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Grandvrio’s closure is temporary; major renovations planned for future reopening

December 11, 2025• Local News

Grandvrio Hotel Saipan said its closure is temporary and is planning for major renovations for its reopening. In a statement issued to...
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Dept. of War, NMI leaders advance defense, development plans

December 12, 2025• Local News

Leaders from the Department of War and the Northern Mariana Islands government met in Garapan, Saipan, on Dec. 4–5 for the CNMI...
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Apatang seals $29M MPLT loan, presses Legislature for urgent budget action

December 11, 2025• Local News

Governor warns delay threatens retiree healthcare as administration races to secure FY2026 funding by Dec. 15 Governor David M. Apatang is...
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Governor lauds Judge Munson’s legacy, calls him pillar of CNMI justice

December 11, 2025• Local News

Governor David M. Apatang and Lieutenant Governor Dennis C. Mendiola express their deepest condolences to the family, friends, and...
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Editorials

American Samoa Said “No.” The CNMI Must Decide What Future We Are Willingto Accept.

December 10, 2025• Editorials

When American Samoa overwhelmingly rejected deep-sea mining earlier this year, many believed their position would be decisive. But despite...
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Laws can’t change the math

December 4, 2025• Editorials

Until a new major industry comes in, settles down, and thrives, tourism will remain the islands’ “bread and butter” — even as others chase economic ponies and rainbows.
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Define irony

November 27, 2025• Editorials

DESPITE the CNMI’s dismal state, there are still some things to be thankful for, including a leadership that is not willfully blind to the economic reality staring us in the face for the past few years.
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Incidentally, November is Education Month

November 21, 2025• 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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Letters

Threatening notice

December 4, 2025• Letters to the Editor

AS a retiree, I find it imperative to respond to the NMI Settlement Fund’s recent release regarding retirees’ health insurance. Every year-end, we receive the same threatening notice about the possible lapse of our health insurance coverage.
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In all due respect

November 30, 2025• Letters to the Editor

LAWMAKERS and CNMI Leaders, please restore cuts made to senior citizens retirement benefits. At a time when inflation cuts away the precarious budgets of those on fixed incomes, salt is thrown in the wound.
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Opinions

OPINION | The CNMI Needs Progress but WHO Cares!

December 11, 2025• Columnists

The Truth is WE need to Reform the CNMI, as citizens WE need to DEMAND an “Era of Constructive Progressivism” as it has been the lack...
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The Covenant Is Not the Problem. Our Follow-Through Is.

December 11, 2025• Columnists

I am not a legal expert. I am simply someone who understands the vision my grandparents’ generation had when they helped shape the...
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Business

CNMI Innovation Incubator launches series of five strategic business trainings

December 4, 2025• Business News

(NMC-CTI) — The CNMI Innovation Incubator Program is continuing its mission to strengthen the entrepreneurial landscape in the Northern Marianas. The program will launch its first of its series of strategic business training sessions on Dec. 13, 2025, with a workshop on Business Planning and Strate…
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Regional/World

Taiwan cheered, China upset after Trump signs new Taiwan legislation into law

December 4, 2025• Regional, World

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) — Taiwan expressed thanks and China was upset on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signed into law legislation requiring the U.S. State Department to regularly review and update guidelines on how the United States officially interacts with Taipei.
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White House softens language on China

December 11, 2025• National

(WSJ) – The White House’s new national-security strategy signals a softer approach to competition with Beijing, playing down...
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