2022

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…

Paz with her aunt, the late Sister Remedios Castro after returning home and starting her teaching career. Pull Quote 1 <p class=”p1″><em>He asked me if we could continue the newspaper, but I was worried because we did not have any money to start it with and we did not know a…

As the summer heats up, so do barbecue grills and on July Fourth, Marianas Variety paired up with two of its advertising partners, Marianas Pacific Distributors and Triple J Wholesale to create a fun community event where amateur grill masters can compete to see who really was King of Grill. The ev…

Formed in 1980 as part of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, Karidat evolved to be a non-profit organization helping all those in need, offering important community programs such as the Family Service Program which provides family and marriage counseling, emergency clothing, food and shelter assistance, …

I LOVED trouble even at a young age. One day as a child in Manila, I saw people scampering away from the site of a brawl. So I ran to the opposite direction — to where the bloodshed was. I became a police reporter many years later. The kind who stayed up late every night waiting for something terri…

When the Commonwealth Cancer Association formed after the departure of American Relay for Life, former Publisher Laila Boyer was on the first team of volunteers for its main fundraiser, the Marianas March Against Cancer. Marianas Variety served as major and title sponsors since its inception, donat…

Mr. Abed El Latif Younis  April 29, 1936 – April 18, 2020 As the CNMI celebrates 50 years of having its own local and independent voice in media, we take a moment to pay tribute to a man who shared this vision with his family and committed his life and career to ensure it continues today. Mar…