Aldan Presents Billing Transparency Chart at CUC Board Meeting, Warns Opacity Enables Hidden Cost Recovery

SAIPAN — Rep. Vincent R. Aldan brought a plain-language public transparency chart to Thursday’s Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Board of Directors meeting, walking the board through a detailed breakdown of how opaque utility billing creates conditions for unverifiable and potentially unjustified cost recovery.
PSS Postpones All Weekend Activities Due to Invest 90W

SAIPAN — The CNMI Public School System has postponed all PSS-sanctioned weekend activities until further notice, citing the approaching tropical disturbance Invest 90W and a heavy weather briefing held Thursday afternoon.
Student in Custody After Threatening Note Prompts Campus Sweep at Saipan Southern High School

SAIPAN — A student is in custody after a threatening note handed to a teacher prompted a law enforcement response and campus sweep at Saipan Southern High School Tuesday morning, the Department of Public Safety announced Wednesday.
‘Let This Be the Last Time’: King-Hinds and Demapan Deliver Unflinching Remarks at Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation

SAIPAN — Governor David M. Apatang signed a proclamation Tuesday declaring April Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Awareness Month at a ceremony hosted by the Division of Youth Services at Marianas High School. But it was the remarks delivered by Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds and Assistant Attorney General Frances Demapan that left the room still.
CUC Schedules Water Service Interruption for Portions of San Vicente on April 14

SAIPAN — The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation has announced a scheduled water service interruption affecting portions of San Vicente on Tuesday, April 14, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
35 CNMI Farmers and Producers Earn Certificates in NMC Regenerative Agroforestry Programs

SAIPAN — Thirty-five local farmers and producers received certificates of completion from Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Services during a formal ceremony recognizing participants from two regenerative agriculture training initiatives.
Mobil, Shell Raise Fuel Prices in CNMI

SAIPAN — Mobil raised fuel prices across all grades Monday, with unleaded and premium climbing 20 cents per gallon and diesel surging 65 cents.
Last night the new Mobil prices put unleaded Extra at $6.719 per gallon, up from $6.519. Supreme+ rose from $6.969 to $7.169. Diesel saw the steepest climb, jumping from $9.339 to $9.989 per gallon.
Saipan Chamber of Commerce to Hold 17th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament April 25

SAIPAN — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce will hold its 17th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 25, at Laolay Bay Golf and Resort’s West Course, with a shotgun start at 7 a.m. and showtime at 6 a.m.
MANGO Offers Free Nonprofit Workshops Throughout April

SAIPAN — The Marianas Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations is offering a free series of nonprofit capacity-building workshops in April, open to nonprofit leaders, staff and community members across the Commonwealth.
CUC Board to Take Up FAC, Rate Petition and Oversight Bills at Thursday Meeting

SAIPAN — The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Board of Directors will hold its regular monthly meeting thisThursday, April 9, at 9:30 a.m. at the CUC Conference Room in the Joeten Dandan Building, with an agenda that includes the Fuel Adjustment Charge, a proposed rate petition and the status of pending oversight legislation.