The Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services identified tonight, Friday, the drowning victim at Laolao Bay as a 32-year-old Chinese male tourist.   DFEMS spokesman Derek Gersonde said a physician at the Commonwealth Health Center pronounced the victim, Tian Tao,...

Another drowning case happened this afternoon, Friday, on Saipan and this time the incident was at Laolao Bay.   Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert Guerrero has confirmed that a 32-year-old man drowned.   Witnesses said a group of teenagers carried the...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today adopted U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) S. 2325, the bill that extends the transition period for the CNMI’s foreign worker program to fiscal year 2029, including essential program such as the CW permit program and...

While terminating the parole authority that allows the CNMI to bring in Chinese and Russian tourists would be devastating to the local economy, Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Chris Concepcion said the possibility of that actually happening is remote. “I think any...