Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

There ought to be a better way to run the government
TWO years ago, when this newspaper noted in an editorial that the unwritten rule on Capital Hill was that no budget would be passed in an election year, the previous governor bristled and pooh-poohed this ...(See details)

Editorials
RATTLED by the thought of losing their cushy jobs in this economy — about which they have done nothing to improve — lawmakers have overridden the governor’s veto of the power rate cut bill. CUC..(See details)

Think education first
WITH less than a month left before the midterm elections, all eyes and interests are now set on a “million” candidates vying for 23 CNMI-wide congressional, or more appropriately, legislative seats...(See details)

Be more appreciative & thankful
TO fix the problem at the power plant, CUC recalled again the alien contract workers after it stopped them from working last Sept. 30. Isn’t it that this government extended their contracts..(See details)

Pointless speculation
IN his column last Wednesday, Jeffrey Turbitt criticized what he perceives as an inconsistency in the anti-federalization position — namely, that opponents of federalization can’t make up their...(See details)

Whatever happened to Pagan pozzolan?
WHAT ever happened to the pozzolan project on Pagan that was supposed to generate not millions but billions of dollars into our CNMI coffers? Can our people be provided with its status, if any, as of this time?..(See details)

Verbatim
THOMAS Arkle complains that “Mr. Barrineau felt at ease to lift passages verbatim” and then goes on to “lift” two more paragraphs himself! He then assures us that remote site reactors ..(See details)

Thank you!
WHISPERING Palms School would like to thank our community for helping us fix our school cats! Yesterday we were able to get the two boys Tang and Cutie neutered. Beauty ..(See details)

Mr. Doerr
IT’S quite easy to “read between the lines” of someone’s letter when you haven’t read any lines of your own. I know there are many questions on the minds of the people of the CNMI,...(See details)

Life IS NOT a gamble
LIFE is not a gamble — these are the words of wisdom from an 8th grader which shows even our youngest children a