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By Bryan Manabatbryan@mvariety.comVariety News Staff   ATTORNEY Joaquin DLG Torres, who represents Hee Jung Hwang, filed a motion Tuesday in Superior Court seeking to suppress evidence and return property seized during a police search. The motion argues that the warrant used was unconstitutional an…

THE U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands filed a motion Tuesday to temporarily halt proceedings in a federal negligence lawsuit filed by a Korean businessman against American Memorial Park, citing the federal government shutdown.

BONITA Basula and Tåddung Håga’ are inviting the community to the Alahas Di Mariånas jewelry workshop, held Saturdays from 3 to 6 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Resort.

AT a proclamation signing on Saturday, Oct. 4, youth leaders with 4-H Marianas ushered in National 4-H Week alongside Gov. David M. Apatang and other officials.

ROTA (PSS) — This month, the Public School System’s Head Start and Early Head Start Programs celebrated a double milestone — 41 years since the establishment of the CNMI Head Start Program and 11 years since the founding of Early Head Start in the Northern Marianas.

By Emmanuel T. Eredianoemmanuel@mvariety.comVariety News Staff   THE Senate legal counsel over the weekend sent Senate President Karl King-Nabors a memorandum questioning a directive issued last week by Gov. David M. Apatang that implements austerity measures, including unpaid holidays for governme…

SENATOR Manny Gregory T. Castro on Friday introduced Senate Legislative Initiative 24-3, seeking to amend Article 12 of the CNMI Constitution to increase the maximum leasehold interest on real property in the Commonwealth from 55 years to 99 years.

By Bryan Manabatbryan@mvariety.comVariety News Staff   A FORMER CNMI Public School System employee, Giselle Butalid, is expected to plead guilty to federal fraud charges, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric O’Malley. On Monday, O’Malley requested the District Court for the Northern Mariana Is…

FISHERMEN’S shark tales of frustration over predation and concerns about its impact on fisheries dominated the discussions at a public meeting hosted by the nonprofit organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Group to discuss the effects sharks have on their catch.

A FEDERAL inmate, Bing Li, currently serving time in Missouri, has petitioned the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands to return a jade necklace with a talisman he claims was confiscated during his 2023 detention on Saipan.