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VA Guam clinic to offer health screenings on Saipan
Marianas Variety
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THE VA Pacific Islands Health Care System Guam Community-Based Outpatient Clinic will be on Saipan to expand clinical services. Blood pressure screenings, routine vaccinations, diabetic foot exams, and other health screenings will be offered. If...
Island breeze and PBs: Saipan Marathon welcomes Koreans looking for their runner's high
Korea JoungAng Daily
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March 13, 2025
Published: 14 Mar. 2025, 07:00 Contestants take part in the 2025 Saipan Marathon 5-kilometer course on March 8. [YOON SO-YEON] SAIPAN — Palm tree silhouettes revealed themselves against the dim, purplish light of the dawning sky as hundreds of...
Waste Of The Day: Puerto Rico, Guam, Others In Debt
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearWire, Topline: The five inhabited U.S. territories are collectively $57.8 billion in debt and have issues with their financial statements that “can lead to poor financial decisions and lost access to capital...
Lawsuit: Tinian resort project a ‘total scam’
Marianas Variety
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An artist’s rendition of the “Tinian Wyndham Ocean View Resort” project. File photo IN a lawsuit filed in the Southern District Court of New York, Tianyi Wei said she was duped into investing $800,000 in a non-existent Tinian Wyndham Ocean View...
Bank of Guam celebrates new promotions, welcomes new hires
Pacific Daily News
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Bank of Guam, along with its board of directors, on Monday announced new promotions and additions. "The heart of Bank of Guam has always been its people, and our success is a direct reflection of their hard work, dedication, and talent," Bank of...
Court orders transfer of trademark to Magas Corporation to support legal battle over infringement
Marianas Variety
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TO streamline a copyright infringement lawsuit in California, Superior Court Judge Joseph N. Camacho has granted the petition of May R. Cabrera to transfer the late Francisco Deleon Guerrero Cabrera’s ownership of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
CNMI wrestles with job losses, a weak economy and business closures
The Pacific Island Times
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March 10, 2025
By Jayvee Vallejera and Bryan Manabat Saipan—Welcome to 2025, when the price of a dozen eggs is now an economic indicator. With bird flu spreading across the United States, egg supplies have fallen and prices are soaring and many groceries have...
OPINION ǀ Truth 124: CNMI’s Politics Gone AWRY by FEAR!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is Politics is both “singular & plural” and both “an Art & Science,” which is taught in Highschool Government & Economics courses. Clearly, having twofold meanings in politics’ “purpose & execution” that can often be...
Bank of Guam celebrates new promotions and welcomes new hires
Marianas Variety
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HAGÅTÑA, Guam (BoG) — Bank of Guam, along with its Board of Directors, is proud to announce the following promotions and additions to the Bank of Guam Familia. “The heart of Bank of Guam has always been its people, and our success is a direct...
Experts: China will fill Pacific void if US economic well dries up
Pacific Daily News
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Chinese influence will fill the void if the U.S. doesn’t support economic prosperity in the Marianas, Micronesia and the broader Pacific, according to policy experts at a recent congressional hearing. The House Committee on Natural Resources...
Tinian mayor, council honor long-serving restaurant
Marianas Variety
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TINIAN Mayor Edwin P. Aldan and the 19th Tinian Municipal Council on Wednesday thanked and honored J.C. Cafe for its outstanding contributions to the island community. Aldan, Municipal Council Chair Joseph Santos, Vice Chair Ana Marie San Nicolas...
Tinian mayor asks legislative delegation to allocate $12,000 for discretionary account
Marianas Variety
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Tinian Mayor Edwin P. Aldan speaks during a Tinian and Aguigan Legislative Delegation session in the Senate chamber. Legislative Bureau file photo TINIAN Mayor Edwin P. Aldan is asking the Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation to allocate...
Finance employees complete 3,604 training hours
Marianas Variety
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(DOF) — The Employee Experience and Development section at the Department of Finance successfully organized and/or facilitated the following training events amounting to 3,604 training hours for department employees over a span of one year”...
Atkins Kroll Saipan sponsors Lexus RX350 as hole-in-one prize for NMC’s 20th Golf Open
Marianas Variety
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As part of its ongoing support for higher education in the CNMI, Atkins Kroll Saipan is offering a brand-new Lexus RX350 as a hole-in-one prize at the Northern Marianas College Foundation’s upcoming Golf Open. In photo: NMC President Galvin Deleon...
Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan launches Crowne Cake Collection at Market Place
Marianas Variety
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(Special Advertising Feature) — Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan is excited to introduce The Crowne Cake Collection at Market Place, giving guests a new way to create their perfect cake. With this new feature, guests can fully customize their cakes,...
Northern Mariana Islands: Power outage impacting Saipan late Sept. 15
Crisis24
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Various red, orange, and yellow rain warnings remain active across Austria through at least Sept. 17. As of Sept. 15, flooding has been widely reported. The state of Lower Austria has been declared a disaster area and additional emergency...
U.S. Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against Domestic Reporting Companies and U.S. Citizens; Foreign Reporting Companies Will Receive Another Reporting Deadline Extension
JD Supra - California
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March 6, 2025
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens, domestic reporting companies, or beneficial owners of domestic reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act...
N. Pacific Ocean: Tropical Storm Man-yi tracking southwestward, east of Northern Mariana Islands, as of the afternoon Nov. 11 /update 1
Crisis24
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Tropical Depression 27 is tracking west-northwestward in the Philippine Sea toward Luzon in the Philippines early Nov. 11. As of 11:00 PHT, the system's center of circulation was approximately 594 km (369 miles) west of Guam. Forecast models...
Saipan Tribune: End of an era for the voice of the Marianas
Saipan Tribune
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For more than three decades, Saipan Tribune served as a beacon of local journalism in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. On this pale December morning, as the printing press sputtered and fell silent, it marked the end of a...
N. Pacific Ocean: Tropical Storm Man-yi tracking west-northwestward, east of Northern Mariana Islands as of afternoon Nov. 10
Crisis24
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Typhoon Yinxing (known in the Philippines as Marce) is tracking southwestward in the northern South China Sea early Nov. 10. As of 11:00 CST, the system's center of circulation was approximately 616 km (383 miles) east-northeast of Da Nang,...