Northern Mariana Islands News Archives

It's time to say goodbye to daylight saving time. Standard time returns this weekend, so don't forget to set your clock back an hour before turning in Saturday night.

The United Micronesia Development Association announced yesterday that a settlement has been reached with its former director, Robert Pfaff, in a civil suit UMDA filed in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

On May 8, 2008, President Bush signed into law Public Law 110-229, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008.

Guam will receive more than $16 million in Compact Impact funding, according to a release from the Department of the Interior.

Federal regulators are evaluating rules allowing the Navy to practice using sonar in waters around Guam and nearby Pacific islands so long as sailors take steps to protect whales and other marine mammals.

Jean-Paul Chaine, Heath Kelly, Mariana Sablan, and Michaela Riddell Author affiliations: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; and Department of Public Health, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands To the Editor: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a group of northern ...

Two Putnam County science teachers have been chosen as Fellows in the 2009 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy.

Although the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands recently received at least $24 million in federal stimulus funding to improve its public schools, the Guam Department of Education has still only been awarded about $1 million.

The Northern Marianas has received the first installment on the largest, single grant ever awarded to the commonwealth.

THE Marianas Visitors Authority and the governor's Strategic Economic Development Council are working with the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands to help revive local tourism, Press Secretary Charles P. Reyes Jr.

A man with local ties has pleaded guilty in Indiana to three counts related to a mortgage fraud scheme in which Henry County residents were the victims.

Casino investors are buying up hotel properties on Rota, the second-largest island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in hopes of attracting military gamblers once the U.S. increases its presence in nearby Guam.

In recent years, a cultural renaissance has taken shape on island reviving interests among local teens to rediscover the unique traditions of the Mariana Islands.

THE Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands admits that competing with other tourist destinations like Guam and Hawaii is a oedifficult,a and it expects local hotel occupancy rate to further decrease after federalization.

The Marianas Visitors Authority recently promoted Saipan, Tinian, and Rota at the Pacific Asia Travel Association Travel Mart 2009 in Hangzhou, China.

The United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and the CNMI Department of Land and Natural Resources announced today that poaching on Rota is threatening the Mariana fruit bat with extinction.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case United States v. Stevens about whether U.S. Code 18 A 48 making the creation or possession of some depictions of animal cruelty a felony.

The Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet on Oct.

U.S. Rep. Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan , speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives, has offered the condolences of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands to the people of American Samoa.

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today announced ongoing preparations for Typhoon Melor in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

Washington - Another powerful typhoon has formed in the Pacific and late on Friday was bearing down on the Northern Mariana Islands near Guam, even as a super typhoon was threatening havoc on the Philippines.

Pull out the change in your purse or pocket and take a look at your quarters. You probably have a few of the older coins, featuring George Washington on the front and the traditional spread eagle on the reverse.