Northern Marianas

A bill that would have allowed some poker arcades to keep operating in some villages on Saipan has been thumbed down by Northern Marianas Governor Ralph Torres.

A Northern Marianas historian says the Spanish came so close to "eradicating" the native culture and only snippets remain of how the islands' ancestors lived during pre-colonial times.

Two illegal construction workers in the Northern Marianas were arrested by US Immigration and Customs officers last week in a sign that federal officials are cracking down on such activity in the…

In the Northern Marianas, a bill allowing poker arcades to operate in southwestern Saipan was approved by a local delegation last week.

Pedro Tenorio, the CNMI's longest serving governor, died yesterday following a long illness.

The Northern Marianas is to replace almost 800 wooden power poles which had been damaged by Super Typhoon Soudelor.

For the first time ever the Micronesian Games basketball competition will follow international eligibility rules.

The Northern Marianas Senate has passed a bill decriminalising the use and possession of marijuana.

The Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation in the Northern Marianas has passed a bill that requires the removal blighted buildings.

The House of Representatives in the Northern Marianas has passed another bill appropriating US$8.3 million to address the mould and air conditioning issues of the judiciary's main building.

An indigenous group in the Northern Marianas says it opposes any extension to public land leases to existing hotels and it wants to take over businesses established on the lands after the leases…

A flotilla of two native canoes and one western sailboat have set sail from Saipan to Pagan in the Northern Marianas.

Consumers in the Northern Marianas have been warned against eating romaine lettuce due to the risk of bacterial infection.

The cost of fixing the House of Justice's mould problem in the Northern Marianas has been given a price tag of US$7 million.

United Airlines is replacing smaller turboprop planes with Boeing 737-800 jets that can easily seat 166 passengers for Saipan-Guam route.

Florida-based XTRA Airways is facing a $US50 million racketeering lawsuit in federal court lodged by five Northern Marianas businesses and a group of Chinese tourists.

A mayor in Northern Marianas has led a campaign to spay and neuter about 250 dogs in an effort to control the dog population on Saipan.

A Northern Marianas Senator has accused the local utilities company of charging its customers triple the cost of their actual water consumption.

The United States immigration authorities are looking at using a lottery system for issuing foreign worker permits in the Northern Marianas.