Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Disagreeing without being disagreeables
SHORTLY after the governor delivered his State of the Commonwealth Address at the multi-purpose center, I asked him what his “big announcement” was. He smiled and replied, “That’s it — everything.”...(See details)

Editorials
IN his State of the Commonwealth Address last week, the governor announced what readers of this newspaper already knew — larger and more permanent cuts are necessary to support the...(See details)

Island soul food
WHAT is the difference between soba and ramen? I don’t know. But what I do know is that many a local college student has survived on this good stuff while waiting for the semester’s grant check from...(See details)

Thank you Rep. Dela Cruz
LIKE cancer, graffiti does not discriminate. Graffiti strikes Garapan Head Start facility in Chinatown last month.
We do not want profanity to be introduced to our child at such an early stage ..(See details)

Quit pointing fingers and whinning
IT has been scientifically proven that you can’t point a finger at someone else without pointing three fingers back at yourself. Face it, we are all flawed, and we all live in glass houses, ...(See details)

Stop the leases of our land without just compensation
ONCE again, our public land leases are up for extension after 25 years of leasehold. Now is the time for the pending homestead applicants to be given an opportunity to avail to this available public land or for...(See details)

Hooray! Kudos!
THIS is the governor’s investment plan? What an Insult to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the people of the CNMI. Governor you might as well invite HUGO CHAVEZ...(See details)

Factually incorrect
YOUR editorial published on May 4, 2007 in the Marianas Variety is factually incorrect and shows how a good writer can get a story wrong by not doing a fact check. The federally...(See details)

Common sense about folks & the feds
I WANTED to speak in my vernacular of Ebonics for this one. I was soooo dang glad to see Mr. Efrain F. Camacho speak out against the decisions of the Chamber of Commerce...(See details)