Guam Tops $70 Million in 2025 Individual Tax Refunds Paid
HAGÅTÑA – The Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation has disbursed the seventh batch of 2025 individual income tax refunds, pushing the year-to-date total past $70 million, the Office of the Governor announced Tuesday.
CUC Reaches 24-Hour Water Service for Saipan; Boil Water Notice Remains
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation has achieved 24-hour water service across the island of Saipan as of Wednesday, marking a recovery milestone 37 days after Super Typhoon Sinlaku made landfall.
11 of 33 Saipan Traffic Signals Back in Service, DPW Map Shows
SAIPAN – About one-third of Saipan’s lighted intersections and school zone flashers are back in service as of the week of May 19, with two-thirds still dark or in beacon mode, according to a public announcement from the CNMI Department of Public Works showing the Saipan Highway Traffic Signal System.
PSS Tells Board: $37.7M Submitted, $31M is the Floor Before Schools Shut Down
SAIPAN – The CNMI Public School System has been submitted for $37.7 million in the governor’s FY27 budget request, an amount that would lock in a 64-hour-per-pay-period austerity work schedule with no furloughs, the State Board of Education was told Wednesday during a special meeting at the Public School System’s Marina Heights offices.
Concrete Poles Arrive on Saipan from Guam
SAIPAN – A shipment of 68 concrete utility poles arrived on the Saipan dock Wednesday morning, six weeks after Super Typhoon Sinlaku knocked down power lines across the Commonwealth.
Rain Doesn’t Stop PSS Distribution as Week Two Gets Under Way
SAIPAN – The Public School System’s second-week Grab and Learn distribution got under way Wednesday morning with PSS staff setting up tents and keeping lines moving through morning showers across the islands.
COTA Tops 1,094 Transports as Medical Demand Drives Daily Volume
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority has provided 1,094 transports for shelterees, first responders and residents with medical needs since activating its Super Typhoon Sinlaku emergency operation on April 10, with medical transports accounting for most of the 24-hour increase, the agency reported Wednesday.
CUC Board Calls Special Meeting Thursday on Finances, Recovery
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Thursday, May 21, at 9:30 a.m., with an update on the utility’s financial condition and recovery status set as the central agenda item, the board said in a public notice signed by Chairman Allen M. Perez.
Trades Persist, High Rip Current Risk Through Thursday
SAIPAN – Partly cloudy skies, isolated showers and breezy easterly trades will continue across the Marianas Wednesday, with a high rip current risk in effect along east-facing reefs through Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service Tiyan Guam said in its 6 a.m. zone forecast.
Hunter: CNMI in Line to Land First Trans-Pacific Cable Under Google’s Pacific Connect
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth is working to land a Google trans-Pacific submarine cable in the CNMI by late 2026 or early 2027, a connection that would end the islands’ reliance on cables that all run through Guam, Broadband Policy and Development Office Special Assistant Glen Hunter said Tuesday on Good Morning Marianas.