Northern Mariana Islands News

Both soldiers died May 16, 2013, in Kabul, Afghanistan , of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device.

Former Guam resident Neil Weare will be on Saipan today, May 17, to launch a new organization, We the People Project, that is dedicated to achieving equal rights and representation for the 4.7 million Americans who live in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

Pagan island, located in the Pacific and being eyed as area for the United States military to use for live-fire exercises is being threatened with destruction, according to advocates who wants to save the island.

Islands showcase dance and song: Islands from the region showcased their song and dance during a unity show at the Guam Micronesian Island Fair on May 17.

Northern Mariana Islands Football Association opened its National Elite Academy with 16 players completing Cycle 1 of the inaugural program early this month.

Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands vice president Grace Cavanagh told House of Representatives members yesterday that hotels are willing to negotiate with the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck in the Pagan region of the Northern Mariana Islands at about 2:33 p.m. Hawaii time.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will begin automation of the I-94 starting today, May 14.

TakeCare Foundation will present a $3,920 grant to the Commonwealth Cancer Association today, May 14, 2013, at 9am at the FHP Health Center on Saipan.

Presentation: James Roberts, project manager for Mountain-Pacific Quality Health - Hawaii, conducts a presentation on MediKeeper, a web-based health monitoring tool for diabetes patients, during a press conference at the Hilton Guam Resort and Spa in Tumon yesterday.

PITI, Guam -Gov, Eloy Inos of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands visited Rear Adm.

An estimated 2,500 to 3,000 people turned out at American Memorial Park on Saipan on Saturday night, May 4, to kick off the 15th Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival & Beer Garden.

Barry Wonenberg, the longest serving educator at the Northern Marianas College, has been named the college marshal, a role that will require him to represent the college at all ceremonial events in which NMC's governing board and president are in attendance.

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Gov. Eloy S. Inos is initiating Covenant 902 consultations with President Barack Obama to discuss the U.S. military's plans to develop live-fire training areas on Pagan and Tinian and the federal takeover of local immigration, 37 years since the establishment of the unique relationship between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States.

March visitor arrivals to the Northern Mariana Islands were up 13 percent compared to March 2012.

DEQ said that samples collected from these locations had excessive concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria that exceeded the CNMI Marine Water Quality Standards.

A U.S. Senate bill granting a pathway to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented immigrants in America was substituted Wednesday night but Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan assured yesterday that the CNMI-specific provision allowing long-term foreign workers to apply for improved status was untouched by the "manager's amendment." The previous ... (more)

By JERINE LEE Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -U.S. Pacific Fleet announced the selection of the 2012 Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year during a ceremony held at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki, April 12.