Northern Mariana Islands NewsNews on Northern Mariana Islands continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.NMI, Pacific islands get $290K USDA grants- August 13, 2008 The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Hawaii will benefit from the newly approved $290,260 grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, mainly for conservation innovation projects.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/nmi-pacific-islands-get-290k-u... Northern Marianas lieutenant governor indicted- August 12, 2008 SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Lt. Gov. Timothy Villagomez and three others have been indicted in schemes to award tens of thousands of dollars in contracts to companies owned by his sister and her husband, ...http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/northern-marianas-lieutenant-g... Feds indict CNMI officials: Lieutenant governor, commerce secretary charged- August 11, 2008 A federal investigation has led to the indictment of Northern Marianas Lt. Gov. Timothy Villagomez, his sister, Joaquina V. Santos, a local cabinet official and a former utility agency director, the U.S. ...http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/feds-indict-cnmi-officials-lie... Priest told to stop presenting himself as a priest on LI- August 10, 2008 The Diocese of Rockville Centre has expelled a priest brought here for the past eight summers by Msgr.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/priest-told-to-stop-presenting... Northern Marianas to select first House delegate- August 8, 2008 SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Nine candidates have entered a historic race to become the Northern Mariana Islands' first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/northern-marianas-to-select-fi... Report: Federalization may hurt CNMI tourism- August 6, 2008 The Northern Marianas tourism industry could be negatively affected by the federalization of immigration in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/report-federalization-may-hurt... BoG sues ex-Fund chief, wife over $.8M loan- August 4, 2008 The Bank of Guam has sued former Retirement Fund administrator Karl T. Reyes and his wife over alleged non-payment of an $867,800 loan.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/bog-sues-ex-fund-chief-wife-ov... Study exaggerates jobs lost to China- August 2, 2008 A new study concludes that China has taken 2.3 million jobs from the United States, including 4,100 from Hawaii.http://www.topix.net/world/northern-mariana-islands/2008/08/study-exaggerates-jobs-lost-to... |