Super Typhoon Yutu, with its ferocious, Category 5 gusts, tore through the Northern Mariana Islands on Oct. 25, leaving behind devastated families, many having lost their homes and belongings. Some of these survivors—about 500 Filipino households—recently benefited from a...

That number, though, is just an estimate. According to the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, the projected 12,000 beneficiaries of the one-time Disaster Nutritional Assistance Program could go up or down. In fact, the number of people applying for DNAP is nearing the...

Visitor arrivals fell 34 percent to 32,108 visitors in October 2018, compared to 48,950 visitors received in October 2017. The reduction was largely due to the temporary closure of the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport following Super Typhoon Yutu, which passed...

The new Disaster Nutritional Assistance Program site in Susupe was “perfect,” according to the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. DNAP, which moved to its new site at the Minachom Atdao across the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium in Susupe yesterday, was ideal for the...