CNMI Superior Court Presiding Judge Roberto Naraja dismissed Shayne Villanueva’s attempt to evade his criminal trial by asserting technicalities in the contempt charge he faces. In early March 2024, Mr.…
Shayne Villanueva was arrested this morning and faces a charge of contempt. A warrant of arrest reportedly was issued a week after Mr. Villanueva refused to answer questions by the…
Records presented during the CNMI House anti-corruption committee’s Friday questioning of Salina Sapp show Nonstop Corporation was paid for BOOST marketing services on the same day it was incorporated. Ms.…
The CNMI government’s corruption prosecutor, James Kingman, confirmed a multi-agency investigation into the scandal-ridden federally-funded BOOST program. “I can’t comment about specific targets of any ongoing criminal investigations,” Mr. Kingman…
Shayne Villanueva – the Torres-era businessman who reportedly was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds under several election-year programs – Tuesday morning refused to answer any questions…
A business that was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to market the controversial BOOST program in 2022 owes $11,369.68 in taxes to the Commonwealth government dating back to 2019.…
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…
Gov. Ralph Torres’s administration used federal funds to pay people in his administration, family, and cronies hundreds of thousands of dollars each through what is clearly being exposed in a…
By Celina Roberto Babauta What we have seen and heard since last Friday and this morning from Mr. William Castro, Chief of Staff to Governor Torres is merely scratching the…
More text messages exposed during the interrogation of former Guam Sen. Wil Castro by an investigative joint committee of the CNMI House of Representatives reveal an alleged conspiracy between Castro…
