HAGATNA, 15 DECEMBER 2025 (GUAM PACIFIC DAILY NEWS)—Concerns about impacts on fish, contamination, destruction of historic undersea artifacts, errors, cancelled studies and a lack of consent prompted a slew of concerned comments and a protest as the U.S government seeks interest in deep sea mining of a 35.5 million-acre area offshore of the Mariana Islands. […]
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Policy shift: CNMI governor inclined to revisit China market
SAIPAN, 05 DECEMBER 2025 (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — Gov. David M. Apatang is steering the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands through economic uncertainty with a pragmatic approach to governance. “I’m not perpetually stuck in a single leadership style,” Apatang told the Pacific Island Times. “Different situations call for different ways of doing things.” In […]
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FBI raids CNMI governor’s, other offices
SAIPAN, 08 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARIANAS VARIETY)—U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the governor’s office and other locations on Saipan, Thursday, including the governor’s home and the law offices of his siblings. Jason White, public affairs officer for the Honolulu Division of the FBI, said they executed several search warrants, but cannot comment on […]
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MOH in contact with regional health representatives in tackling rising dengue cases
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it is in touch with the public health representatives of the neighboring islands in addressing the rising dengue cases in the country that is now affecting visitors. In a statement sent to the Times, the MOH stated that it is in contact with the health officials of the Commonwealth […]
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Palau’s dengue outbreak spills over to neighboring islands
Palau’s dengue outbreak is now affecting other islands in the region as reports stated that some dengue cases in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) this year were confirmed to have been contracted by patients during a visit in the country. The CNMI’s Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC), in a press statement […]
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CNMI’S granting of land for Palauan Bai frowned by some Chamorros
CNMI Former lawmaker Stanley McGinnis T. Torres protesting outside the legislative building on Capital Hill in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on March 28. (Emmanuel T. Erediano/Marianas Variety). The granting of a parcel of public land for the construction of a Palauan Bai, a traditional meeting house, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) did not […]