MV 50th Anniversary

Formed in 2005, Stellar Marianas reshaped the islands’ beauty and talent nonprofit program and continued offering the opportunity for young women to compete on the global stages, such as those of Miss Universe and Miss International Pageants.  Marianas Variety was a community partner from the days …

<p style=”text-align: center;”><em>ONE of the Micronesian region’s most well-known and most trusted journalists, Giff Johnson of the Marshall Islands is also Marianas Variety’s longest serving correspondent. Here’s his story.</em> Journal Editor Giff Johnson, left, wit…

Our company would not be here today if it was not for our dedicated and hardworking staff throughout the years. We are blessed to have the wealth of knowledge, experience, versatility, and mutual respect for what we do for our community. Our longest serving employee (now retired) record is 43 years…

I HAVE been a sports reporter for nearly a decade (if you include my first few years as a part-timer) and working for Marianas Variety has been something that I, personally, never thought would turn into a career.  During my high school days, I was an avid basketball player. I even played on the sa…

I was working for TODAY newspaper in Manila when I got a call from Abed Younis in 1995. He was recruiting reporters to work for Marianas Variety.  “Saipan is a nice place,” he said.  I imagined paradise, where you bask under the sun, sipping a cocktail with a tiny umbrella adorning your glass. It w…

I FOUND out the hard way that crime beat reporting was not as easy as I first imagined it to be. I learned that it was a 24-hour, seven days a week duty. I was a rookie, and people were skeptical that I could stay on and cover the police and courts.  I remember, too, those times when court clerks w…