Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

‘Beyond Distances’
THE author is the young Spanish scholar Carlos Madrid Álvarez-Piñer and his book’s complete title, like other serious works of scholarship, is a mouthful — “Beyond Distances....(See details)

Editorials
AS various civic groups sprout to help chart a course of action for their floundering commonwealth, it is important that they and the rest of the citizenry go beyond the symptoms ....(See details)

Abused and misused procurement process
ON Feb. 22 Telesource CNMI filed a protest with CUC and the Division of Procurement and Supply alleging defects in the privatization of the CNMI’s power business pre-qualification request for proposal.....(See details)

Saipan needs an ILS on Tinian
THANK you very much for printing my letter regarding the need for an instrument landing system at the new Tinian International Airport, except that I was hoping for ...(See details)

A good sports reporter
I HAVE never in my life sent a note to a boss about an employee’s job well done. I have been a swim coach for 30 years, and now on this island for the past three years. ...(See details)

Mr. Bill Collector
YESTERDAY’S article reported a man of 28 years of age who was brought to the Community Guidance Center for guidance who has a rough relationship with his spouse and to which...(See details)

1 errant gov’t board
THERE was considerable concern when Clyde K. Norita was appointed executive director of the Commonwealth Port Authority, mostly because he didn’t have any executive....(See details)

Anyone?
I AM a young black lady looking for an intimate friendship leading to marriage. My name is Elizabeth Fynn, 30 years old, single, and living c/o Dadzie Amuquandoh, 606 West, 135th St. N.Y. New York, 10031. ...(See details)

Who wins, who loses
LET’S be clear on what the CNMI government has done — again — in laying out $90,000 plus to hire another lobbyist. They have taken public money from all of us for the benefit of local...(See details)

We just don’t get it…
THOSE who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.” Such saying should be the placard placed on every elected official in the Commonwealth. House Minority ...(See details)