News - Northern Mariana Islands

NAFTAN, Saipan — Micronesian Air Connection Services, which planned to service the Mariana Islands chain, has been stymied after it failed to win a bid for hangar space in Guam’s A. B. Won Pat International Airport

Island leaders and sustainability advocates from across the Pacific convened for the Green Growth Summit, a cornerstone event of the University of Guam’s annual Conference on Island Sustainability. 
 

GARAPAN, Saipan — Another business has closed shop on Saipan. This time it’s Filipino Mexican fusion restaurant La Mesa Kusina that’s biting the dust.

What started with $600, a drop-shipping account, and a dream to create athletic leisure wear representing Micronesia, Marianas, and Polynesia is blossoming into a successful business where co-owners are now on the hunt for more space for new goals and dreams.

On April 2, the humanities councils of Guam and the other 55 states and jurisdictions received an official notice that all active grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled retroactively on April 1.
 

U.S. Defense Secretary Peter B. Hegseth met with Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Guam’s Delegate to Congress James C. Moylan on March 27 during his visit to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

It is important to recognize that the CNMI and Guam, unlike other Pacific nations, are part of the United States. As such, the federal government determines policy on all matters of foreign affairs.