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Attorney for student with disabilities seeks reconsideration over unusable Southern High elevator
Pacific Daily News
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Attorney Daniel Somerfleck filed a motion for reconsideration in the District Court of Guam after his client, Logan Taijeron, a student with disabilities, still has no access to the second floor of Southern High School due to an unusable elevator....
Palau Gears Up to host the Exciting Micro Cup Canoe Racing Competition this October
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
By: Faith Chen From October 24th to 26th, Palau will proudly host the highly anticipated Micro Cup, a vibrant canoe racing competition that promises to bring together top athletes from across the Pacific and beyond. This year’s event will feature...
The Northern Mariana Islands and the Aleutian Islands: Forgotten pillars of the US Indo-Pacific strategy
Pasquines
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August 6, 2025
By Aayush Gandhi As the Chinese threat against Taiwan rapidly increases, new US Indo-Pacific strategies have emphasized the creation of a grid of small, dispersed, and concealed bases to strengthen deterrence. Proponents have called for the US to...
Saipan commemorates 80 years since Nagasaki
CBS News
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Within the Pacific U.S. Mariana Islands lies Saipan, an island forced to embrace military development during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Northern Mariana Islands played a vital role in the bombing of Nagasaki.
US military investment in the Northern Mariana Islands raises questions of cultural loss and political influence
Pasquines
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August 4, 2025
The United States is investing nearly $800 million to expand military facilities on Tinian, one of the main islands in the Northern Mariana Islands. This is a specific strategy to strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific, especially amid rising...
Lujan asks 2 US senators for NDAA amendment to help reduce airfare for Guam, CNMI
Pacific Daily News
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Sen. Jesse Lujan asked two U.S. senators to introduce an amendment to the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, to help reduce airfare for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Lujan, in letters to Sens....
China claims expulsion of US Navy destroyer USS Higgins near disputed Philippine waters as tensio...
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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On August 13, 2025, China’s Southern Theater Command announced that its naval forces had tracked, warned, and expelled the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Higgins from what it calls Huangyan Dao, claiming the ship had unlawfully entered its...
From Capitol Hill: Across the Agencies – Aug. 2025, Vol. 14 is now available!
Marianas Variety
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(Office of the Governor) — We’re excited to share another month of progress and collaboration across the Commonwealth, including: • Commerce Launches Online Business Registration Project – The CNMI Department of Commerce finalized a contract to...
Paul Manglona joins Senate leadership
Marianas Variety
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Sen. Paul A. Manglona smiles as he delivers his remarks during the 23rd Senate’s sine die session on Jan. 3, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano SENATOR Paul A. Manglona, who was sworn in Thursday to fill the Rota Senate seat vacated by Lt. Gov....
PRC citizen sentenced in Saipan for hampering immigration removal
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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August 11, 2025
Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland | Official WebsiteChief Judge Merrick B. Garland | Official Website A citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Aimin, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for preventing or hampering his removal from the...
PRC national sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine through Saipan using mail shipments
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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August 11, 2025
Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland | Official WebsiteChief Judge Merrick B. Garland | Official Website A citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Yang Liang, has been sentenced to 55 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine...
Lawmakers discuss government downsizing and business reforms at Chamber meeting
Marianas Variety
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From left, Reps. Diego Camacho, Roman Benevente, TJ Manglona, BJ Attao, Joel Camacho, and Vincent Aldan. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT the Saipan Chamber of Commerce’s general membership meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at the Kensington Hotel, members...
Governor of Northern Mariana Islands Passes Away in Guam
The Epoch Times
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July 31, 2025
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (L), with Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Gov. Arnold Palacios (R) at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, on Feb. 26, 2025. Petty Officer 1st Class...
Northern Mariana Islands’ Tinian embraces digital currency and online gambling regulation
Pasquines
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July 29, 2025
In May 2025, the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands made headlines by passing groundbreaking legislation that allows the local government to issue its own digital currency, called the “Tinian Stable Token.” This bold move aims to...
Saipan delegation passes bill to fund Finance, CEDA
Marianas Variety
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BY a 16-1 vote, with one abstention, the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation on Thursday passed House Local Bill 24-21, appropriating $2 million in dividends that the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority collected from the...
563rd Rescue Group optimizes agile combat employment during exercise Resolute Force Pacific
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 18, 2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 563rd Rescue Group had the unique opportunity to execute dispersed operations and generate airpower across a long-range maritime environment during exercise Resolute Force Pacific...
Tinian, launching point for US A-bombs on Japan, marks 80th anniv.
The Mainichi
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August 7, 2025
This photo shows a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025. (Kyodo) TINIAN (Kyodo) -- The Pacific island of Tinian, which served as the launching point for the U.S....
Tinian commemorates 80th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing amid military buildup
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
This file photo from The National Archives taken 6 August, 1945, shows the B-29 plane "Enola Gay" after landing on Tinian Island from its mission to drop the first Atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Photo: AFP/ The National With the backdrop of...
Northern Mariana Islands lose their last best hope
Asia Times
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July 30, 2025
I was in awe of Arnold Palacios, who passed away on July 23. Having spent a good part of my career dealing with public and private corruption, I never once saw a top official ask to be investigated and mean it. That takes courage and, ultimately,...
Scientists outline facts vs. fiction: 'Marianas Trench does not make Guam and CNMI tsunami-proof’
The Pacific Island Times
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August 18, 2025
Fresh from the July 30 experience of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia, which brought less than a foot of sea rise in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, meteorologists are redoubling efforts to make sure residents do not become jaded with...