The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands reported a 66.15% average occupancy rate among its 11 member hotels for September 2019. The figure reflects a 15% decrease for HANMI hotels compared to September 2018.
SAIPAN - The House of Representative is ready to act on a measure that proposes to amend the CNMI casino law and “clarify the powers” of the C… Read more
SAIPAN - The CNMI “has explored sourcing its labor needs from regional jurisdictions to include Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall I… Read more
SAIPAN – When the Public School System announced half-day classes on Friday for professional development, Hopwood principal Rizalina Liwag sai… Read more
SAIPAN - Enforcement teams from the Department of Finance-Division of Revenue and Taxation are “out there” checking on bed-and-breakfast estab… Read more
Residents of the Northern Mariana Islands can report damage to their homes as a result of Supertyphoon Hagibis via a new hotline. Read more
CNMI acting Gov. Arnold Palacios sent a letter to President Donald Trump seeking a declaration of a federal state of emergency in anticipation… Read more
SAIPAN - Some call it debris, but Precinct 1 Rep. Roman C. Benavente saw possibilities instead. Read more
SAIPAN - Dumping household trash in public places is a recurring problem, especially at the cemetery in Chalan Kanoa. Read more
SAIPAN - Zoning board Chairman Mariano Taitano said a moratorium on new bed-and-breakfast establishments on Saipan requires legislative action. Read more
Gov. Ralph Torres announced Wednesday morning that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be granting a 30-day relief to those individ… Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will consider certain fiscal 2020 CW-1 petitions seeking an extension of status for temporary worker… Read more
SAIPAN - The House Gaming Committee will make significant changes to a bill that proposes to amend the casino law. Read more
SAIPAN - The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation is urging community members to be exceptionally careful when visiting Guam and other Pacific … Read more
SAIPAN — A downward trend in visitors from Hong Kong and Japan were two large factors in the decrease in visitors to Rota, Saipan and Tinian. Read more
SAIPAN - The Commonwealth Casino Commission needs law enforcement power, its chairman Juan M. Sablan and executive director Edward C. Deleon G… Read more
In an effort to prevent the spread of dengue fever, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation-Bureau of Environmental Health will be conducting … Read more
SAIPAN - A Japanese company has expressed interest in Rota’s mountain coffee, the island’s Department of Lands and Natural Resources Resident … Read more
SAIPAN - After being sworn in by Gov. Ralph DLG Torres on Thursday, the five-member CNMI Cannabis Commission convened for its organizational m… Read more
SAIPAN – Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang remains hopeful the CNMI and other territories would be exempted from the federal ban on cockfighting. Read more
SAIPAN – There's a need to replace engines 4 and 8 at Power Plant 1, Commonwealth Utilities Corp. Executive Director Gary Camacho said. Read more
SAIPAN – The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a substitute version of House Bill 21-78 to appropriate the $15.5 million … Read more
SAIPAN – Representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Honolulu were on Saipan to discuss ways the two jurisdictions can wor… Read more
A second case of dengue fever has been confirmed on Saipan. Read more
SAIPAN – There are flaws in a bill that would expand the salary ceiling exemption for certain professionals hired by the government, Saipan Ma… Read more
SAIPAN — The Department of Public Lands will propose to double the Managaha landing fee from $5 to $10, DPL Secretary Marianne Concepcion-Tere… Read more
SAIPAN — About 12 NMI Citizens for Change gathered peacefully on Friday afternoon in San Jose, Beach Road to call attention to issues they say… Read more
SAIPAN – The $15 million loan from Marianas Public Land Trust is just a portion of the amount needed to reimburse the Typhoon Yutu recovery co… Read more
SAIPAN – The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has 61.4% non-revenue water even as its 24-hour water service continues throughout the island, CUC E… Read more
SAIPAN – Rota Mayor Efraim Atalig and his co-defendant and girlfriend Evelyn Atalig have asked the federal court for a postponement of their t… Read more
SAIPAN – Homeland Security Investigations task force officer Cristin Duenas has filed in federal court an affidavit in support of a criminal c… Read more
SAIPAN – The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the public disclosure of Imperial Pacific International’s income tax information. Read more
SAIPAN - The Saipan Zoning Board has approved the Department of Public Works- Solid Waste Division’s request to rezone a piece of property in … Read more
SAIPAN – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has filed a criminal complaint against a Chinese citizen for using a fake immigration document. Read more
Saipan officials are reminding the community to help keep island litter free after citing a man who was caught off-loading construction and de… Read more
SAIPAN – The U.S. Labor Department reported over the weekend to U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan that Northern Marianas employe… Read more
SAIPAN – Secretary of Lands and Natural Resources Anthony T. Benavente has announced the closure of the Outer Cove Marina or OCM on Sept. 30, … Read more
SAIPAN – Marianas Visitors Authority board member Chris Nelson has expressed concern about a report that the Department of Lands and Natural R… Read more
SAIPAN - The appointment of former Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Commissioner Clyde K. Norita as CNMI census office manage… Read more
SAIPAN – By a vote of 6 to 1, the Senate on Thursday passed the bill to amend Public Law 21-3 which allows the central government to borrow $1… Read more
SAIPAN - Rota Department of Public Works Resident Director Vanessa Charfauros has asked the court to dismiss the corruption charges against her. Read more
SAIPAN - The Commonwealth Healthcare Center said the Northern Mariana Islands has one suspected dengue case. Read more
SAIPAN – The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday discussed with Department of Commerce officials a measure to increase the fees imposed … Read more
SAIPAN - Janee Marie Famy Babauta was summoned to federal court on accusations that she illegally accessed her mother’s Bank of Guam savings a… Read more
SAIPAN – The Department of Public Works has conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for the $2,907,133 coastal road project in Rota, which conne… Read more
SAIPAN – Imperial Pacific International has hired construction workers from Mongolia and Thailand. Read more
SAIPAN – The U.S. Air Force will host a two-day "interpretive planning" workshop on the divert activities and exercises project areas on Tinia… Read more
SAIPAN – The Marianas Visitors Authority is exploring the possibility of suspending some of its promotion and marketing programs with its offs… Read more
SAIPAN – Luta Mermaid LLC, the owner of the former MV Luta, will repay the $400,000 in public funds it received from the CNMI government after… Read more
SAIPAN – Although bleaching remains a major challenge, divers and snorkelers are also affecting the coral reefs in the CNMI, according to Kayl… Read more
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