2022

(NMC) — Continuing its efforts to support higher education in the Marianas, Marianas Pacific Distributors or Marpac recently donated $3,400 in cash, in-kind prizes, and beverages to Northern Marianas College for its golf tournament  scheduled for Saturday, March 19, 2022. “We are proud to be able t…

McDONALD’S of Saipan and Guam joins a growing list of sponsors when it donated a $5,000 hole-in-one prize to the Marianas Variety Founder’s Memorial Golf Tournament set for Saturday, April 2 at 6 a.m., LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort, West Course. McDonald’s Saipan and Guam executive assistant to the …

Triple J Motors General Manager Sean Ficke, fifth right, joins Marianas Variety President Amier Younis, fourth right, and MV sales representative Hazel Sadian in holding a ceremonial hole-in-one prize  donated by Triple J Motors to the Marianas Variety Founder’s Memorial Golf Tournament set f…

Docomo Pacific brand coordinator Peter Matagolai, center, hands a $500 gift voucher donation to the Marianas Variety Founder’s Memorial Golf Tournament set for Saturday, April 2 at 6 a.m., LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort, West Course. Also in photo are MV’s advertising and sales representatives …

(NMC) — As part of its commitment to higher education in the CNMI, Saipan Computer Services recently donated $3,000 in cash and $2,000 worth of golf gear to Northern Marianas College. Their donation was made in support of the NMC Foundation’s golf open on March 19, 2022. “The college plays an impor…

Micronesian Brokers Inc. General Manager Dennis Yoshimoto, center, and Inventory and Purchasing Manager Violy Hernandez, fourth right, hold a ceremonial check for $500 which they donated to the Marianas Variety Founder’s Memorial Golf Tournament set for Saturday, April 2 at 6 a.m., LaoLao Bay…

I was working for TODAY newspaper in Manila when I got a call from Abed Younis in 1995. He was recruiting reporters to work for Marianas Variety.  “Saipan is a nice place,” he said.  I imagined paradise, where you bask under the sun, sipping a cocktail with a tiny umbrella adorning your glass. It w…

I FOUND out the hard way that crime beat reporting was not as easy as I first imagined it to be. I learned that it was a 24-hour, seven days a week duty. I was a rookie, and people were skeptical that I could stay on and cover the police and courts.  I remember, too, those times when court clerks w…