Background: Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.
March 20th 2008Oceania » Northern Mariana Islands » Saipan Monday, March 17, 2008
We are in Guam today, the largest island in Micronesia, the southern most of the Mariana Islands. It was created from the peaks of two ancient volcanoes that sank into the sea ... [full story]
March 19th 2008Oceania » Northern Mariana Islands » Saipan There is very little native forest left in Saipan for the same reason that Guam is covered by introduced species. What little is left is conserved and allowed to thrive. We took a short walk down a ... [full story]
March 19th 2008Oceania » Northern Mariana Islands » Saipan While Saipan’s culture has been influenced by the US, it is less developed than Guam. The northern end of the island has neither electricity nor water infrastructure and is maintained much like ... [full story]
February 20th 2008Oceania » Northern Mariana Islands » Saipan So for those of you who have never heard of Saipan, or the Northern Mariana Islands, you will be happy to know that it is where I have been frolicking all day, but at 70 ft below sea level in a yellow ... [full story]
February 14th 2008Oceania » Mariana Islands » Saipan here are the photos i put up on facebook of my trip to bali this christmas/new years:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2432677&l=df4b7&id=13910347
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2432 ... [full story]
February 13th 2008Oceania » Mariana Islands » Saipan THE COMMISSIONER IS ADVISING ALL PRINCIPALS TO KEEP ALL STUDENTS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE VOLCANIC HAZE MOVING TOWARDS THE ISLANDS OF SAIPAN, TINIAN, AND ROTA.
WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL PO ... [full story]
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