The CNMI’s small delegation to the 14th FINA World Championships in China left Saipan last Saturday morning. Swimmers Nelson Batallones, Lennosuke Suzuki, and Jinju Thompson headed to Hangzhou and were accompanied by Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Association representative...

Colin Sinclair earned the biggest win in the opening day of the Australian Open 2019 Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off after pulling off an upset over China’s two-time champion Di Wu. The CNMI player swept the No. 8 seed Wu, 6-2, 6-3, last Wednesday in Zhuhai, China to advance to...

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...

Swimmer Jinju Thompson will be extra motivated when she represents the CNMI in the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in China next month. “We, as a community have been through so much lately and despite that people are showing strength and that really motivates me to...