Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Look who’s talking, again
IT’S either amnesia or chutzpah — or maybe both, and I’m referring to the recent comments by the CNMI House Republicans regarding the local minimum wage. They said that the Bitter Times administration...(See details)

Editorials
EIGHT years ago, those in the know believed that the CNMI government budget hovered around $163 million, which is the figure the administration’s budget officer has come out with now. Finally, a realistic number from the ...(See details)

Untimely passing
I WOULD like to acknowledge the untimely passing of my uncle, Ben Concepcion. It is with great sadness that such a wonderful human being was taken away from us so soon. For me it is a lot more profound...(.See details)

An NMI treasure
I FIRST arrived on Saipan in early Jan. 1978, with my wife Kathy, and our two daughters, Christine 11 and Lora 9. My 12 month pursuit of a job with the Trust Territory Attorney General’s Office had finally...(.See details)

A tribute to Ben Concepcion
WE arrived on Saipan in the early ’70s and promptly met up with Ben and Ky for scuba diving, other water sports including swimming and rescue operations. We were also business partners for a few several years....(.See details)

Our Capitol, not the administration’s
THE administration’s plan to build a new executive office that will house other government offices is surely a good idea and long overdue considering the hundreds of thousands we pay in rental office space...(.See details)