Largest Land Compensation Case Paid: $19.3 Million

AFTER years of litigation, the Superior Court finally issued a decree of final distribution for the $19.3 million paid by the CNMI government to the heirs of the estate of Maria Mangabao.

Judge Kenneth L. Govendo signed the decree on Dec. 22, 2017.

It states that the government paid the Mangabao estate $3 million on March 3, 2017, and $16,291,763 on Aug. 18, 2017. As of Nov. 30, 2017, the account balance was $19,296,963.20 for land taken by the government in 1993.

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