Did the Nagasaki bomber ‘miss’ on purpose to save lives?

Few people have heard of Captain Kermit Beahan.Beahan was the bomb-aimer on the B29 that dropped the plutonium bomb, known as Fat Man, on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, an act that ended possibly the cruellest war in history.Except that he didn’t...

Butler & Co off to Laos

Staff Correspondent 02 August, 2025, 23:03 Bangladesh under-20 football team players pose for a photograph prior to their departure for Laos at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday. | BFF photo The Bangladesh women’s under-20...

He Gave His Life for You and for All of the CNMI

Arnold Palacios in a helicopter flying over Tinian on his way to Rota on October 11, 2023. I spent the past week wondering how I would write this editorial; what I would say about Arnold Palacios. I didn’t want to rush these thoughts, either. That...

2025 Saipan Baseball League - Team & individual standings as of July 7, 2025

September Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 27 days

September Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 27 days. While SSI payments typically go out at the start of every month, September’s payment goes out the last Friday before next month, on Aug. 29,...

Don’t abandon the goose that lays golden eggs

As a mom, I know the power of a good story. And since I’ve started at the Guam Visitors Bureau, I’ve thought often about one story in particular: the story of the farmer and a goose that laid golden eggs. Day after day, that goose gave him enough...

GACS pursues H-1 visas

Guahan Academy Charter School Chief Executive Officer Ann Santiago recently met with Baumann, Xu, and Black, a local law firm that specializes in U.S. immigration and other business matters in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...

When do we fall back? What to know about daylight saving time ending

Feeling a little tired? Do those long summer days seem to be wearing you down? Here's some good news – you will soon get an extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time will be coming to an end. Here's what you should know about turning the clocks...

Governor of U.S. Territory Who Opposed Chinese Influence Mysteriously Dies

Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69, after suffering from an enigmatic “medical incident.” Palacios suddenly “collapsed” and died within months of announcing his intention to pivot from China to the...

US Coast Guard sets Guam and CNMI ports to Heavy Weather Condition Zulu amid tsunami advisory

(US Coast Guard Forces Micronesia)-- The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port set Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ports to Heavy Weather Condition Zulu on Wednesday, July 30, as of 2 p.m., affecting commercial vessels at...

LETTER: The Risk of Tobacco

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Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Takeaways The Ninth Circuit joins the solid majority of federal circuits in holding the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bristol-Myers decision applies to FLSA collective actions, thereby making it much harder for employees to forum shop when pursuing...

US-EU Trade Pact - Like Japan's - A Potemkin Illusion

Latest stories New US sanctions will have little to no effect on Russia Northern Mariana Islands lose their last best hope Eye on rare earths, Trump handing Myanmar to China The first concern is a challenging one for Tokyo, since its pacifist...

Update: U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port sets Guam and CNMI ports to Heavy Weather Condition Zulu amid tsunami advisory

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port set Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ports to Heavy Weather Condition Zulu on Wednesday, July 30, as of 2 p.m., affecting commercial vessels at or over 200 gross...

U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port sets Guam and CNMI ports to Heavy Weather Condition Yankee amid tsunami advisory

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port set Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ports to Heavy Weather Condition Yankee on Wednesday, July 30, as of 11:30 a.m., affecting commercial vessels at or over 200...

Tsunami Advisory Issued for CNMI

The CNMI Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) in conjunction with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has issued a tsunami advisory for the coastal areas of the Northern Mariana Islands, including Saipan, Tinian, Rota,...

'Move the work forward': Island celebrates Organic Act of Guam's 75th anniversary

The U.S. and Guam flags are raised at the Gov. Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor's Complex in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Organic Act of Guam on Aug. 1, 2025.Joe Taitano II/Pacific Daily News Island leaders on Friday called for more to...

Russia earthquake upgraded to a 8.7, tsunami watch for parts of the Pacific

Photo: USGS / Screenshot The US Geological Survey has upgraded the powerful quake off Russia to magnitiude 8.7 quake, which occured 133km south east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami watch for...

Pacific news in brief for 30 July

Photo: Mark Rabago Northern Marianas - funeral The state funeral for the late Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold Palācious is to be held Saturday morning, August 2nd, at the Pedro P.Tenōrio Multipurpose Center on Saipan. Elected leaders and...

Eamon Dunphy at 80: His biggest embarrassment and why he regrets saying 'he ran off with a young one'

On the week the United States dropped the atomic bomb, Eamon Dunphy dropped into planet earth. It is hard to know which of the two was more explosive. The man who turns 80 tomorrow has had his fair share of controversies over the years. And he...