Despite Wil Castro’s sworn testimony before the CNMI House of Representatives to the contrary, officials from the Guam Economic Development Authority confirm and have provided evidence that the Torres administration…
Sources close to the Commonwealth government are confirming CNMI Attorney General Edward Manibusan last week met with U.S. Attorney Shawn Anderson about allegations of corruption by former Gov. Ralph Torres…
I concur wholeheartedly with the Joint Committee’s recommendation that further legislative investigation into the BOOST program is needed, and should continue in the 23rd legislature. Even with the thousands of…
Senator Paul A. Manglona of Rota introduced a resolution in the new Commonwealth Senate to ask the U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate former Gov. Ralph Torres’s use of…
BOOST Connects: Senate president’s family, top campaign official get BOOSTed Senate president Jude Hofschneider (R-Tinian) told senators in the closing session of the 22nd Commonwealth Senate that he is disappointed…
It was a republican grab for cash in Tinian both before and after the elections, according to a closer look into the BOOST program list of awardees by the Bank…
Two companies with direct ties to the administration either canceled their requests for small business grant, or returned a portion of payments made to them under the Building Optimism and…
By Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo On October 5, 2022, Tinian company K-Town LLC was among the first awardees of the Building Optimism and Opportunities for Stability Together (BOOST) program grant. The…
By Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo Two companies allege information the Bank of Saipan submitted to the Commonwealth Legislature listing small business grant program awardees is wrong. Both R&I Corporation and…
It was a common refrain from those subpoenaed to testify in the CNMI’s BOOST Corruption Hearings: It was Wil Castro. Mr. Castro, the former republican Guam senator who because Gov.…
