The inaugural Marianas International Film Festival kicked off with a lavish opening ceremony Wednesday night at the Aqua Resort Club, with celluloid stars from China, CNMI, Korea, Japan and Taiwan descending on the Achugao resort. Sponsored by Imperial Pacific International Ltd.,...

This was the gist of the message of Northern Marianas Business Alliance Corp. chair Alex Sablan on the common misconception that the CNMI business community is only just beginning to do something about the plight of its foreign workforce. “There is a general impression throughout...

Ignacio Perez was elected Commonwealth Utilities Corp. board chairman at the first official meeting of the newly reconstituted board yesterday. The rest of the board members are: Weston Deleon Guerrero, vice chairman, Matthew Holley, secretary, Jovita Paulino,  treasurer...

A store that has become known as the go-to place for souvenirs is facing an uncertain future following U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services’ announcement that it would be cutting 3,000 worker slots from the foreign worker program. That reduction would have a very negative impact...