Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Cutting rebates is raising taxes
ON Wednesday, after the passage in the House of the “alternative austerity measure,” one of the co-sponsors of that bad bill was overheard saying that it will be stamped “D.O.A.” — dead on arrival — in the Senate....(See details)

Editorials
DESPITE what its officials say, the NMI Republican Party is not yet unified which is not good for voters who are yearning for an alternative to the dismal state of affairs on Capital Hill. The GOP’s leaders have yet to grasp that the people are ...(See details)

US Senate tries to put the pieces together
IMAGINE the CNMI as a giant jigsaw puzzle, showing our islands not just as they are now, but also as they have been, and as they someday will be. Now imagine that each of us has a piece of that puzzle...(See details)

Attention Allen Stayman
MANY view the federalization of immigration as a problem when it is actually a great opportunity. Federalization of immigration is necessary so that the CNMI government would not....(See details)

Necessary evil
GUAM Sen. Rory Respicio is proud to say that he didn’t vote for the GRT hike in the 27th Legislature and his proposal to address the deficit at the time was a 10 percent across the board pay ....(See details)