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‘It’s time to be honest with the retirees’

Local News

THE CNMI government cannot afford to pay the 25% of retirees’ pensions, Finance Secretary Tracy B. Norita told lawmakers last week.
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$25M Aggreko costs included in CUC FAC petition

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THE Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is preparing to file a formal petition with the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission to reconcile its long-delayed Fuel Adjustment Charge, including a request to recover an estimated $25 million in Aggreko rental-generation costs.
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Pedestrian struck by pickup truck in critical condition

Local News

A 57-year-old man is in critical condition at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation’s Intensive Care Unit after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday evening in Garapan.
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DLNR chief, 2 others plead not guilty to misconduct charges

Local News

DEPARTMENT of Land and Natural Resources Secretary Sylvan O. Igisomar, acting Division of Fish and Wildlife Director Rosemary C. Camacho, and DFW Conservation Officer Ignacio I. Yiftheg all pleaded not guilty Monday morning to charges stemming from the alleged personal use of an agency boat and veh…
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Editorials

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

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

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

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

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

Where is honesty or decency?

Letters to the Editor

YOU all have no respect for yourselves or your own family. It is astonishing how crafty and clever you are in abusing my elderly mother,...
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The people were misled: Public Law 23-27 is being ignored (marijuana testing)

Letters to the Editor

PUBLIC Law 23‑27, enacted by the 23rd Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature and signed by the late Gov. Arnold Palacios on Oct. 2, 2024, was clear and unambiguous: “pre‑employment drug testing for government positions in the CNMI shall not include testing for the presence of marijuana for non–…
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Opinions

When the Covenant is questioned, so is our future

Columnists

WHEN the Covenant is questioned, it is not just a document under review. It is our history, our trauma, and the protections our elders fought for being weighed once again.
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Truth 155 Evolution – Culture & Our New Brand!

Columnists

THE Truth is, some do not want to hear this TRUTH, but denial is NOT going to create a better future. Evolution is an All-Powerful & Inevitable Phenomenon and those who “embrace evolution & control-change are the ones who benefit the most (prosper).”
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Business

Announcing the 2025 Guam Business Magazine Executive of the Year nominees

Business News

BARRIGADA, Guam (Press Release) — Guam Business Magazine is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2025 Guam Business Magazine Executive of the Year.
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Regional/World

Father and son behind Bondi Jewish festival shooting that killed 15, Australian police say

Regional, World

SYDNEY (Reuters) — Two gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost 30 years.
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National

Person of interest detained in fatal mass shooting at Brown University

National

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) — A man was taken into custody on Sunday at a Rhode Island hotel and held as a “person of interest” in the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine wounded amid year-end final exams at the Ivy League school, authorities said.
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