CNMI senator wants trade zones for Pagan

3:47 pm on 30 April 2015

A senator in the Northern Marianas wants to amend a law that would immediately allow the development of free trade zones on Pagan, at a time when the US military wants to use the island for live-fire training.

A senator in the Northern Marianas wants to amend a law that would immediately allow the development of free trade zones on Pagan, at a time when the US military wants to use the island for live-fire training.

Pagan Island

Pagan Island Photo: Supplied

Sixto Igisomar has filed a bill that aims to bring agencies together to set off the process of resettling Pagan.

Mr Igisomar said the development and resettlement of Pagan would once and for all dissuade the US military from using the island for live-fire training.