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Retirees seek answers as Settlement Fund flags funding shortfall

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By Emmanuel T. Eredianoemmanuel@mvariety.comVariety News Staff   THE Commonwealth Retirees’ Association will meet on Dec. 6, 2025, to...
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4 men sentenced in migrant smuggling case

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THE District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands has sentenced four men for conspiring to transport undocumented migrants from Saipan to Guam by boat.
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Bill to lower BOE quorum from four to three

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SENATOR Manny Gregory T. Castro on Thursday pre-filed Senate Bill 24-51, which would reduce the number of Board of Education members required to form a quorum from four to three.
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Jewelry store owners file $59,300 claim for seized items in federal case

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JEWELRY store owners Wilfredo Ching and Violeta M. Centeno have filed a $59,300 claim in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, seeking recovery of jewelry seized from Clarissa Adlawan in a federal money laundering case.
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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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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

Trump faces same reality as Biden: Americans despise higher prices

Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden’s term, but he is now facing the same hard reality that dogged his predecessor: Once prices rise, they seldom fall, and Americans hate higher prices.
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US delivers $20M for Palau Pension Plan, but use hinges on reform

Regional, World

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. has received the United States’ $20 million grant for Palau’s struggling...
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National

DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter

National

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump’s pledge to slash the government’s size but which critics say delivered few meas…
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