500 Sails announces leadership transition as co-founders prepare to move to Guam
SAIPAN — Traditional voyaging nonprofit 500 Sails announced a leadership transition as co-founders Pete and Emma Perez step back after more than 11 years and prepare to relocate to Guam in January 2026.
Deep sea mining webinar set today (Dec. 2) featuring UH Mānoa’s Jeffrey Drazen
SAIPAN — A free public webinar on deep sea mining in the Pacific will be held today (Tuesday, Dec. 2) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., featuring Dr. Jeffrey Drazen of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Oceanography, according to an event flyer.
NMI Crime Stoppers seeks public help locating 3 people wanted for failure to appear
SAIPAN — NMI Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in locating three people wanted on warrants after they failed to appear for scheduled review hearings.
Josephine Sablan Rabago July 12, 1957 – November 24, 2025
In loving memory of Josephine Sablan Rabago, lovingly known as “Ofing/Doll”
HSEM warns of temporary VHF radio coverage outage near Rota beginning Dec. 1
SAIPAN — The CNMI Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, working with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam, is urging mariners to prepare for a temporary outage in VHF radio communications coverage in the vicinity of Rota and surrounding waters beginning Dec. 1, 2025.
Gov. Apatang Honors Late Lt. Gov. Benavente at State Funeral
SAIPAN — Gov. David M. Apatang delivered a tribute to late former Lt. Gov. Diego Tenorio Benavente at a state funeral Saturday, honoring the longtime public servant’s contributions to the Commonwealth and the broader Micronesian region.
Guam’s Leon Guerrero Emphasizes Benavente’s Regional Impact
SAIPAN — Guam Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero traveled to Saipan for Saturday’s state funeral for former CNMI Lt. Gov. Diego Tenorio Benavente, delivering remarks that highlighted his far-reaching influence beyond the Northern Marianas.
Op-Ed: The Marianas Deserves Better Than Seabed Mining—And We Already Have a Better Path
For thousands of years, the people of the Marianas have lived surrounded by the ocean. It has provided food, culture, identity, and a connection to the wider Pacific. Our islands were built with the ocean at the center, yet after all these millennia, we are only now beginning to realize the full economic, scientific, and cultural potential of what surrounds us. This should not be a late discovery. It should have been leveraged and positioned as a core foundation for prosperity generations ago.
State Funeral for Diego T. Benavente to be livestreamed by NMI News Service at 8:45 a.m. Nov. 29.
NMI News Service will livestream the State Funeral for former Lt. Gov. Diego T. Benavente beginning at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. The stream will be available on NMI News Service’s Facebook, YouTube, and websitefor viewers who want to follow the ceremony in real time.
Sheila Babauta urges extension, public hearings as CNMI faces deep-sea mining comment deadline
SAIPAN – Sheila Babauta of Friends of the Mariana Trench told Good Morning Marianas that federal officials should extend the public comment period and hold public hearings in the CNMI following a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management request for information related to deep-sea mining.
