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At Marianas Variety News & Views, it found three siblings, Laila Younis Boyer, Amier Castro Younis and Salam Castro Younis who continue to contribute their talents and careers to a crucial community service their parents, Abed and Paz, started half a century ago.    Laila Younis Boyer Laila say…

<strong>GRAND OPENING </strong>Abed Younis is all smiles during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Younis Art Studio office in Chalan Kanoa in 1972. February 15, 1975 HE only planned on staying only for a few days; he ended up staying for good and taking up cudgels for c…

AFTER earning my bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, I was unsure of my next steps.  As fate would have it though, I was led back to my birthplace, Saipan, after being away for nearly two decades.  I had no clear vision of what I wanted to do. I ju…

When Marianas Variety cranked out its first mimeographed weekly issue on March 16, 1972, the printed word was still the first and last word about the news. You could also learn the news from the radio or TV, but to know more about an important news story, you had to read the frontpage of a newspape…

Abed was also one of the early members of the Saipan Rotary Club, a charter of the nonprofit global business organization devoted to its slogan, “Service Above Self.”  Publisher & President Amier C. Younis and his predecessor, Laila, also served as Past Presidents and continue to be active in R…

Formed in 2005, Stellar Marianas reshaped the islands’ beauty and talent nonprofit program and continued offering the opportunity for young women to compete on the global stages, such as those of Miss Universe and Miss International Pageants.  Marianas Variety was a community partner from the days …

<p style=”text-align: center;”><em>ONE of the Micronesian region’s most well-known and most trusted journalists, Giff Johnson of the Marshall Islands is also Marianas Variety’s longest serving correspondent. Here’s his story.</em> Journal Editor Giff Johnson, left, wit…

Our company would not be here today if it was not for our dedicated and hardworking staff throughout the years. We are blessed to have the wealth of knowledge, experience, versatility, and mutual respect for what we do for our community. Our longest serving employee (now retired) record is 43 years…