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Man gets 5 years for sexual assault of minor

June 4, 2026• Local News

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Lillian A. Tenorio on Thursday accepted the guilty plea of Ichitaro Dustin Faisao, 33, who admitted to sexually assaulting a minor who was intoxicated and under the influence of marijuana.
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Utah firm brings rapid-deploy homes to CNMI typhoon survivors

June 4, 2026• Local News

BOX House, a Utah-based housing firm, is donating 10 rapidly deployable housing units to CNMI residents who lost their homes to Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
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Apatang lauds USACE for role in typhoon recovery operations

June 4, 2026• Local News

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang on Tuesday thanked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for helping the CNMI recover from the devastation of Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
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Arts Council director says local artists to be paid next week

June 4, 2026• Local News

THE Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture will pay local artists and cultural performers by next week, its director Gloriana Teuira told Senate Vice President Corina L. Magofna on Wednesday.
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Sports

June 4, 2026• Local Sports

World-class badminton returns to Saipan with packed July schedule

June 4, 2026• Local Sports

Golf returns to Saipan as LaoLao Bay reopens

June 4, 2026• Local Sports

Good luck Team NMI!

June 3, 2026• Local Sports

Elias Rangamar honored for lifetime of coaching

June 3, 2026• Local Sports

Dominant night for Rustlers, Crooked Arrow, and Shark

June 3, 2026• Local Sports

Gold’s Gym Saipan celebrates community health milestones at 2026 Transformation Challenge Awards Banquet

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Editorials

Zero

June 4, 2026• Editorials

Everyone on Capital Hill is “for education.” Yet they passed a budget that forced PSS to reduce the number of its school days. Elected officials are also “for public health,” but they have consistently underfunded the medical referral program.
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FAC fury and political amnesia

May 28, 2026• Editorials

A curious thing to hear: an elected official condemning CUC’s management while praising its rank and file for their “good work.” Who does he think oversees them and sets the direction needed to ensure efficient operations?
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What must be done

May 21, 2026• Editorials

“From 2002 through 2022, the CNMI’s real GDP (adjusted for inflation) contracted by $644 million (44 percent)….
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‘Business instability has increased’

May 14, 2026• Editorials

ABOUT a year ago, the last thing one would expect the administration to acknowledge was the worsening state of the local economy. (Remember? “The State of the Commonwealth is getting better.”)
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Letters

In memoriam: Manuel P. Duenas II

June 4, 2026• Letters to the Editor

OUR Pacific Islands fishing community recently lost one of its greatest champions, and I am still struggling to put into words how much his loss means to all of us.
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CUC’s breaking point

May 31, 2026• Letters to the Editor

LIKE many people across the CNMI, I understand that CUC is under tremendous pressure after Super Typhoon Sinlaku. Restoring power, maintaining water operations, purchasing fuel, and stabilizing damaged infrastructure across our islands is no small task.
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Opinions

A stress-reducing habit

June 4, 2026• Columnists

“Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot.”
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Preparing the next generation requires more than talking about it

June 4, 2026• Columnists

The CNMI’s greatest leadership challenge is not age. It is trust.
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Business

SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention

June 4, 2026• Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) — SpaceX publicly set a $135 price for shares in its initial public offering on Wednesday, upending the longstanding ​Wall Street price-discovery apparatus and underscoring Elon Musk’s determination to raise record sums his way.
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Regional/World

Guam tourism agency named in $61.5M suit alleging sexual harassment

June 3, 2026• Regional, World

A lawsuit filed in the District Court of Guam Monday afternoon is seeking $61,500,000 from the Guam Visitors Bureau based on allegations its former president Carl T.C. Gutierrez subjected an employee to “escalating acts of unwanted sexual harassment, coercion, and sexual harassment during off…
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National

US House votes for measure that would end Iran war, in blow to Trump

June 4, 2026• National

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting ​growing concern among members of his party about the three-month-old conflict.
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