11/28/2025 - Hong Kong Airlines will increase its weekly flights from the former Crown Colony to Saipan in 2026, according to Marianas Visitors Authority board chair Warren Villagomez.

11/28/2025 - Medical care at the CNMI Department of Corrections has expanded through its medical unit, improving access to health care with the addition of a new director of nursing and a physician assistant. Commissioner Anthony Torres and his medical staff sit down with Marianas Press to discuss the progress at the prison, including drastically reducing emergency room visits, triaging inmates appropriately, and addressing needs in-house.

The Election Desk: Marco Peter announces Senate campaign. Thomas Manglona II reports.

11/27/2025 - At the Marianas Business Plaza’s Sabalu Market last Nov. 22, Marianas Press asked residents what they are most thankful for Thanksgiving. Their replies—warm, candid, and rooted in faith—reflect the spirit of the islands.

11/27/2025 - It’s that time of year again when thanks and giving are abundant, and the Northern Marianas Technical Institute is continuing its tradition of preparing a Thanksgiving feast for the Guma’ Esperansa shelter—a shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

11/26/2025 - The Commonwealth Economic Development Authority has opened a walk-in Technical Assistance Program office to help small businesses access the Marianas State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0 loan program.

11/26/2025 - Northern Marianas College President Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero announced that for the Spring 2026 term, they are partnering with the CNMI Public School System to hold most in-person class sessions at Saipan Southern High School from 5:00 pm through 9:00 pm Mondays through Fridays and from 9:00 am through 9:00 pm on Saturdays. Watch the full interview with Thomas Manglona II to learn more. 

11/26/2025 - Joseph Patrick Fitial is the new chairperson of the CNMI Civil Service Commission.  Fitial informed executive department heads of the commission’s recent election of officers and committee assignments. According to a memo shared with the legislature, Richard Farrell is vice chairperson, Michele Joab is secretary, and Victoria Bellas is the fiscal and budget officer. Raymond Muna, Elvira Mesngon, and Frances Torres are listed as members.

11/25/2025 - The Commonwealth Election Commission is asking for the Legislature’s help in introducing and passing an election reform bill that would usher the CNMI into the digital age of voting.

11/25/2025 - Shawn N. Anderson, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that the following individuals were sentenced this week by Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands for Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens.

11/25/2025 - CNMI Lt. Gov. Dennis Mendiola remembers the late former Lt. Gov. Diego Benavente, who spent some of his final months working for the administration before his passing. Benavente's state funeral service will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.

11/25/2025 - The one-stop shop for all things beauty and pampering, The Bar Beauty Bar & Barber in Garapan next to Hafa Bean Café, held its grand opening on Saturday, with family, friends, and patrons coming out to show their support for the business and owner Kat Coldeen.

11/24/2025 - The CNMI Department of Labor has implemented a new business verification policy to ensure that only legitimate and lawfully registered businesses can post a Job Vacancy Announcement on their website and job board.

11/24/2025 - Local advocacy group, Friends of the Mariana Trench, reaffirmed their strong opposition to deep sea mining, demanding greater transparency in the federal government’s motivations to rip up the seafloor in the Northern Mariana Islands to extract rare minerals.

11/24/2025 - Twenty-two days after shutting down PayLess SuperFresh & Truckload, Triple J Saipan, Inc. held a soft opening for its new PayLess Fresh Market last Nov. 21. The new grocery and retail store occupies the same Chalan Kanoa location of its predecessor but is only about one-third the size of the former SuperFresh & Truckload.

11/24/2025 - Businessman Juan Pan Guerrero has opened a casket business inside his Island A-Heart retail store on Rota, launching the new venture last Nov. 14.

The Rota Chamber of Commerce vice president said he expanded into supplying caskets to the southernmost island of the Northern Marianas due to steady public demand.