Flashback — April 2003 – April 2010

April 22, 2010

Man in spoon stabbing told to undergo psychiatric treatment
A man accused of trying to stab his relative with a spoon because he was hungry has been ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. Jack Petrus, 25, signed a plea agreement with the government, pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. Superior Court associate judge David Wiseman accepted Petrus’ guilty plea and sentenced him to six months’ in prison, all suspended except for the time he had already served in jail. Petrus has been in jail for four months and 12 days. Wiseman placed Petrus on probation and ordered him to pay a $25 court assessment fee and probation fees.

6 alien workers sue to collect Labor’s $136,096 award
Six alien workers have decided to sue their former employers to collect the $134,096 in unpaid wages and unlawful deductions that the Department of Labor awarded them. Yue Min Su, Yi Pan Wu, Shi Zhong Huang, Dan Yun Li, Xue Ming Xiao, and Li Ying Guo sued S&D Corp., owner of Monte Carlo, Harvest Mart, and Everbright Mart. The plaintiffs, through counsel Joe Hill, asked the Superior Court to enforce Labor’s administrative order dated May 4, 2009, against S&D Corp. Hill asserted that by the terms of Labor’s administrative order, S&D was found to be jointly liable in the full amount of the judgment.

April 22, 2005

Legislature OKs $20M borrowing
The Legislature has approved a measure authorizing the Commonwealth Development Authority to borrow $20 million to allow the government to give salary increases and settle the unpaid retroactive pay of government employees. The House of Representatives accepted Thursday the amendments offered by the Senate on House Bill 14-304. The bill now goes to the governor. H.B. 14-304, authored by Rep. Jesus Attao, originally wanted to allocate $10.9 million in fiscal year 2005 to raise government employees’ salaries, pay off retroactive compensation, as well as retirement and health insurance contributions. Attao said the funds would be sourced from the additional revenue identified by the Babauta administration for FY 2005.

NMC president to speak on state of college
The CNMI community will have to chance to learn about the programs, accomplishments, and current situation of the Northern Marianas College, as NMC president delivers the state of the college address on Wednesday. The address will cover Deleon Guerrero’s first year as college president: initially as the acting president after the resignation of Dr. Kenneth Wright in February 2004 and then as president following his appointment by the NMC Board of Regents in July 2004. The speech will start at 10am and will be held in the Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. Designed to inform community members about the status of the college and its programs, the state of the college address will coincide with the college fair, which will feature the various course offerings and activities at NMC.

April 22, 2003

Govt aide used Senate president’s vehicle in wild chase, in hot water
A government employee is facing several criminal charges for allegedly ramming his car into a former girlfriend’s vehicle during a brief tail-gating incident along Middle Road Thursday. Police lodged charges of assault with a dangerous weapons, disturbing the peace, obstructing justice, and misuse of government vehicle against the suspect, Juan Mundo Santos. Allegedly reeking with alcohol, police claimed the suspect even tried to evade arrest by giving out false identity and information during preliminary investigation.

DPS cop, vehicle posted in porn site with nude model
A picture of a nude woman on a pornographic website is a given. But when that particular naked woman is shown posing beside a Department of Public Safety vehicle and flirting with the smiling policeman onboard, then it becomes a different matter altogether. So much so that Rep. Herman T. Palacios was prompted to urge DPS Commissioner Edward C. Camacho to conduct an investigation on the matter. Camacho, who did not appear surprised when shown the pictures, said he has already been made aware of this since a week-and-a-half ago and has already instructed Deputy Commissioner for Operations Sandy Tudela to lead the investigation. He expects the investigation to finish this week.