KSPN2 News
Feb. 3, 2016 KSPN2 News
TRAVEL COSTS FOR GOVERNMENT DELEGATION'S TRIP TO FIJI IS NOT CHEAP.
ONE COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION BOARD MEMBER WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE FIJI MEETINGS SAYS THE TRIP WITH GOVERNOR RALPH TORRES, BOARD MEMBERS AND LAWMAKERS COULD JEOPARIZES THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN CURRENTLY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. HE SAYS HE IS DISAPPOINTED IN THE DELEGATION WHO WENT TO FIJI. K–S–P–N OBTAIN TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE TRIP—TOTAL COST: NEARLY 19 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
COULD A THEME PARK EXIST ON TINIAN? ALTER CITY IS MAKING MOVES.
ALTER CITY GROUP IS IN TALKS WITH 20th CENTURY FOX WHO HAS ALREADY VISITED TINIAN AND EXPRESSED INTEREST IN LOOKING AT EXPANDING THEIR THEME PARK FRANCHISE TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLAND. WHILE THE INTEGRATED RESORT DEVELOPER IS ANTICIPATING A GAMING AREA FOR 100 TABLES AND ABOUT 250 SLOT MACHINES, MANAGING DIRECTOR KEN LIN SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A VARIED APPROACH FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS ON TINIAN.
FORMER SAIPAN RESIDENTS FACE OVER 40 COUNTS OF HEALTHCARE FRAUD ON GUAM.
CLIFF SHOEMAKE, CASEY CONNOR, AND NICK SHOEMAKE PLED NOT GUILTY TO ACCUSATIONS THAT THEY COMMITTED 30 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HEALTHCARE FRAUD ON GUAM. THE DEFENDANTS WERE ORGINALLY INDICTED ON 43 COUNTS TOTAL.