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AT a certain point, reporting on the Imperial Pacific International casino saga stops being about the casino.

THE Truth is Ambrodamus is a man-of-his-word about getting tougher in 2026, and Rep. Yumul & Attao — Senators Magofna & Manglona are the FIRST.

LAST week we discussed an incident in 1942 when Americans and Filipinos dumped millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver into Manila Bay to prevent its capture by the Japanese. After transferring what they could to an American submarine the remainder was bagged and crated, then dumped in turbul…

So what kind of socio-economic system is it that cannot be tried anywhere by any of its true believers, even when they wield absolute power and never hesitate to use it?

WHEN investigative reporting unsettles people, the first instinct is often to ask a narrow question: What law was broken? Closely followed by, Everyone did it, or This is just politics — especially during election season.

THE Truth is it’s a New Year when WE are all supposed to be making NEW COMMITMENTS to CHANGE for the BETTER! So, Happy New Year Everyone and maybe this will be the year our leaders will finally listen to Ambrodamus, as this is the last year of my Op eds.

WHAT if you found out that someone secretly dumped millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver off Obyan beach? It is about one hundred feet down and lying in the sand, possibly buried, so you have to use scuba gear and do some digging. Would you go looking for it? That is exactly what happened i…

HALF a century ago today, the NMI was still a Trust Territory district administered by the United States. The Covenant, which would make the islands part of the U.S., was still pending in the U.S. Senate.

THE Truth is, after being on this earth 75 years I have seen too many things invoked as “DOOM, bad or wrong” based on pure skepticism, conjecture & supposition only to be proven WRONG by science & time.

SOMETIMES good leadership makes all the difference. A good leader can give a group purpose and direction, he can organize efforts to accomplish tasks. He can save lives. A bad leader does not offer direction, inspire trust, and give hope. Because of a lack of good leadership people can die.