CNMI secures $11.3M in OIA grants to bolster grid reliability, schools, and biosecurity
SAIPAN — Congresswoman Kimberlyn King‑Hinds announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has awarded $11,372,446 in Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 discretionary grants to support infrastructure, energy, education, and natural‑resource initiatives in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
CNMI AG files 9 criminal counts against DLNR secretary, DFW leadership over alleged misuse of patrol boat and records fix-up
SAIPAN — The CNMI Office of the Attorney General has filed nine criminal counts in Superior Court against Department of Land and Natural Resources Secretary Sylvan Olopai Igisomar, Acting Division of Fish and Wildlife Director Rosemary C. Camacho, and former DFW Conservation Officer III/Supervisor of Enforcement Ignacio Ernesto Itibus Yiftheg. The charges include misconduct in public office, theft of services, child endangerment, forgery, and conspiracy, according to a criminal information signed by Assistant Attorney General Olga Kelley and filed Oct. 24, 2025.