Local News

Saipan ends reliance on FEMA generators for water system

June 17, 2026• Local News

THREE water wells and a sewage lift station on Saipan are expected to be connected to the power grid this week, allowing FEMA to remove all of its generators from the island, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation officials said Tuesday.
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Man sentenced to 7 years in spousal assault case

June 17, 2026• Local News

NORES S. Langu, 66, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to directing another man to sexually assault his sleeping common‑law wife, according to a judgment issued by Superior Court Presiding Judge Joseph N. Camacho.
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Diesel prices drop another 40 cents on Saipan

June 17, 2026• Local News

ABOUT three weeks after the last rollback, the price of diesel went down again on Monday — this time by 40 cents.
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Approval bottlenecks slow tent installations on Saipan

June 17, 2026• Local News

THE CNMI Joint Information Center on Tuesday said some families on Saipan remain under tarps and makeshift shelters because their tent applications are still undergoing FEMA eligibility review and dispatch processing, despite reports from frontline responders that emergency tents have already been …
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Sports

June 17, 2026• Local Sports

Braves roll, Cobras win, Dodgers outlast Cubs in playoff action

June 17, 2026• Local Sports

Maliwanag, Cabrera open MYBA season with 5-0 sweeps

June 17, 2026• Local Sports

From a parking lot dream to the world stage: How pickleball united a community and put the CNMI on the map

June 17, 2026• Local Sports

Saipan Chamber sets new date for scholarship golf tourney

June 16, 2026• Local Sports

CNMI All-Stars rise above Sinlaku, set sights on South Korea

June 16, 2026• Local Sports

Dominant Cubs, Dodgers advance in style

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Community Bulletin

Editorials

Déjà vu at CUC

June 11, 2026• Editorials

We are good at identifying glaring problems and coming up with sensible solutions. But the follow-through leaves much to be desired.
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Zero

June 4, 2026• Editorials

Everyone on Capital Hill is “for education.” Yet they passed a budget that forced PSS to reduce the number of its school days. Elected officials are also “for public health,” but they have consistently underfunded the medical referral program.
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FAC fury and political amnesia

May 28, 2026• Editorials

A curious thing to hear: an elected official condemning CUC’s management while praising its rank and file for their “good work.” Who does he think oversees them and sets the direction needed to ensure efficient operations?
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What must be done

May 21, 2026• Editorials

“From 2002 through 2022, the CNMI’s real GDP (adjusted for inflation) contracted by $644 million (44 percent)….
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Letters

Questions

June 15, 2026• Letters to the Editor

The major problem is the fuel source along with normal bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Urgently needed: An amendment to HR 8800 to include the CNMI

June 14, 2026• Letters to the Editor

As you know, the issue on inclusion of the CNMI in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act or RECA as “downwinders” is not new to the CNMI delegate’s office.
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Opinions

The Satsuma rebellion

June 14, 2026• Columnists

A century and a half ago, Japan strained under a massive effort to modernize the country. While the world embraced such changes as gunpowder weapons, industrialization, democracy and capitalism, the Japanese decided to reject such foreigners’ ways.
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Politics and the persistence of waste

June 11, 2026• Columnists

Politics, at its worst, merely magnifies human failings. Humanity is deeply flawed, and through politics we choose which of our fellow flawed humans will govern the rest of us — then expect things to improve.
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Business

Oil slides on Iran supply hopes; bond yields pushed lower before Warsh debut

June 17, 2026• Business News

SINGAPORE/MILAN (Reuters) — Crude prices fell on Wednesday on news that Iranian fuel may ​soon hit the world’s markets, bringing inflation relief and pushing bond yields lower, while stocks and currencies were quiet ahead of Kevin Warsh’s ‌debut as Federal Reserve chair.
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Regional/World

Guam police chief passes away

June 16, 2026• Regional, World

Stephen Ignacio died in Los Angeles, California, surrounded by loved ones.
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National

Air Force B-52 bomber crashes in flames in California, killing all 8 crew aboard

June 17, 2026• National

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on takeoff on Monday at Edwards Air Force Base in ‌Southern California’s Mojave Desert, bursting into flames and killing all eight crew members aboard, Air Force officials said.
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