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Sinlaku recovery update as of June 16

Local News

The CNMI Joint Information Center releases recovery updates every Tuesday and Friday to keep the community informed on response and...
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Residents advised to prepare for rain and wind as Invest 92W approaches

Local News

At this time, Invest 92W is unlikely to strengthen into a typhoon by the time it passes through the Marianas. The most likely scenario is passage of a weak tropical disturbance or tropical depression, though a tropical storm cannot be fully ruled out if the system organizes more quickly than expect…
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Editorials

Déjà vu at CUC

Editorials

We are good at identifying glaring problems and coming up with sensible solutions. But the follow-through leaves much to be desired.
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Zero

Editorials

Everyone on Capital Hill is “for education.” Yet they passed a budget that forced PSS to reduce the number of its school days. Elected officials are also “for public health,” but they have consistently underfunded the medical referral program.
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FAC fury and political amnesia

Editorials

A curious thing to hear: an elected official condemning CUC’s management while praising its rank and file for their “good work.” Who does he think oversees them and sets the direction needed to ensure efficient operations?
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What must be done

Editorials

“From 2002 through 2022, the CNMI’s real GDP (adjusted for inflation) contracted by $644 million (44 percent)….
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Letters

Questions

Letters to the Editor

The major problem is the fuel source along with normal bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Urgently needed: An amendment to HR 8800 to include the CNMI

Letters to the Editor

As you know, the issue on inclusion of the CNMI in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act or RECA as “downwinders” is not new to the CNMI delegate’s office.
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Opinions

The Satsuma rebellion

Columnists

A century and a half ago, Japan strained under a massive effort to modernize the country. While the world embraced such changes as gunpowder weapons, industrialization, democracy and capitalism, the Japanese decided to reject such foreigners’ ways.
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Politics and the persistence of waste

Columnists

Politics, at its worst, merely magnifies human failings. Humanity is deeply flawed, and through politics we choose which of our fellow flawed humans will govern the rest of us — then expect things to improve.
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Business

Shares and bonds surge, oil slides on Iran deal

Business News

LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) — Share markets and bonds rallied hard on Monday and oil prices tumbled 5% as a framework peace deal between the United ​States and Iran promised to ease inflationary pressures globally and lessen the need for higher interest rates.
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Regional/World

FEMA places Guam grants on restrictive drawdown

Regional, World

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency placed all grants awarded by FEMA Region 9 to the government of Guam on restrictive drawdown status on May 12, meaning agencies must submit supporting documents for review and approval prior to the release of any grant funding.
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National

12 people killed in Missouri plane crash, skydiving company says

National

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said ‌the crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Kansas City, Missouri.
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