Pacific Magazine: Northern Mariana Islands Daily News http://www.pacificmagazine.net TransOceanic Media en-us Continental Micronesia has its eyes set on the China market. The regional carrier marked its 40th anniversary today. A simple ceremony was held at the... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/continental-micronesia-looks-to-china http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/continental-micronesia-looks-to-china Fri, 16 May 2008 23:03:00 -1000 Northern Marianas Gov. Benigno Fitial today defended his call for an executive branch takeover of the Commonwealth Ports Authority. Fitial said he declared a... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/dire-consequences-face-northern-marianas-agency http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/dire-consequences-face-northern-marianas-agency Fri, 16 May 2008 22:01:00 -1000 (Saipan Tribune)The Northern Marianas House of Representatives says Gov. Benigno Fitial was wrong to declare a state of emergency and assume control of the... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/house-members-criticize-takeover-of-ports-authority http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/house-members-criticize-takeover-of-ports-authority Fri, 16 May 2008 08:14:00 -1000 A proposal to grant a combined $30-million aid package to the Northern Marianas and American Samoa is gaining support in the U.S. Congress. Fourteen... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/lawmakers-sign-special-aid-petition http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/lawmakers-sign-special-aid-petition Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:00 -1000 The Northern Marianas’ resident representative to Washington, D.C. has formally declared his bid to become the commonwealth’s first delegate to the... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/tenorio-announces-candidacy-for-cnmi-delegate-position http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/tenorio-announces-candidacy-for-cnmi-delegate-position Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:00 -1000 (Marianas Variety)Planners have upped the number of U.S. Marines and their dependents who are expected to relocate from Okinawa to Guam, the Marianas Variety... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/number-of-guam-bound-us-marines-rises http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/number-of-guam-bound-us-marines-rises Thu, 15 May 2008 09:14:00 -1000 (Marianas Variety)A foreign woman who paid $5 to a Saipan man to marry her so that she could legally live in the U.S. territory has been ordered by a court to... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/wife-who-paid-5-to-marry-husband-ordered-to-stay-away http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/15/wife-who-paid-5-to-marry-husband-ordered-to-stay-away Thu, 15 May 2008 09:02:00 -1000 The Northern Marianas's public auditor has resigned to take a job out of the commonwealth that he won't disclose yet. Michael Sablan has been in office for... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/14/sablan-resigns-as-public-auditor http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/14/sablan-resigns-as-public-auditor Wed, 14 May 2008 23:44:00 -1000 (Saipan Tribune)Northern Marianas Gov. Benigno Fitial, who has has a testy relationship with Bush administration officials over the commonwealth's federal... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/14/fitial-praises-selection-of-domenech http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/14/fitial-praises-selection-of-domenech Wed, 14 May 2008 08:50:00 -1000 (Saipan Tribune)Northern Marianas Gov. Benigno Fitial has assumed control of the autonomous Commonwealth Ports Authority to stave off the agency defaulting on a... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/13/gov-takes-over-autonomous-ports-authority http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/13/gov-takes-over-autonomous-ports-authority Tue, 13 May 2008 08:38:00 -1000