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At 1 p.m. on Friday, May 22, E-Land Group — which operates Kensington Hotel Saipan, Pacific Islands Club Saipan, and Coral Ocean Resort — distributed relief goods to island residents at Coral Ocean Resort in Koblerville. E-Land will also distribute relief goods on Tinian and Rota. More details to f…

THE Department of Public Safety is investigating a burglary at Summer Snow Café and Kids in Susupe after a suspect was captured on surveillance video and employees reported several items missing from the establishment.

The BIRTH Act represents a first-of-its-kind, jurisdictionally tailored approach that targets the organized commercial facilitation of birth tourism, including brokers, maternity housing operations, coordinated travel packages, and deceptive practices related to citizenship-based marketing.

COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corporation Chief Financial Officer Betty Terlaje said Thursday that CUC is not violating Gov. David Apatang’s price freeze executive order, adding that the recent increase in the Fuel Adjustment Charge is not a price hike but a formula-driven pass-through of actual fuel cost…

FEMA’s National Processing Service Center is now fully operational, and standard processing of cases has resumed at Survivor Recovery Centers on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, as well as through DisasterAssistance.gov.  All services, including application reviews and updates, are functioning as normal. …

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang said politics was behind the withdrawal of former Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission Chairman James Sirok’s renomination.

COMMISSIONER of Education Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho said he wants to celebrate with students by attending graduation and promotion ceremonies before he leaves the Public School System.

Variety learned that Shtul’s B-2 tourist visa had expired on May 2. ICE agents arrested him in Garapan near the Monster Pizza establishment, and he has remained in custody since.

DISASTER loan approvals in the Commonwealth have surpassed $2 million as the U.S. Small Business Administration continues processing applications tied to Typhoon Sinlaku recovery, according to SBA Public Affairs Specialist Raenada Mason.