Bryan Manabat

FOLLOWING earlier rulings, three more ICE detainees are seeking court intervention, filing separate habeas corpus petitions in the District Court for the NMI challenging their extended detention.

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INTERNATIONAL storm chaser Jordan Hall, who has documented violent weather across five continents, said the destruction left by Super Typhoon Bavi on Rota ranks among the most extreme he has ever witnessed.

NEARLY 4,000 Commonwealth Utilities Corporation customers across Saipan remain without electricity as CUC works to re-energize laterals damaged by Typhoon Bavi while continuing the broader recovery effort following Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corp. Executive Director Kevin Watson is urging residents to contact their House representatives and demand action on a stalled $40 million line of credit that he says is essential to keeping power and water restoration efforts on track following Super Typhoon Sinlaku and Typhoon Bavi.

DISTRICT Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona on Friday sentenced Bai Yichuan, 40, to 24 months in prison for unlawful possession of ammunition by an illegal alien, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8).

WORLD Central Kitchen has partnered with six local restaurants on Rota as part of its expanding food relief operations following Super Typhoon Bavi, which struck the CNMI on July 6. The international nonprofit was on its seventh day of operations Monday, delivering meals and water across Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam.

CHIEF Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands has stayed two newly filed habeas corpus petitions brought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, directing the petitioners to first seek relief through immigration court bond hearings before the federal court takes further action.

THE Commonwealth still has no timeline for launching Disaster Unemployment Assistance more than three months after Typhoon Sinlaku struck the islands, according to CNMI Labor Secretary Leila Staffler, who said they are still awaiting a formal response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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