NMI history book to get updates

Posted on Dec 09 2014

Tag: Education Commissioner Dr, NMI, Rita Sablan

The second set of the History of the Northern Marianas Islands by Don Farrell is in the works and should be published around summer of next year, according to Education Commissioner Dr. Rita Sablan. Farrell’s book has been widely used for years in the CNMI’s public schools and this version will bring its history up to the present day.

All the editorial work has been done on all the book’s different chapters up to the modern era, but Farrell would like to now include the 2015 election, she said.

“Everything is done except that [Farrel] would like to include the new government that is coming into office on Jan. 15,” Sablan told CNMI Board of Education officials at a recent committee meeting.

These additions would include the new administrative, judicial, and legislative branches as well as the first elected attorney general, according to the commissioner.

The anticipated publication is in April 2015. The book should roll out before the summer or during summer, she said.

Dennis B. Chan | Reporter

Dennis Chan covers education, environment, utilities, and air and seaport issues in the CNMI. He graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Guam. Contact him at dennis_chan@saipantribune.com.

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