Northern Marianas

There are plans in the Northern Marianas to establish a specialised drug court to deal with what a superior court judge says is the scourge of methamphetamine in the territory.

A special commission on economic opportunity has been created in the Northern Marianas to root out the problem of widespread poverty.

An interagency taskforce has been created in the Northern Marianas to combat the spread of methamphetamine.

The Northern Marianas government says the decision to list 23 species in Guam and the CNMI as threatened or endangered was rushed.

Tinian in the Northern Marianas appears to have sustained major damage after being battered by the fringes of Typhoon Champi at the weekend.

People with respiratory issues are being advised to limit their time outdoors as a thick haze from wildfires across Indonesia and Papua New Guinea is spreading throughout the Northern Marianas.

The Northern Marianas is looking at enrolling soon-to-be-released inmates in vocational training programmes to ease their return to society.

The Northern Marianas appears to have withstood the torrential rains and howling winds of Typhoon Champi as it continues to move away from the islands.

Forecasters in Fiji says a tropical depression developing to the northeast of Rotuma has a moderate to high probability of developing into a tropical cyclone this weekend.

Part of the proceeds of the Northern Marianas' bigeye tuna fishing quota is to be spent on a permanent building for the local fishermen's cooperative.

The Northern Marianas governor has suspended work for some government workers and school classes as Typhoon Champi moves closer.

An agreement has been signed with a Honolulu-based company awarding them half of the Northern Marianas tuna quota for 2016.

The National Weather Service in Guam is warning Northern Mariana residents to prepare for damaging winds to arrive today as Tropical Storm Champi continues its west-north-west path to the islands.

The Northern Marianas tourism industry is bracing itself for losses from its once key market of Japan following Delta Air Lines' decision to cut its regular twice-a-day flights to just one.

The Northern Marianas Government is closely monitoring two tropical disturbances in the region.

The CNMI Public School System is suspending classes today because of a tropical disturbance north of Chuuk that could produce heavy rainfall across the Marianas through today.

Efforts to electrify parts of Saipan have received a much-needed boost with the arrival in the Northern Marianas of the first batch of reconditioned transformers.

A top US military official says a final environmental impact statement around live-fire training plans for the Northern Marianas is now likely in 2017.

The Governor of the Northern Marianas has renewed a declaration of a major disaster and significant emergency in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.

A major casino in the Northern Marianas does not appear to be opening its doors anytime soon despite a decision to keep operating.