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MPLT declines DPL request to use $1M for homestead infrastructure
THE Marianas Public Land Trust has declined the Department of Public Land’s request to use the $1 million settlement money from the Kan Pacific-Imperial Pacific International breach-of-lease case. MPLT instead ordered the department to comply with the law and remit the money to the land trust without any further delay.…
DPL designates public land for football and baseball
THE Department of Public Lands has designated two parcels of public land to the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs for sports enhancement activities in the CNMI. DPL Secretary Marianne C. Teregeyo handed the copies of land designations to DCCA Secretary Robert Hunter on Friday morning at the DPL office…
Official: Measure to abolish DPL unconstitutional
DEPARTMENT of Public Lands Secretary Marianne C. Teregeyo is strongly opposed to the measure that will abolish DPL, saying it is unconstitutional. Teregeyo appeared before the House on Thursday to speak out against House Bill 19-82 which was introduced by Rep. Felicidad Ogumoro. Starting in 1978, CNMI public lands were…
Time running out for carryover funds for homestead projects
Members of the House of Representatives fiscal committee and the Department of Public Lands want Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to approve a “carryover” of over $800,000 in previous fiscal year funds to finance homestead infrastructure projects that have been on standby on Rota, Tinian, and Saipan. DPL, in a budget…
Marpi property will be appraised, DPL says
THE Department of Public Lands said the public land leased by Kan Pacific Ltd., which is doing business as Mariana Resort & Spa, will be appraised based on its present condition. According to DPL Secretary Marianne Concepcion Teregeyo, DPL has issued a notice of intent to award a new lease…
LibDay Festivities getting international exposure, attracting tourists
The 2016 Liberation Day festival grounds continue to lift the spirit of the Liberation Day as we approach the midway of the monthlong 2016 Liberation Day Festivities. Skywalker Communication Group, in cooperation with the Saipan Mayor’s Office and Liberation Day committee, continues to live up to the high expectations by…
DPL asks for infrastructure funding to build homesteads
Department of Public Lands Secretary Marianne Teregeyo has requested the local delegations of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota for funding “as soon as possible” to support the installation of power lines in homestead areas in the CNMI. In letters sent Wednesday and Thursday last week, Teregeyo reminds lawmakers that the courts…
DPL collects $130K in past rental dues
The Department of Public Lands has gotten a company to pay up past dues worth over $100,000. Public Lands has collected $130,000 in past due rents from Silk Road, the operator of the Saipan Country Club golf course in Chalan Kiya, Saipan. This as part of their mission to…
PRESS RELEASE “DPL Proactive in Collections”
In our mission to maximize financial returns to beneficiaries, DPL collects $130,000 in past due rents from Silk Road, the operator of the Saipan Country Club golf course in Chalan Kiya, Saipan. Additionally, DPL obtained a sublease to provide access to a landlocked parcel of land that it will…