4 Saipan beaches red-flagged
The Division of Environmental Quality has red-flagged four Saipan beaches and is advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of these locations for the next 48 hours or until otherwise...
View ArticleSDA 2Q honor roll
Principal’s List (93 pct and above) First Grade Gwanhun Son Pete Phair Juan Rolando Banacia David Khadka Montrey Germance Second Grade Kyle Diesta Jenna Chen Xi Qiu Mika Camacho Peter John White Vaniqa...
View ArticleBoost for education planning and decision making in Tuvalu
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu—Twenty-one master trainers, mostly ICT teachers and school clerks, will lead the roll-out of education data system training to all schools in Tuvalu this year, on behalf of the...
View ArticleSenate passes bills that aim to stifle copper wire theft
The Senate passed yesterday two bills of Sen. Frank Cruz (R-Tinian) that aim to crack down on copper wire theft and the sale of stolen items to pawnshops. Senate bill 19-68 amends current Commonwealth...
View Article‘Rota lives paycheck to paycheck’
Sen. Paul Manglona (Ind-Rota) is back in the Senate. Manglona, a longtime senator and former Senate president, was sworn in during a Senate session yesterday to officially take the vacated seat of...
View ArticleNMHC adopts amendments to Citizen Participation Plan
Amendments on the Citizen Participation Plan have been adopted by the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. NMHC board of directors passed a resolution on the amendments made by the corporation on the CPP....
View ArticleLiske-Clark tops WPS spelling bee
Whispering Palms School is proud to announce their 2016 school-wide spelling bee champion: 7th grader, Samantha Liske-Clark. Sam, as her friends call her, will be traveling to Guam in early March for...
View ArticleContractor ruptures, repairs service lateral near Achugao
Commonwealth Utilities Corp. customers in the villages of San Roque and Tanapag experienced a temporary water service interruption yesterday when a contractor working along the road near Achugao...
View ArticleCHCVA sets meeting on Feb. 15
The Commonwealth Health Center Volunteers Association is pleased to announce and invite members of the general public from all walks of life to attend the next community meeting scheduled for Monday,...
View ArticleNMI Youth Summit hopes to tear down stereotypes
To tear down the stereotypes of today’s youth is one of the goals of yesterday’s whole-day Youth Summit, where members of the 15th CNMI Youth Congress and students from the other schools listened to...
View ArticleLawmakers prepare for MILA
Air service, shipping cost, healthcare, and free trade issues between Guam and the Commonwealth, among others, headlined discussion between House lawmakers on Tuesday as they prepared the central...
View ArticleBusinessman files racketeering suit vs ex-DPL secretary
A Korean businessman and his former company filed yesterday in federal court a racketeering lawsuit against former lawmaker and Department of Lands secretary Oscar M. Babauta and several others who...
View ArticleJoint Lunar New Year celebrations start tomorrow
The Chinese Association of Saipan, CNMI and the Korean Association of Saipan will be holding a joint celebration of the Lunar New Year for two consecutive Saturdays, Feb. 13 and 20, at the Paseo de...
View ArticleAAG: Statement on lobbying has no negative implications
Assistant attorney general David Lochabay has stated that there are no negative implications to be drawn from his previous statement that “historically, persons with judgments and other claims against...
View Article42 people safe after abandoning fishing boat south of Hawaii
HONOLULU—The Coast Guard successfully coordinated the rescue of 42 people who abandoned ship when their fishing vessel American Eagle caught fire approximately 1,800 miles south of the Hawaiian...
View ArticleBordallo applauds FY17 HHS budget request
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo today issued the following statement regarding the President’s budget request for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year...
View ArticleMVA celebrates 40 years of tourism industry
The Marianas Visitors Authority marked its 40 years of existence yesterday and it was celebrated with a proclamation signed by Gov. Ralph DLG Torres. Present and past directors and board members and...
View ArticleLions Club eyes repair of more bus stops
The Saipan Unity Marianas Lions Club is looking to repair and repaint more bus stops on the island, especially those damaged by Typhoon Soudelor last year. The Lions Club has just finished a two-day...
View Article2 HS students visit Japan for Rotary Youth Exchange Project
Two high school students from Saipan were able to visit Japan this year through a student exchange program of the Rotary Club. Rotary Club of Saipan partnered with the Rotary Club of Tokyo Hachioji...
View ArticleFree SBDC business workshop/training on Tinian and Rota
The CNMI Small Business Development Center, through the Department of Commerce and in partnership with the Commonwealth Development Authority, will be offering free business workshops “ How to Write A...
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