News - Northern Mariana Islands

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce wants a workers visa that will encompass both the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam as it faces dwindling NMI-only workers each year as the foreign worker program winds down in 2029.

While the process of stationing the Enhanced Integrated Air and Missile Defense System in Guam has just begun, officials shared some details on what the island can expect.
 

A $3.6 million effort is being made to stop the spread of the brown treesnake. The species, which was accidentally introduced to Guam, has wreaked havoc on the local bird population and has caused multiple Guam Power Authority outages over the decades.  
 

The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, battery assigned to Guam is deploying a THAAD Remote Launch package to Rota and Tinian to exercise emerging capabilities.

From $17 an hour for technical writers to $67,543 a year for postsecondary physics teachers, the U.S. Department of Labor has approved the CNMI's 2023 Prevailing Wage Study Report for the CW-1 visa program.

GARAPAN, Saipan — Hyatt Regency Saipan is in experienced hands with the appointment of native Berliner Simon Graf as general manager.