Northern Marianas

Vanuatu and the Northern Marianas are the latest Pacific islands to step up the battle against plastic bags.

After the introduction of street names, the Northern Marianas island of Saipan is now considering giving numbers to houses.

The Northern Marianas is launching a traditional canoe programme, aiming to build a 15 metre Chamorro canoe that can sail to New Zealand for competitions in 2020.

A casino developer on Saipan in the Northern Marianas says a shortage of manpower means it has to delay plans to finish its five star hotel.

A group in the Northern Marianas is garnering support for the reintroduction of a controversial bill imposing additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

An NGO in the Northern Marianas is appealing for $US650,000 to house about 50 families living in desperate circumstances nearly two years after Typhoon Soudelor struck the territory.

The Northern Marianas Attorney General has approved for autopsies to be carried out on the remains of three workers who died while working inside a 7 metre sewer well on Saipan.

The Northern Marianas is to receive about $US4.5 million dollars in federal funds to purchase 12 generators to provide emergency back-up power to 91 wells and ensure water supply to all villages on…

An environmental group in the Northern Marianas is urging President Donald Trump to give the CNMI government equal co-management of the Marianas Trench Marine Monument.

A letter from the Northern Marianas Governor has backed the controversial US review of National Monuments.

The Governor of the Northern Marianas says the US government has failed to live up to promises made during the creation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.

The Northern Marianas House of Representatives has increased the excise tax on betel nut imports.

After a postponement of four months and several setbacks, including protests by unpaid workers, Northern Marianas latest casino is now open.

In the Northern Marianas, three men died on Friday while working in a 24-foot deep well on Saipan.

The Northern Marianas only hospital is losing 18 nurses after US Immigration rejected a request to extend their visas.

The United States Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, has approved about $US2.7 million in energy grants to American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

The first same-sex marriage on Tinian in the Northern Marianas was held at the weekend with Jonathan San Nicolas marrying Raymond Sablan.

About 43 unpaid construction staff who had been working on the Northern Marianas' Imperial Pacific Resort protested last week over not getting all their wages.

A bill that would have delayed the time by which some poker arcades had to be moved in the Northern Marianas has been defeated.