Northern Mariana Islands News

Pacific Footsteps presents snapshots of the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Northern Mariana Islands, four countries in which Americans, Australians, Japanese and indigenous people ...2.1

Pacific Daily News An official convicted of tampering with water quality reports in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison.2.7

The Northern Mariana Islands Triathlon Federation continued transforming rookies into racers over the weekend with the second event of the Enticer Series at Pau Pau Beach in Marpi, and while many were ...2.7

SAIPAN, Sept 20 Asia Pulse - Airline company, Continental Micronesia will lay off at least 100 of its employees on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , according to Walter Dias, the ...2.7

Pacific Daily News kworth@guampdn.com TO THE POINT A U.S. environmental official is on island meeting with local officials about a financing plan that would allow U.S. territories to collectively borrow large ...

The Marianas Public Lands will launch the Northern Marianas Descent Registry program on Tinian on Thursday, culminating a three-island event that started on Saipan last month.2.7

Northwest Airlines assured its clients yesterday, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , that its operations will remain normal amid its filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York ...2.7

Ever wanted to read the original sources about the Chamorro health during the German period, or the effects of typhoons, or where the Tinian deer came from, or the history of the Catholic Church? Until now, you ...2.7

The US-administered Northern Mariana Islands in the central Pacific were battered by Typhoon Nabi, which gradually moved away from populated areas as it grew in strength, the US National Weather Service At 5.00 ...2.7

The Strategic Economic Development Council is forming a special committee to study why the CNMI's qualifying tax certificate program was not working.2.7

In custody: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lead a group of people suspected to be illegal immigrants away from the Guam National Wildlife Refuge building at Ritidian Point yesterday.2.7

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY The new Accountability Workbook for the V.I. Education Department is unveiled Wednesday morning by Education Commissioner Noreen Michael, left, and Deputy Director for Student ...1.5

A moderate earthquake occurred at 06:52:21 on Sunday, August 21, 2005. The magnitude 5.0 event has been located in the ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

U.S. and other coral reef ecosystems face stressors from natural and human sources, including ... Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, parts of the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, the Pacific remote island areas, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Republic of Palau.

SSHS PTA MEETING TOMORROW To all parents and legal guardians of Saipan Southern High School students, there will be a Parents Teachers Association meeting on tomorrow, Aug.3.1

California lawyer Howard Hills will cooperate with local and federal investigators about his knowledge of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff's past relationship with the Guam Superior Court, according to an ...2.7

The U.S. Attorney's Office is responding to a recent article published by the Los Angeles Times alleging former acting U.S. Attorney Fred Black was demoted after launching an investigation into lobbyist Jack ...2.7

International ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro expressed great delight upon discovering that he has a great following in the CNMI, most of them young people.2.7

What a difference the passage of a few years has made for high-powered Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

In a rare move, the Army relieved a four-star general of his command amid allegations that he had an extramarital affair with a civilian, Army officials said yesterday.

By SSG Fabian M. Indalecio Special To The Saipan Tribune Sergeant Franklin DLG Pangelinan of Company E 100 Battalion 442 Infantry has been deployed in Iraq since February of this year.2.7

Emperor Akihito bowed deeply atop a cliff where his countrymen plunged to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops and -- for the first time -- paid his respects Tuesday to the Koreans killed on this tiny ...4

In an interview with The Associated Press, Hashida recalled hearing a loud metallic noise and then seeing waves of red, blue, purple and yellow light.

NMPASI public hearing on Saipan The Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., or NMPASI, will be holding a public hearing on Aug.3.1

A life-threatening emergency on the island of Saipan prompted a team of Airmen here into action recently.2

Spelling Bee: Dheena Marie Ebuen Elayda, 13, from Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja, Rota, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, participates in the 78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in ...2.7

The NMI Council for the Humanities has announced the opening of registration for the 2005 Teachers Institute.2.7

In a letter delivered to the U.S. Senate May 16, President Bush urges lawmakers to ratify the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific ...

After the Republican sweep of 1994, the Seattle-based law and lobbying firm of Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds sought to better its relationships with the new majority by hiring conservative-leaning ...

The Northern Mariana Islands Track and Field Federation announced that it would host another edition of the annual CNMI National Track and Field Championships this Saturday, June 18, at the Oleai Sports Complex ...2.7

A snake sighting on Maui has prompted a multi-agency search involving experts from as far away as the Northern Mariana Islands.

The material from the eruption is still being studied. It was highly caustic, Embley said, damaging the camera lenses even though the robotic submarine was quickly backed away from the ...