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I HAVE been a sports reporter for nearly a decade (if you include my first few years as a part-timer) and working for Marianas Variety has been something that I, personally, never thought would turn into a career.  During my high school days, I was an avid basketball player. I even played on the sa…

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, …