NO emergency session, as urgently requested by Gov. David M. Apatang, will be held in the House of Representatives today, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, to pass his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget revision. Finance Secretary Tracy B. Norita warned on Sunday that the CNMI government “heads closer to the cl…
THE NMI Republican Party is likely to hold a primary election for its gubernatorial candidate in the 2026 elections, party Chairman Patrick M. Cepeda said Saturday.
THE Marianas Visitors Authority and the Commonwealth Ports Authority on Friday unveiled new welcome signs at the airports in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, calling them more than markers as they are symbols of the islands’ culture, warmth, and hospitality.
THE U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the public comment period on the request for information and indications of interest for a potential minerals lease sale offshore the CNMI.
Until a new major industry comes in, settles down, and thrives, tourism will remain the islands’ “bread and butter” — even as others chase economic ponies and rainbows.
DESPITE the CNMI’s dismal state, there are still some things to be thankful for, including a leadership that is not willfully blind to the economic reality staring us in the face for the past few years.
PUBLIC Law 23‑27, enacted by the 23rd Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature and signed by the late Gov. Arnold Palacios on Oct. 2, 2024, was clear and unambiguous: “pre‑employment drug testing for government positions in the CNMI shall not include testing for the presence of marijuana for non–…
FOR more than half a century, especially since the millennial crossover, two of the most aggressive geopolitical forces have been disrupting lives across the planet. Their indomitable goal is substantial world domination.
YOU are familiar with the traditional ceremony of a funeral at sea. When a sailor died the body was enclosed in canvas or sewn in a blanket and laid on a plank. The captain said a few words, read from the Bible, usually that part in Revelation that speaks of the sea giving up her dead, the sailors …
(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce its most anticipated annual celebration, the 2025 Business Person of the Year & Board of Directors Installation Gala, taking place on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the elegant Kensington Hall, Kensington Hotel …
MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two fishing vessels suffered “significant damage” when Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannon in a disputed South China Sea shoal.
(Reuters) — More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought the suspect in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the Ivy League school, officials said.
