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Tension at DOC over Mafnas' reinstatement - Saipan Tribune
Some Corrections personnel, who asked not to be identified, said Friday that one of their plans is to proceed to the Office of the Governor today to express their strong objection to Gov. Benigno R. Fitial's decision to reinstate Mafnas as Corrections ...
DOC personnel to protest over Mafnas' reinstatement - Saipan Tribune
A DOC official, who requested anonymity, said one of the plans is for the personnel to walk on Monday to the governor's office to explain their strong objection for Mafnas' reinstatement. “The DOC personnel are very upset.
Sources: Ex-convict investigated in connection with Romero killing - Saipan Tribune
Sources said the ex-convict, who is a known “ice” user, was among the persons investigated by detectives last week. The ex-convict, sources said, has been seen regularly hanging out at Garapan nightclubs. Romero and the ex-convict possibly knew each ...
COE allegedly cashes out annual leave - Saipan Tribune
However, they all refused to be named in this story, saying they don't want to “get in trouble.” Last Nov. 30, former Marianas High School principal Craig Garrison wrote members of the Education Board, raising the same issue and seeking the board's ...
AG: Leaked docs 'not official' - Saipan Tribune
Attorney General Ed Buckingham said yesterday that the documents allegedly “leaked” by an anonymous source are not official and as such, no one can say if they are authentic or verify who wrote them. The media showed a leaked copy ...
Sources: Fitial to name Camacho as new judge - Saipan Tribune
Benigno R. Fitial will appoint former House floor leader and practicing attorney Joseph James Norita Camacho as a Superior Court associate judge, sources close to the governor disclosed over the weekend. Sources said that Fitial and Camacho met last ...
Musician Sawada dies - Saipan Tribune
The official, who requested anonymity, said that Sawada's body was taken to CHC's morgue. He refused to elaborate. A Department of Public Health staff separately said that Sawada had been on life support at the intensive care unit after he became brain ...
Tinian Dynasty employees yet to get almost 4 months of back wages - Saipan Tribune
Tinian Dynasty employees customarily agree to speak on condition of anonymity. The management of the hotel and casino has been saying that they are trying their best to meet payroll on time. One of the employees also said despite charter flights to ...
Minor is allegedly beaten up inside car's trunk on Tinian - Saipan Tribune
The mother, who asked not to be identified at this time, told Saipan Tribune Friday that Mafnas immediately assigned an investigator to look into the case after learning about her complaint. The mother said that the investigator called Tinian DPS and ...
Fitial meets with Cabinet, directors on GOP membership - Saipan Tribune
Benigno R. Fitial held a private gathering with his Cabinet secretaries and directors at his residence in Gualo Rai on Saturday night wherein sources said the governor reiterated his request for them to join or rejoin him in the Republican Party. ...
Trash collectors did not see Luhk sisters at bus stop - Saipan Tribune
The collector, who asked not to be identified, said they arrived in As Teo around 5:45am and picked up garbage from two customers. He said one of the trash bins was located behind the bus stop pavilion. At the time, he said, they did not see the ...
Pickup truck spotted twice in area days before girls' disappearance - Saipan Tribune
The collector, who asked not to be identified, said they arrived in As Teo around 5:45am and picked up garbage from two customers. He said one of the trash bins was located behind the bus stop pavilion. At the time, he said, they did not see the ...
Not one but two proposed sole-source contracts totaling $113K disapproved - Saipan Tribune
... deter the government from awarding a sole-source contract to Michael Ada's Integrated Professional Solutions LLC only days after he resigned as Commerce secretary and as American Recovery and Reinvestment Act state point of contact, a source said. ...
'Tourist drowning at Obyan in 2006 an insurance scam' - Saipan Tribune
The interpreter, who requested anonymity, said that, according to the news article, the Gifu District Court in Japan had issued a decision to reject the 100 million yen insurance claim filed by the victim's parents in a lawsuit against Tokio Marine in ...
Holdup in release of child tax credit checks upsets parents - Saipan Tribune
“We were expecting the checks to be released prior to the opening of schools, but it's now almost Christmas,” the father, who requested anonymity, ...
Tinian Dynasty employees payless for 2 months - Saipan Tribune
Hotel employees, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, told Saipan Tribune yesterday that they haven't received their paychecks for October and ...
Fitial, Inos rift since July - Saipan Tribune
No reason was cited for her resignation, but sources said it was because she did not like the way Ogumoro ran the department's operations and at one time, ...
Two offices at Judiciary closed - Saipan Tribune
Another court staff, who requested anonymity, said she does not consider herself lucky because she feels the pain of her co-workers who are among those 1400 ...
Legislature almost back to square one on budget bill - Saipan Tribune
Lawmakers who requested anonymity said there was already a “compromise” reached among senators and House members to pass an eight-hour cut as of Friday ...
8 days to go before NMC presidential search deadline - Saipan Tribune
“We have no idea at all.if the candidates have already been interviewed or not,” a faculty member who asked not to be named told Saipan Tribune yesterday. ...
FBI apprehends DPW official for alleged bribery - Saipan Tribune
The source, who requested anonymity, disclosed that the FBI agents picked up Tom S. Salas, a building code inspector with DPW, after a complaint was filed ...