Northern Marianas

The Northern Marianas has expressed concern about the potential danger posed by China's increasing capability to launch missiles that can reach the US territory.

The only cinema in the Northern Marianas says it will be forced to close if an increased tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, powders and syrups becomes a law.

The people of Rota in the Northern Marianas are still to benefit from the island's acquisition of a new ship, MV Luta, two months ago.

A major supplier of methamphetamine in the Northern Marianas has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute the drug.

The couple that successfully challenged Northern Marianas gun regulations say a request to intervene in their lawsuit can't be approved because the old law no longer exists.

The Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino has had its casino licence cancelled after failing to comply with audit requirements in the Northern Marianas.

The governor of the Northern Marianas has reminded the US President the territory is yet to reap the rewards of a protected sea area within the CNMI seven years after it was established.

One of the investors of a troubled casino on Tinian wants to take over the Northern Marianas resort and reopen it before the end of the year.

A Macau-based company that is developing a US$1.2-billion casino resort on Tinian in the Northern Marianas is changing its plans.

The Northern Marianas' new gun law is being challenged by the same U.S. Army veteran who sued the CNMI government over provisions of the CNMI Weapons Control Act.

The Northern Marianas environmental agency has fined the parent company of Best Sunshine International Limited $US100,000 for repeated violations.

The governor of the Northern Marianas, Ralph Torres, has accepted the resignation of a Homeland Security adviser Edward Deleon Guerrero who was arrested and charged for sexual abuse of a minor.

A bill introducing a sugar tax has cleared the Northern Marianas legislature and is set to become law.

A Northern Marianas school association has filed a motion to appeal the March court ruling which threw out the Weapons Control Act.

A long-serving public servant in the Northern Marianas Benjamin Taisacan Manglona has died at the age of 78.

The Northern Marianas business community has cried foul over a proposed sugar tax that has passed the House of Representatives and is headed back to the Senate.

A former United States Army ranger, who last year sued the Northern Marianas over its gun laws, can now apply for a firearms licence under the territory's new laws.

An active case of tuberculosis at the largest high school of the Northern Marianas has prompted health providers to test students and teachers to find out if others are infected.

Two drug dealers in the Northern Marianas caught smuggling over 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, or ice, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each.