Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

A race to the bottom
ONE of the letters we published recently noted that abolishing municipal councils will not solve the government’s financial problems, and the letter writer is right. The $1 million that will no longer...(See details)

Editorials
THERE will be more budget cuts because the CNMI government has not instituted sound financial and management policies for many, many years....(See details)

SAT to Praxis
LAST week, PSS administered the Stanford Achievement Test to selected grade levels within the public school system. For the 6th grade one, students were tested on their reading vocabulary....(See details)

Nuclear: Safety and other issues
LAST week, we wrote about the limitations of “renewable” and did some basic comparisons between nuclear power sources and other power sources. This week,....(See details)