THE LATEST TYPHOON SINLAKU UPDATES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
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…
TINIAN—The Municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan held its annual Christmas Lighting Event last Dec. 7 at the Tinian Veterans Memorial Park. Community members gathered at the park in anticipation to witness the spectacular Christmas lights assembly put together by the Tinian Mayor’s Office Special Projects Division. A countdown was conducted for Mayor Edwin P. Aldan…
NO bonuses were given to Tinian’s resident department heads, Tinian Mayor Edwin P. Aldan said. But a “decision was made…to reinstate their salary back to the FY2023 budget level,” he added. In a statement on Wednesday, the mayor said “it is important to understand” that during the deliberation on the fiscal year 2024 appropriation measure,…
