The former mayor of Yona, Jesse Mendiola Blas, begged federal Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood to release him from prison early in a virtual hearing Tuesday morning, and promised to be a…

Celina Roberto Babauta became overwhelmed as she talked about sons of the CNMI who gave their lives to defend democracy while Ralph Torres has spurned the law. Below is the…

Below is the transcription of Ms. Sablan’s statements before the CNMI House Judiciary and Governmental Operations Committee on December 14, 2021 immediately before the vote to hold the governor in…

An invoice from Jogo Sanitation Services has surfaced, showing the company is charging the Commonwealth government $4,749.50 per day to disinfect the multi-purpose center. Invoice #JOSS-2021-007 addressed to the Governor’s…

Rep. Celina Roberto Babauta, chairwoman of the House Judiciary and Governmental Operations Committee investigating Gov. Ralph Torres for corruption, wrote an eight-page letter to Mr. Torres’s legal counsel today. Here…

The U.S. Attorney for Guam and the CNMI seems to be the only law enforcement official doing anything about corruption in our islands. Yesterday, U.S. Attorney Shawn Anderson’s prosecutors won…

Attorney Mark Smith, now a federally convicted felon, did not like poor people though he profited from the public housing vouchers they provided to him, his former property manager told…

The CNMI House of Representatives called the governor’s bluff. Gov. Ralph Torres, who quipped “I have nothing to hide,” as he baited legislators to ask him about allegations of corruption…

December 8 has vexed me for 28 years now. It was the day, in 1993, when my Catholic school teacher, Ray Caluag, raped me for the first time. I was…

The closing arguments for the Mark Smith trial began and ended today.  And soon, Smith’s fate will rest in the better judgment of 12 jurors who have spent weeks listening…