It is a scorching sun in Mecca, more than 900 feet above sea level some 40 miles inland from Jeddah by the Red Sea, on the first new moon of ar-ramad, Arabic for “scorching heat or dryness,” where the word Ramadan comes from. The familiar kaffiyeh, a headgear in arid regions...

Department of Public Lands Secretary Pedro A. Tenorio has planned a tour to explore Pagan and has extended the invitation to CNMI lawmakers. According to Tenorio, the main purpose of the trip is to actually see what Pagan looks like, as talks about proposed military activities,...

PACIFIC OCEAN—The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) will arrive in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on June 21 for the ship’s second stop of Pacific Partnership 2015. Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an...

Now that the Department of Public Works is finally paving Kagman’s dilapidated roads, residents of the village are now worried that the improved thoroughfare will further embolden motorists—especially tourists—to speed up their ascent and descent to and from Forbidden Island,...