Saipan, CNMI: Commonwealth of Northern Marianas (CNMI) Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan believes he’s the poorest member of the 111th U.S. Congress.

Yap: A three-member team from the British Broadcasting Corporation branch in London arrived on Saturday to make a documentary film about Yap and its culture as part of a new television series.

Saipan, CNMI: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will give foreign workers a new two-year visa from next month to allow them more time to stay on the islands.

Saipan, CNMI: Casino investors are buying up hotel properties on Rota, the second-largest island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in hopes of attracting military gamblers

Saipan, CNMI: Former Northern Marianas Lieutenant Governor Timothy Villagomez is now serving his seven years and three months jail term at the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix

Koror, Palau: The Australian Government donated AUD$230,000 Australian (US$185,000) to Palau Community College Tourism and Hospitality School of Excellence

Saipan, CNMI: Global travel trends continue to impact the visitor industry of the Northern Marianas, which experienced a 30 percent decline in visitor arrivals in June compared to the same period last year

Majuro, Marshall Islands: An Australian fish farming company has shut down operations in the Marshall Islands, saying transportations export costs make the business unviable

Washington, USA: The chairman and the ranking member of the U.S. Senate committee that has jurisdiction over the CNMI are opposed to any further delay in the implementation of the federalisation law

Majuro, Marshall Islands: The number of Marshall Islanders with HIV increased with four new cases diagnosed during the past year, a Ministry of Heath official said