Northern Marianas

The Northern Marianas Business Alliance Corporation says big businesses might survive but small businesses will have a hard time once the CNMI is cut off from accessing the foreign workers program.

An organisation aiming to revive traditional canoe buidling in the Northern Marianas has set a goal of building 500 traditional-style canoes by 2030.

The Northern Marianas and Guam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which aims to strengthen the two territories' relationship.

The Northern Mariana Islands intends to host a "lean and simple" Pacific Mini Games in four years time and say they could have everything ready to go on six weeks notice.

Imperial Pacific Resorts in the Northern Marianas says it's still on target to complete its $US507-million dollar complex on Saipan by its August 2018 deadline, despite a shortage of construction…

The CNMI's casino industry appears to be a boon for the government which has announced it has collected over $US38.5 million in casino business gross revenue tax.

The company building a huge casino resort in Saipan is having difficulty hiring construction workers to meet its completion date next August.

A bill has been filed in the CNMI Senate to change the succession rule for mayors by giving the governor the authority to appoint them under certain circumstances.

In what has been described as a blow to Northern Marianas economy, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service has slashed 3000 places from the Transitional Worker programme for the 2018 fiscal year.

Pokie parlours on Saipan in the Northern Marianas have sued the government in an attempt to halt a law prohibiting them from operating in villages on the island.

The Northern Marianas governor has passed a law banning handguns in the territory - but it can't be implemented.

Part of a once-thriving mall in the Northern Marianas could be restored as a medical facility.

A Chinese tourist in the Northern Marianas has been charged with harbouring illegal aliens as part of an unlicensed business.

The Northern Marianas has been given US$181,048 by the US government to help the island of Rota eradicate the recently discovered coconut rhinoceros beetle.

The Northern Marianas will allow the US air force to use the international airport on Tinian if the Anderson Air Force Base on Guam is rendered unusable.

A woman has been killed on Saipan and her husband is intensive care after a knife attack following a heated argument with one of their tenants over a $US50 power bill.

The mayor's office on Saipan in the Northern Marianas says it's rounded up 11 percent of 21,000 stray dogs counted three years ago.

The tourism industry on the Northern Marianas continues to boom.

The Northern Marianas has recorded the highest growth rate in its economy in the history of US territories.

A federal judge has rejected the US military's request to dismiss a legal challenge to its training plans for the Northern Marianas.