Stories by Mark Rabago

Two Governors of United States Pacific territories have announced plans to join US President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party.

Governor Arnold Palacios and lieutenant governor David Apatang said the revenue was $168.3 million.

America's jus soli legal principle means babies born in the CNMI get US citizenship.

The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter who died on Monday.

The Latte Quarry at As Nieves on Rota is one of 19 new 'National Historic Landmarks' recently designated by the United States Department of the Interior.

Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands has painted a dim picture about Northern Marianas' tourism industry after another subpar hotel occupancy rate in October 2024.

Christa Toribiong, the wife of former Palau President Johnson Toribiong, was detained in Saipan due to an outstanding arrest warrant on the United States mainland.

"Taiwan's president is visiting countries in the region that support Taiwan. I don't find anything wrong with that," Gregorio Sablan said.

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero welcomed Taiwan President Lai as part of his Pacific tour late Wednesday night. Audio

Delegate Gregorio Kilili Sablan officially said goodbye to his constituents in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands during a townhall meeting last Wednesday on Saipan.

Captain Jeff Race said despite the loss, the CNMI still had an impressive showing in its first-ever Davis Cup competition.

A total of 15 teams will play for two slots up for grabs for promotion to Asia/Oceania Group 3.

The CNMI has temporarily banned live poultry and hatching egg imports from Hawai'i.

Arnold Palacios, who led a coalition of Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands and independent candidates in the 2024 general elections, has congratulated President-elect Donald Trump.

The Republican Party candidate from the Northern Mariana Islands won the race for CNMI's lone non-voting delegate in the US House of Representatives.

While citizens of the CNMI cannot vote for the US president, the highlight of the general elections is the US delegate race.

For more than 30 years, the Saipan Tribune has been a proud and reliable source of news for our island community and the Pacific region.

The Northern Mariana Islands Professional Firefighters Union said recent discoveries raised significant health and environmental concerns over Aqueous Film-Forming Foam. Audio

The rise in student vaping is a pervasive issue confronting most public schools in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a recent Public School System Citizen Centric Report. Audio

Delegate Gregorio Sablan said it is an increase from the US$10.16m granted to the Northern Mariana Islands last year.

"The law that is supposedly repealing overtime pay, as well as bonuses for certain elected officials, was enacted back in 2003. However, the Settlement Fund did not collect overpayments then."

Northern Marianas' Department of Corrections wants to house inmates from other jurisdictions as its current number of prison beds far exceeds its present prison population.

A total of 61 candidates will vie for positions in US Congress, CNMI Senate and House of Representatives, municipal councils, and the CNMI Board of Education.

A bill that essentially removes marijuana from pre-employment drug testing for government jobs has been signed into law by Northern Marianas governor.

"We want [the United States government representatives] to come and see the challenges we face," Commonwealth of Northern Marianas' Governor Arnold Palacios says.