Imperial Pacific Resort won’t be able to open its casino in time for this year’s Lunar New Year, but it remains on track to begin operations in the first quarter of 2017, according to a statement sent to Saipan Tribune last week. In a voluntary announcement filed with the Hong...

Marlon Regaton, the newly installed president of the United Filipino Organization, had no plans of becoming the leader of the umbrella organization of Filipino community groups on Saipan. The 41-year-old sales manager of Bestseller Bookstore Saipan said his ascension to the UFO...

James Cameron, director of Hollywood blockbusters Avatar, The Abyss, and Titanic, has penned a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to “finish the work of protecting the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument through a national marine sanctuary designation.” Cameron is...

Members of the CNMI House of Representatives exchanged well wishes before adjourning last week. The 20th Legislature opens today with six new members joining incumbents that were re-elected. House Speaker Rafael S. Demapan (R-Saipan), who would retain his post, praised everyone...