LAWMAKERS SOUND OFF ON HOMESTEADS ON SAIPAN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS' INVOLVEMENT DURNG A NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY.  LAWMAKERS SOUND OFF ON HOMESTEADS ON SAIPAN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS' INVOLVEMENT DURNG A NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY. 

REPRESENTATIVE ROMAN BENAVENTE EXPRESSES CONCERNS LAND CONTINUES TO BE LEASED OUT TO INVESTORS BUT THERE ARE STILL HOMESTEAD APPLICANTS WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LOT.

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO POUR LAUNDRY DETERGENT DOWN A WOMAN'S THROAT APPEARS IN SUPERIOR COURT AND ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.

36–YEAR OLD KOMGISH TANNAKAN...ALSO KNOWN AS BOND....WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISTURBING THE PEACE, ASSAULT, ASSAULT AND BATTERY, CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, INTERFERING WITH A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THE COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WILL BE HOLDING AN AUCTION FOR FORMER FREEDOM AIR PLANES AT THE HANGAR LOCATED AT THE SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 10 A–M.  K–S–P–N LEARNS THERE WILL BE ABOUT 4 SMALLER PLANES UP FOR AUCTION AND PARTS FOR ONE LARGER PLANE.