‘SWIM in the Marianas’ brings sport, culture, and tourism together

Marianas Visitors Authority officials pose for a photo with representatives of the Guangzhou Tianhe District Swimming Association, 500 Sails, the Saipan Swim Club, and the U.S. Coast Guard at a press conference on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Photo by...

Spooky fun and family spirit fill Saipan on Halloween night

1) Gov. David M. Apatang, center, with Rotary Club of Saipan Past President Joann Aquino, Indigenous Affairs Office Resident Executive Luella I. Marciano and staff at American Memorial Park for the club’s Trunk-or-Treat event on Friday....

Cyclists Gear Up for Palau’s “Beauty and the Beast” race, blending sport, nature, and tourism

By: Laurel Marewibuel PALAU, KOROR — “Cycling is a perfect fit for Palau’s tourism product — it’s eco-friendly, healthy, and lets visitors experience the island’s beauty up close,” said Leah Asanuma Gilham, president of Palau’s Triathlon...

PIC Saipan Duck Race donates proceeds to fight cancer

PIC Assistant General Manager Dennis Tababa, left, and other members of the PIC management team hand a $7,000 donation to Commonwealth Cancer Association at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan on Wednesday. Contributed photo(Press Release) — The...

Micronesian Brokers, Hawaiian Host, and Mauna Loa support 2025 JSNMI Friendship Golf Classic as Gold Sponsors

The Japanese Society of the Northern Mariana Islands proudly announces Micronesian Brokers Inc., along with Hawaiian Host and Mauna Loa, as Gold Sponsors of the 2025 JSNMI Friendship Golf Classic set for Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Proceeds from the...

Erasing identity: 12 states and 2 territories remove gender identity references to comply with Trump administration's sex education directive

Across the United States, a quiet but consequential rewriting of sex education is underway. In school districts from Georgia to Wyoming, lessons that once acknowledged the existence of transgender and non-binary youth are being erased line by...

2025 Humanities awardees celebrated

1) The MHS POLKSAI Chamorro Club is this year’s Preservation of Traditional Cultural Practices awardee. Photos by Bryan Manabat 2) James W. Feger receives the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Humanities. 3) Peter Perez of 500 Sails delivers his...

Recent bottomfish survey in the Northern Mariana Islands provides valuable data and fosters a new community

Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and local fishers from the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) worked together to conduct the “first-ever standardized, fishery-independent bottomfish survey in the Commonwealth...

Martin pleads not guilty to visa fraud charges

By Bryan Manabat bryan@mvariety.com Variety News Staff AT his arraignment before Magistrate Judge Heather Kennedy on Friday morning, Venerando Aquino Martin pleaded not guilty to five counts of visa fraud. Through his court-appointed attorney,...

Trump's demand to erase gender identity from sex education programmes: Here are the states that complied

At least 11 American states and two territories have complied with a directive from the Trump administration to remove all references to gender identity, transgender and non-binary people from a federally funded sex education initiative, The...

Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied

At least 11 states and two territories are capitulating to a recent demand from the Trump administration to strip references to gender identity and the existence of transgender and non-binary people from a federal sex education program, officials...

Lower Northern Mariana Islands public schools budget could cause intense educational impacts

The Northern Mariana Islands Public School System (PSS) is set to experience a series of budget cuts due to a predicted lower budget for the 2025-2026 school year. The new cuts were discussed in a town hall meeting with the Northern Mariana...

UOG, NMC partner on new Kupu Conservation Corps in Saipan

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Green Growth Kupu Conservation Corps in Saipan was officially launched last week. It's a major milestone in the partnership between the University of Guam's Guam Green Growth and the Commonwealth of...

Turn your passion for kids into a career with NMC’s Early Childhood Education Academy

(NMC) — Northern Marianas College’s Center for Training and Innovation will host an information session for its new Early Childhood Education Academy – Certificate Program on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the NMC Saipan Campus,...

Cultural group visits CHamoru artifacts at German museums

A Guam-based cultural performing arts group and a Northern Mariana Islands practitioner traveled to Berlin in August to view ancestral artifacts and remains held in German museums, marking what organizers describe as an important step in...

Inside the country with visa-free entry for almost everyone - and the most beautiful beaches in the world

Tucked in the western Pacific Ocean is a country made up of more than 600 islands scattered across an expanse of ocean - five times the size of France. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an archipelago composed of both high volcanic...

JKPL hosts first-ever ‘Sensory Book-a-Treat @ My Library’

(JKPL) — Joeten-Kiyu Public Library proudly hosted the CNMI’s first-ever “Sensory Book-a-Treat @ My Library” event on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., welcoming 107 registered participants for family-friendly Halloween fun. Designed...

'Saipan' Review: You Don't Need to Love Sports to Enjoy Steve Coogan's Gripping Irish Drama | LFF 2025

A few months ago, when Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee were bitching it out on social media, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set the internet on fire when she pedantically referred to the scrap as “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?” This...

UOG and NMC partner on new Kupu Conservation Corps in Saipan to empower green workforce

The partnership between the University of Guam’s Guam Green Growth (G3) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Green Growth Initiative (CNMI GG) reached a major milestone last week with the official launch of the CNMI Green Growth...

Daylight Saving Time Ended Today. Why Clocks Went Back an Hour

Daylight saving time ended today, with the time officially changing at 2 a.m. While it was still light enough for trick-or-treating on Friday, the time change hit two days after Halloween, when most of the US adjusted the clocks backward one hour....