Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Short and not-so short takes
IT is misleading — I’m probably in a good mood; otherwise I would have said moronic — to say that the proposed federalization of local immigration would “eliminate the nonresident ....(See details)

Editorials
THE chairman of the Board of Education just made the most powerful argument for term limits when he put forward yet another argument for the Public School System to be exempt from the law requiring that the government hire U.S. citizens...(See details)

An open letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
I AM reading that you have fallen to Republican pressure to include American Samoa in the new minimum wage hikes. As a 40-year resident of American Samoa, I can tell you, without doubt or reservation, that this action ...(See details)

Sadness
I READ with interest, or should I say sadness, the article in the Variety of Jan. 16, on the fading away of the CNMI. I, along with my wife, Dr. Daniele Lonchamp, had five wonderful and unforgettable years on Saipan, from...(See details)

Biba Article 12!
THERE has been a lot of public discussion lately regarding the ever controversial Article 12. Article 12 of the CNMI Constitution basically states that land ownership in the commonwealth shall be “restricted to persons of Northern Marianas descent,” meaning...(See details)