With a bill that allocates over $39,000 to build a new playground at Paupau Beach already enacted, Precinct IV Rep. Joel Camacho’s (R-Saipan) sees that as the start of more improvements of not just at Paupau Beach but also the Capital Hill area. With Camacho’s House Local Bill...

Dennis James C. Mendiola has been named the new commissioner of the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services. He will replace assistant fire chief Juan A. Pua, who has been the acting DFEMS commissioner since May. A former resident deputy commissioner serving the Rota...

With the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the trade war between the U.S. and China, the number of Chinese tourists visiting the CNMI are at their lowest in the last several years. Speaking at a recent Marianas Visitors Authority board meeting, board member Thomas T.H. Liu...

Green card applicants in the CNMI who are required to undergo a special type of test for tuberculosis will no longer need to go off-island to avail of the test as the Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. will be helping administer the test on Saipan. DLS Saipan manager Mary Jean...