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CNMI, Guam delegates say territorial voices should be heard on mining plans

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DELEGATES Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the CNMI and James C. Moylan of Guam are strongly urging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to give the people of the Marianas ample time to comment on plans to pursue deep-sea mining in U.S. waters.
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Feds seek forfeiture of $262K, luxury goods in PSS fraud case

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FEDERAL prosecutors are seeking to forfeit $262,788 and a cache of luxury goods from former Public School System employee Giselle Butalid and her mother, Clarissa Adlawan, who admitted to siphoning public funds and laundering the proceeds through transactions reaching the Philippines.
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PSS lapsed fund is not new revenue, says Attao

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THE administration cannot identify the Public School System’s $4.9 million in unrestricted funds because it is not new money earned in the current fiscal year, Rep. Blas Jonathan Attao said on Tuesday
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Governor nominates Carline Sablan to CPA board

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GOVERNOR David M. Apatang last week nominated Carline Sablan, former economic development analyst at the Commonwealth Development Authority, to the Commonwealth Ports Authority Board of Directors.
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Editorials

Incidentally, November is Education Month

Editorials

WHILE the Public School System faces its gravest financial crisis, the Board of Education’s five elected members can’t even hold a meeting.
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It is everyone’s business

Editorials

By Zaldy Dandan – Variety Editor Don’t even think about it IN early 2023, the administration announced that the CNMI would wean itself...
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When laws enacted with the best intentions do much less than what is hoped for

Editorials

OVER a month ago, the local Society of Professional Journalists called on the CNMI attorney general — an elected official — to “engage with the press in an open forum regarding issues of public concern.”
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Frankly speaking

Editorials

DPS says it is “on alert for the social consequences of disrupted livelihoods, particularly in households already struggling to meet basic needs.” Fair enough. But we hope DPS will also remind the public that, say, the suspension of food stamps is not an excuse to commit crimes — and that those who…
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Letters

On Guam, oversight protects doctors instead of the public

Letters to the Editor

GUAM’S medical oversight is broken and patients pay the price. Nearly 70 patient complaints have been filed with the Guam Board of Medical Examiners or GBME over the past seven years. Not one has resulted in a clear ruling in favor of a patient. Complaints languish, hearings stall, and outcomes van…
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Proud father of a Marine

Letters to the Editor

I AM happy for my son Matthew V. Dacuma. After graduating from Marianas High School, he went on to become a full-fledged American Marine on...
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Opinions

Beyond dereliction, complicity and treason

Columnists

MANILA — Flooded with complaints of massive and unrelenting power outages and the highest electricity rates in the region, Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. demanded the resignation of his Energy secretary in May 2025 and quickly reassigned him to the Department of the Environment and Na…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Rethinking the Mutiny on the Bounty

Columnists

IT is the most famous mutiny in history. “I am in hell!” shouted Fletcher Christian, second in command of the Bounty, as he justified his act of piracy, took control of the ship, seized his captain, William Bligh, and cast him adrift in a tiny lifeboat.
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Business

Record US Black Friday crowds to find fewer bargains amid high prices

Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Unprecedented numbers of Americans are expected to hit stores this Black Friday, but they are likely to curtail their spending as they find fewer bargains from tariff-hit retailers.
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Regional/World

Chinese land, US radar and ties to Taiwan: The geopolitics rattling a tiny Pacific nation

Regional, World

KOROR (BBC/Pacnews) — The air above Palau’s pristine waters smells of salt and breadfruit, and on calm mornings in Koror, Palau’s commercial center, the whirr of dive boat engines echoes across the bay.
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National

USDOL recovers $218K in back wages for 32 workers in California

National

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (USDOL) — A federal investigation has found the operator of a southern California towing company failed to pay overtime wages to 32 employees and recovered a total of $218,983 in back wages for them.
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