The new Guam-CNMI visa waiver program is not closing the door on the Russian and Chinese tourism markets, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official told more than 100 people during an information session yesterday at American Memorial Park. ....full story
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All past and present Commissioners of the CNMI Public School System made their historic first meeting yesterday at the Chamolinian Room of the Hyatt Regency Saipan.....full story |
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The new year coincides with a new act coming to Saipan and R&B band Art East will make its debut tonight when it headlines Club V's 11th back-to-back party with outgoing group Street Beat.....full story |
The winners of the elocution contest for the 2009 Martin Luther King Day activities will be performing their entries on the actual day of celebration on Monday, Jan. 19, at the American Memorial Park.....full story
The beginning of the new year marks the final days for Guam National Guard and Reserve members and their families to nominate supportive employers for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. ....full story
Rep. Joseph Camacho has proposed a bill requiring government officials to take an annual ethic tests. ....full story
The Northern Marianas College will soon start erecting a new building called Building M that would house several important offices.....full story
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Close to eight months after it reopened, Hollywood Theater-Saipan Megaplex has been doing well, due in large part to lower power rates.....full story |
The Senate this week unanimously passed a bill that proposes developing a state plan of services for people with autism.....full story
Businesses are up in arms against the planned chemical monitoring of all public water systems because of the huge cost it entails especially at this time when profits are down due to economic slowdown. Establishments in the CNMI may have to pay a minimum of $10,000 for each wellhead covering the three-year period (1999-2001) as part of the monitoring requirements of the Safe Drinking Water program put in place by the Division of Environmental Quality. The cost of analysis for one set of samples is approximately $2,700. But the baseline monitoring requirements are for four consecutive quarters. In a bid to stop DEQ from conducting such tests, businesses said they will form a coalition and collectively question before the court the legality of holding such chemical monitoring. "If they do not listen to our concern, we will file a lawsuit," said Man-Soo Song, president of Western Pacific Ent., Inc., whose company operates several commercial spaces for rent in Garapan.....full story
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