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(Press Release) — The United States Air Force Academy and the 10th Air Base Wing proudly announce the STEP or Stripes for Exceptional Performers promotion of Technical Sgt. Consuelo C. Maratita, assigned to the 10th Medical Group, 10th MDSS in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

(DPS) — The CNMI Department of Public Safety will be conducting two separate sobriety checkpoints on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

(Press Release) — The Department of Finance is pleased to announce that CNMI Passport Acceptance representatives are on Rota Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 15 and 16, to accept U.S. passport applications.

(MCS) — Mount Carmel School proudly announces that two seniors, Heleyna Frielle Cruz Dela Santa and William Matthew Bongabong Cano, have been selected as recipients of the prestigious QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship.

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.

THE Friends of the Mariana Trench have condemned the federal government’s handling of the public comment period for its Request for Information on potential commercial leasing of Outer Continental Shelf minerals offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

ATTORNEY Cong Nie has asked the federal court to order prosecutors to explain why they seek to dismiss the case against his client, Jianbing Zhao, who was indicted for obstructing his deportation from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.