By: Summer Kennard Saipan — A Palauan national, undergoing Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) training in Saipan, is in custody on $25,000 cash bail after allegedly assaulting a man in Garapan on Nov. 16. Police identified the suspect as Jeremy Meseche Guillermin, 29, who was taken into custody after officers found a man injured and […]
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Konqer Saipan and ROTA postponed indefinitely, Guam and Palau still on
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the KONQER obstacle course events on Saipan and Rota will both be postponed indefinitely, according to the KONQER chief experience officer Kaz Endo. “As governments around the world work toward containment and mitigation of COVID-19, events globally have been canceled,” said Endo. “And, unfortunately, this also means that […]
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Staying coronavirus-free will help CNMI tourism survive, says hotel official
SAIPAN, 06 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — If the CNMI will continue to have no cases of the novel coronavirus, the local tourism industry may “survive,” Hotel Association of the CNMI chairwoman and Pacific Islands Club general manager Gloria Cavanagh said. The loss of the Chinese market due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is a […]
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Pacific Games Council in Saipan to discuss 2021 Mini Games
SAIPAN, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (SAIPAN TRIBUNE) — Pacific Games Council (PGC) officials will meet with Northern Marianas Governor Ralph DLG Torres tomorrow to discuss important matters related to CNMI’s hosting of the 2021 Pacific Mini Games. PGC president Vidhya Lakhan and chief executive officer Andrew Minogue are scheduled to arrive on Saipan early tomorrow morning […]
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80 construction workers to leave Saipan
SAIPAN, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — Eighty construction workers at Imperial Pacific International (IPI) in Saipan will leave the island starting today, Monday, after agreeing to resign last week. Over 150 construction workers from Taiwan and 12 from Thailand were asked to resign prior to the January 2020 expiration of their H2-B visas. Ching […]
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Region-wide Startup Weekend to be launched
Bring your business ideas in and be part of the region-wide Startup Weekend Micronesia to be launched by the University of Guam (UOG) graduate students simultaneously in seven Micronesian Islands including Palau. Startup Weekend Micronesia (SW Micronesia) is a three-day entrepreneurial event that will simultaneously run from November 7 to 9 in Palau, Guam, Chuuk, […]