VATICAN CITY (Reuters) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little known missionary from Chicago, was elected as a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first U ...

EARLIER this week on May 5, Karidat, the Saipan-based Catholic nonprofit organization, celebrated 45 years of “service, advocacy, and convening” in the CNMI.

ON Saturday, May 3, 2025, Democrats from across the CNMI gathered in person and virtually in a general membership meeting to elect a new Central Executive Committee and to elect new party officers.

MARIANAS Variety sits down with Lauri B. Ogumoro as she reflects on Karidat's journey through nearly half a century in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. As Executive Director, she has ...

THE Commonwealth Utilities Corporation’s cost of service study has been completed, and its consultants have proposed a 6% utility rate increase, CUC Executive Director Kevin Watson said. “We are ...

A DAMAGED portion of the bust of Korean veteran Yong Taek Lee — stolen from a peace memorial in Marpi — was found Thursday at a recycling center in Lower Base. CNMI Korean Cultural Center Vice ...

"This program was implemented in 1985. This will be the first year we cannot provide this help." —Lauri Ogumoro, Karidat Executive Director KARIDAT has been CNMI's quiet guardian—feeding the hungry, ...

THE Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality analyzes water samples collected from Saipan’s east and south recreational beaches this week as part of the regularly scheduled sampling. None of the ...

AN article which appeared in this morning's Variety reports that, according to Neal Weare, "Citizenship for residents of U.S. territories...could be revoked by Congress at any time." While that may be ...

(Commonwealth Utilities Corporation) — There will be a scheduled water service interruption on Monday, May 12, 2025. Water service interruption time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Areas affected: As Teo ...

NOT too long ago, an administration official lashed out at CPA for — of all things — hiring a lobbyist, which was described as a “costly engagement,” the funding for which could have been “better ...

CJ Innovation, a Korea-based company, will complete the construction of Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood Middle School’s new 40-classroom main building in 365 days or one year, CJ Innovation engineer Kim ...