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Trustee: Fiscal crisis strains NMI economy, Settlement Fund remains stable—for now

December 9, 2025• Local News

The Northern Mariana Islands continues to face severe economic and fiscal challenges as its tourism sector struggles to recover from the...
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Saipan’s giant Christmas tree lights up the season with community, tradition

December 9, 2025• Local News

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang on Friday lit the giant Christmas tree, marking the beginning of the Christmas season in the CNMI as a crowd of...
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‘Show compassion for Tinian patients’

December 9, 2025• Local News

REPRESENTATIVE Patrick H. San Nicolas on Friday called for compassion for Tinian patients seeking health services on Saipan. In his remarks...
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Congress weighs NMI for military, Coast Guard ship repair hub

December 9, 2025• Local News

THE U.S. Congress conference committee last week agreed to consider the CNMI as a location for repair and maintenance of military vessels...
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December 8, 2025• Local Sports

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December 8, 2025• Local News, Local Sports

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NMI Wrestling Federation pins down new home; sets sights on the future

December 8, 2025• Local Sports

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Editorials

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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It is everyone’s business

November 14, 2025• 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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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

BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory

December 8, 2025• Columnists

IF you love the Pacific as much as I do, you are interested in not only enjoying it but learning about it and preserving its beauty and...
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Nuance

December 4, 2025• Columnists

Listening to him, I realized he is the first public figure I’ve heard explain geopolitics without even mentioning the word.
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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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National

Trump launches immigration crackdown in New Orleans

December 4, 2025• National

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. immigration officials began an operation in New Orleans to arrest immigrants in the U.S. illegally, federal officials said on Wednesday, making it the latest city to be targeted by President Donald Trump’s crackdown.
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