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Local News

Refaluwasch advocate: Seabed mining threatens Marianas sovereignty

November 21, 2025• Local News

A Refaluwasch cultural advocate is urging Commonwealth leaders and residents to reject seabed mining, warning that the practice threatens...

Acting Commissioner Che defends $4.9M lapse funds as transparent safety net

November 20, 2025• Local News

Acting Commissioner of Education Jaqueline Che clarified Wednesday that the Public School System’s $4.9 million in unrestricted...

Furlough looms if PSS budget shortfall continues

November 20, 2025• Local News

Commissioner of Education Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho said the Public School System is preparing to move into the next phase of its austerity...

THANK YOU, DIEGO T. BENAVENTE: Champion of the CNMI, Leader of the People

November 20, 2025• Local News

The Commonwealth has lost one of its most beloved and influential leaders. Diego Tenorio Benavente, whose public service spanned more than...

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Sports

November 20, 2025• Local News, National Sports

Nelly Korda can change perception of her year in one tournament at LPGA

November 20, 2025• Local News, Local Sports

Piper Raho shatters NMI swim records, wins three golds in Malaysia

November 19, 2025• Local News, National Sports

Robots, AI and high-tech innovations in action at China’s National Games

November 19, 2025• Local News, Local Sports

Raiders rise to the top in 3-on-3 youth hoops showdown

November 19, 2025• Local Sports

Philip Sablan named SGA November ace

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Editorials

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.

Variations ǀ Why ‘change’ often fails

November 14, 2025• Editorials

By Zaldy Dandan – Variety Editor WHY is it that so many educated people in one of the world’s greatest cities elected a mayoral...

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...

When laws enacted with the best intentions do much less than what is hoped for

November 6, 2025• 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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Letters

Identical, similar and familiar

November 9, 2025• Letters to the Editor

THE reason I never voted after leaving Saipan is that I see how politics can affect families in general. I never planned to take on the problems of democracy, but it was a required class in high school.

Swampy slumpy Trumpy agenda

November 2, 2025• Letters to the Editor

FOR those die-hard Republicans and Democrats who were fooled by Trump’s second administration into wasting their vote on the best con man in American history, you can still make your voice heard in the next election and help change course.

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Opinions

In the old days

November 21, 2025• Columnists

WHEN I first arrived on Saipan 32 years ago, there were still plenty of flights to and from the island, including a direct Manila-Saipan service. The flight schedules were “normal.”