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This carat of wisdom has been passed through the ages and it is one of the creeds firmly believed by Republican governor and lt. governor candidates former Governor Juan Nekai Babauta and Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero. With years of political experience and the grace of a skilled diplomat, Babauta …

This is the time when the Flame Trees are at its full bloom, displaying a brilliance that resembles flames and giving the whole island a spectacular look. I arrived on Saipan on a February and did not pay much attention to the first few orange blossoms that peeped out from the seemingly dead twigs …

Last Sunday, Filipinos left behind the comforts of their beds early and flocked to the Marianas Business Plaza building in Susupe to take part in the annual celebration. The raising of the Philippine Flag outside the Marianas Business Plaza at 7 a.m started the program, and this was followed by the…

Held every ten years in ten different Pacific jurisdictions, the APNLC Conference 2009 has over a hundred registrants from the region, including Japan, for the first time. The participants are paying for their own airfare, accommodations, meals and transportation, infusing much needed cash into the…

If you thought it impossible to have your car washed and polished while you are dining at your favorite restaurant, relaxing at the beach for a breath of sea air, attending a seminar, working inside your office or attending classes, watching television or even asleep at home then you are in for a s…

Saipan Rotary Club and Rotary Club Vladivostok-Eco worked together since early May to fulfill one more time the motto of the Rotary Year, “Make Dreams Real,” by joining the city’s weekly newspaper Konkurent’s “Warm Windows” Charity Drive for the hospital. Due to deteriorating wooden windows, the ho…

CNMI Nurse Practitioner Roca Q. Sablan was one of the few local midwives at the Department of Public Health Labor and Delivery Ward for many years. When the opportunity came to become a Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health she took it and continued her education from the Northern Marianas College N…

It is one night where barriers are dropped between races and nationalities and everybody is there to challenge and satisfy their gustatory cravings, a night where families, friends and strangers rub elbows and mingle with each other in partaking of the sumptuous island delicacies while squatting on…

Awe struck me the first time I stepped on the lookout of Forbidden Island during a search and rescue drill with the Department of Public Safety last year. For individuals who suffer from acrophobia or fear of heights, standing at the edge of the lookout while viewing the Forbidden Island way down i…

The long, wide stretch of cement road leads to the end of the dock which is a favorite of many especially in the early morning and evening hours where many just hang around to enjoy and breathe the salty tang of air from the sea. Anytime of the day, the sight of people casting their lines in the wa…