SOME of the best performing arts colleges in the U.S. have opened their doors to Marianas High School’s junior and senior students who showcased their talents in the Thespian Nation
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, Board of Education Chairman Andrew L. Orsini and Non-Public School Representative to the BOE and Saipan International School headmaster Dr. Ronald Snyder attend the opening of the two-day, first-ever Northern Mariana Islands Model United Nations competition at Aqua Resort Club Saipan on Monday. The 60 participating students are from Saipan International School, Marianas High School, Grace Christian Academy, Mount Carmel School, Saipan Seventh-day Adventist School, Saipan Community School, Green Meadow School and Northern Marianas International School. The event is hosted by Saipan International Schoolâs Model United Nations Club and its goal is to give students an opportunity to improve their public speaking skills and obtain a broader global perspective of today s issues.Â
The Northern Marianas House Representatives is now controlled by the Democratic Party after it won the majority of the lower chamber of the 22nd Legislature on Tuesday.
It s been decades since the Democratic Party controlled the House and it took two days and three elections for Representative Edmund Villagomez to win the Speakership.
Republican Representative Ralph Yumul was the deciding vote in installing Mr Villagomez as the new speaker and tilting the balance of power from the Republicans to the Democrats.
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Before Yumul flipped his vote, the House was in a 10-10 split in the choice of speaker between Villagomez and returning lawmaker Angel Demapan.
CITING the expiration of the statute of limitations among other reasons, Chief Prosecutor John Bradley on Wednesday informed Attorney General Edward Manibusan that the Office of the AGâs criminal division will not prosecute Rep. Edwin Propst who has been accused of sexual misconduct.
In a memorandum, Bradley said the Department of Public Safety âinitiated an investigation into allegations that Propst had engaged in sexual contact/intercourse with several underage females approximately 20 years ago while employed as an educator for Marianas High School and Northern Marianas College.â
Bradley said the investigation âidentified eight potential female victims, all but one of whom provided some details of the allegations. The names of the women are not being released, as that is the practice for victims of sexual assault and they have all indicated they do not want to pursue any charges or become identified in public after so many years after the incidents.â