“Westerners like to conquer mountains; Orientals like to contemplate them. As for me, I like to taste the mountains.” —Santoka Taneda Ocean Tasting is a group of poems inspired by Mountain Tasting, Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda. Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) was a Zen poet in...

The NMI Museum of History and Culture unveiled Tuesday a multimedia exhibit that celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian. The exhibition—a collaboration between the Northern Marianas Humanities Council and researcher Alexander Astroth—shows previously...

CNMI government officials joined the Filipino community, led by Philippine honorary consul Glicerio Arago, at the Kanoa Resort parking lot early yesterday morning for the traditional flag-raising ceremony that signals the commemoration of the 121st Philippine Independence Day....

The Rotary Club of Saipan welcomed a visiting member from Brazil yesterday during the club’s regular Tuesday meeting at the Hyatt Regency Saipan’s Giovanni’s Restaurant. Tony Hu, a member of the Rotary Club de Brasilia International, is a native of Taiwan and currently lives...