THE LATEST TYPHOON SINLAKU UPDATES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
VALIANT Shield 24 is happening at Tinian Northfield with approximately 75 personnel from the Marine Air Control Squadron 4 deployed to the site. The military activity was confirmed by the Commonwealth Bureau of Military Affairs on Tuesday. Military exercises will be conducted from May 30 to June 21, 2024, according to an exercise plan that…
The first phase of the Tinian Divert Airfield is now expected to completed by Oct. 16, 2025. Back in February 2022, the Commonwealth Ports Authority, Commonwealth Bureau of Military Affairs, Department of Defense, and Tinian Municipality broke ground on the first phase of the construction of the Tinian Divert Airfield. The Tinian Divert Airfield—to which…
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract for an airfield on Tinian, a Pacific island military leaders consider crucial to their plans in the region. Fluor, an engineering and construction company based in Irving, Texas, will receive about $409 million to finish the project within five years, the company announced April 10. Tinian is…
THE CNMI Emergency Operations Center State Warning Point in conjunction with U.S. Naval Forces Marianas Guam, would like to inform the general public that the military will conduct training on Tinian, Farallon de Medinilla, and in the open ocean. The dates and times are as follows: Feb. 26 to March 3, 2024 12 a.m. –…
The 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 16-17, 2024, in the Marianas served up the spiciest assortment of activities since the inception of the festival by the Marianas Visitors Authority two decades ago. The festival pays homage to Tinian’s diminutive yet potent “donni sali” hot pepper and was held at the Fiesta Grounds…
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — The Pacific Air Forces’ largest, multinational exercise Cope North recently kicked off in the Northern Mariana Islands for its most robust iteration to date. Originally held in Okinawa, Japan, and moving to Guam in 1978, Cope North 24 has etched a new chapter into the long history of…
On Feb. 16-17, 2024, the 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival will take place in the Marianas highlighting Tinian’s famous donne sali, the island’s diminutive but famously potent hot pepper. The Tinian Hot Pepper Festival is one of a handful of annual signature events conceptualized by the then board and management of the Marianas Visitors Authority…
The Marianas Visitors Authority announces the addition of Pika Run 2024 during the 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on President’s Day weekend in The Marianas. “Pika” means “spicy” in the Chamorro language. The run—featuring a 5K course this year—will start at 6am on Feb. 17 at the Festival Grounds in San Jose, Tinian, and…
Getting to the 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 16-17, 2024, from Saipan just got easier with the addition of ferry service by the Marianas Visitors Authority. Ferry round trip cost is $20 for ages 3-11, $50 for ages 12 and older. For one way, the cost is $15 for ages 3-11, $25…
SOME like it hot, and the 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival is welcoming those who do to its hot pepper eating contest on Feb. 16-17, 2024. Contest participants will be challenged to chomp 100 pieces of the diminutive but famously potent “donne sali” hot pepper. Both male and female divisions will take to the…
