestead lottery held on Aug. 19 and 20, 2025, that all homestead permits are currently undergoing legal review to ensure legal sufficiency and compliance with applicable rules and regulations…

(SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network at Northern Marianas College is now accepting exhibitor registrations for CNMI Industry Day 2026, a three-day, tri-island event designed to connect local businesses with federal agencies, military partners, and major contractors operating …

(SBDC) — The Rota Small Business Development Center recently completed a no-cost federal contracting training on Jan. 13 and 14, 2026, at the Northern Marianas College Rota Center Computer Lab.

(DEQ) — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality’s Division of Environmental Quality announced recent progress in reducing harmful diesel emissions through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act or DERA State Grants, a federal funding program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Age…