The Marianas Visitors Authority will hold its semi-annual general membership meeting on Nov. 9, 2018, at Royal Taga Ballroom, Saipan World Resort at 10am. Registration will begin at 9:30am. Guest speakers will be from the MVA’s offshore offices and will provide a recap of fiscal...

An abandoned four-story building on Alyupang Pl at Laly 4 Beach in Chalan Kanoa has been converted into a 23-room beachfront hotel. The Marine Sports Hotel, which used to occupy the place but shut down many years, is now owned by Magisland LLC, which bought the building two years...

Although South Korea has already taken a leading tourist market share in the CNMI at 48 percent, the Marianas Visitors Authority is cautious about being overly dependent on any single market. In response to Saipan Tribune’s questions about the CNMI’s visitors’ market share, MVA...

Saipan International School opened the 2018 school year on July 8, 2018, with five new teachers. In response to parent requests for a deeper science program, SIS hired two new science teachers this year: Elizabeth Mansfield and Kristopher D’Alterio. Mansfield, an experienced...