Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Putting out fire with gasoline
THE way the Commonwealth Ports Authority wasted taxpayers’ money typifies how this now bankrupt — because bloated and wasteful — government has been conducting, for lack....(See details)

Editorials
THE easiest way forward is a straight line and not the circuitous route that most government agencies have adopted as their modus operandi. But instead of reducing the size of government to fit into ...(See details)

Nonsense
FORMER Councilman Antonio Borja’s defense of the municipal councils is kind of ridiculous and came short of saying that they are just another employment agency....(See details)

Strange happenings
I DON’T know if anyone really noticed this, but during this latest round of gas price increases, there were some strange happenings. Mobil first went up 10 cents: $3.06 to $3.16. This isn’t the weird part ...(See details)

Death spiral
THE death spiral effect of the looming reduction of revenues of the CNMI government continues to hit the news wave. Our expectation of reversing the trend could not be more dismal than our fears ...(See details)

Rota’s airline situation
RECENTLY there are encouraging news for the people of Rota and the CNMI regarding a proposed chartered flight from Japan. This effort should be supported and promoted vigorously and...(See details)

Smile!
THE product of one local company is CLEAN, and Sablan Topline Shines-on-Clean! I carefully monitor the cleanliness of CHC as I still go there every now and then so often and the degree ..(See details)