CNMI

In the Northern Marianas, the Commonwealth Election Commission is urging residents of Precinct 3 on Saipan to vote in their special election today for the vacant seat in the House of Representatives.

The Northern Marianas Sports Association is considering a number of measures to reduce the CNMI's Government's financial obligations in hosting the 2021 Pacific Mini Games.

The Pacific Games Council remains hopeful the Northern Marianas can still host the 2021 Mini Games, despite the Governor announcing they would pull out due to the destruction brought by Super Typhoon…

The Northern Marianas has pulled out from hosting the 2021 Pacific Mini Games due to the destruction brought by Super Typhoon Yutu in late October.

The Northern Marianas government has announced it will resettle people on an island that the US military wants to use as a firing range.

Guam is facing a crisis in its civilian construction sector due to a labour shortage caused by new US federal restrictions on Filipino workers.

A bill to outlaw the sale of shark fins in the US has been reintroduced by the Northern Marianas delegate to the United States Congress.

A recent ban on Filipino workers will have a negative effect on the Northern Marianas' economy, government and business leaders say.

The Northern Marianas legislature has passed an 11th hour bill to prevent members' salaries plummeting to $US8,000 a year.

A Russian man has been arrested in the CNMI after he was charged with a conspiracy to export military equipment.

Five local government officials in Rota in the Northern Marianas have pleaded not guilty to corruption.

The Northern Marianas' only hospital owes the country's utilities company $US26 million.

Two months after Cyclone Yutu devastated much of the Northern Marianas, the island of Saipan is slowly returning to normal.

Opponents to a cockfighting ban in the Northern Marianas have been overruled by laws introduced by US President Donald Trump.

Most of the island of Tinian in the Northern Marianas is still without power, as repairs from the devastating Typhoon Yutu continue.

A lion and tiger have found a home in the United States after Saipan's zoo was destroyed by typhoons in the Northern Marianas.

The US government has given the CNMI $US11 million to help workers who were laid off or have been working shorter hours as a result of Super Typhoon Yutu or Typhoon Mangkhut.

Ninety-five percent of the critical infrastructre on the Northern Marianas island of Tinian has had its power restored nearly six weeks after Typhoon Yutu.

In an effort to lure back tourists, the governor of the Northern Marianas has announced they remain a safe destination to visit.

The Northern Marianas are recovering faster from last month's Super Typhoon Yutu than it did from Typhoon Soudelor in 2015, authorities say.