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Friends of the Monument join call for Coral Reef Conservation
The Friends of the Mariana Trench Monument are back in the news, this time calling for the US Senate to pass strong conservation-minded coral reef legislation: September 3, 2010, Saipan, CNMI / Our coral reefs are in trouble. Almost 20% of the world’s coral reefs have been lost and an additional 35% are threatened according to the expert opinion of 372 coral reef scientists and managers from 96 countries who contributed to the latest Status of the Coral Reefs of the World, published in 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Senate rejects Saipan casino bill
TINIAN — Seven of the eight senators present during a session here on Friday afternoon voted to reject the Saipan casino bill. Rota’s Jovita M. Taimanao abstained while Saipan’s Luis P.
Naval Base Guam relaxes water restrictions
The Navy Exchange public car wash at Naval Base Guam reopened Friday after the base relaxed water conservation measures, the Navy said.
NEWS UPDATE 4:45 p.m. – GEC: Eviction notice won’t interupt election
4:45 p.m. – An eviction notice served to the Guam Election Commission on Friday won’t be allowed to disrupt the Primary Election scheduled for tomorrow, said GEC Director John Blas.
NEWS UPDATE: 1:10 p.m. – Guam Coast Guard helps curtail illegal fishing
Coast Guard patrol members from Guam were part of a multinational exercise aimed at curtailing illegal, undocumented, and unreported fishing within the Western Pacific.
CNMI Scholarship and Financial Aid Discrimination
September 2, 2010 When I read the news that U.S. citizen children of foreign parents are being discriminated against by the Saipan Higher Educational Financial Assistance Program (SHEFA) I immediately contacted a federal
NEWS UPDATE 10:05 a.m. – Woman found dead
10:05 a.m. — The Guam Police Department is investigating the death of a woman in Hagåtña
Election-Gate
September 2, 2010 Kilili Campaign Begins Legal Action on AG-Gate A Press Release From U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan: (Saipan, MP) – The Committee to Elect Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan on Sept