News - Northern Mariana Islands

The Federal Bureau of Investigation formally dismissed claims on Thursday regarding a viral social media video that purported to reveal the whereabouts of a local girl who vanished 15 years ago.

President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. escorted Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim of Taiwan to the Rock Islands, where she kayaked and swam on her first visit to Palau.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing a recent online video containing claims from a woman identifying herself as Faloma Luhk, one of two siblings who vanished from Saipan 15 years ago.

Vital FSM Petroleum Corp. welcomed the signing of Public Law No. 24-65 by President Wesley W. Simina on June 2 according to a June 4 release.

The United Airlines Island Hopper service for the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, plus Palau and Saipan will now be transitioned from the Boeing 737-800 to an all-MAX 8 operation by early October 2026 at the latest, instead of December, according to its route planning.

Government and federal emergency management executives from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands convened at a joint press conference on June five to mark Typhoon Preparedness Month, solidifying regional infrastructure metrics and cross-territorial policy alignments.

The POWER-HDR JV of Hailey, Idaho, was awarded June 5 a $249 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services.”

The U.S Coast Guard for Guam and Micronesia advised June 1 the precise location where local and federal partners will clear of damaged vessels in Saipan.

Even before Super Typhoon Sinlaku battered the Northern Mariana Islands and disrupted fragile supply chains, businesses across the islands were already struggling with rising costs of doing business, especially with surging fuel and utility charges, worker shortages, and the general difficulty of obtaining imported products, not to mention shipping delays due to competition with the enormous tonnage of disaster aid coming to the islands.

Local and federal partners will begin work June 1 to clear damaged vessels from Smiling Cove, which is near to American the Memorial Park in Garapan.