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INFLATION, as WE the People are SUFFERING Governor with Power, Gas and Everything as the cost of living presents an entirely new challenge, especially for the Poor and those on Fixed-Incomes!!!! The Federal Government sent help to the PEOPLE in the form of over half a Billion Dollars and yet the fi…

GOING into the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority’s as the first economic development manager, my main goal is to pave a path for future investments in the Marianas. When my role was envisioned by the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers, it saw a need to have a dedicated person a…

500 Sails would like to send a special message of thanks to all of our crew, sponsors, volunteers, family members, and community members who made the sail to the Tinian Pika Festival a successful one. The crew weathered rough conditions and set sail against 15-20 foot waves on the way to Tinian on …

“SAN Fransicko” by San Francisco native Michael Shellenberger is a fine book about the homelessness crisis in the city by the bay. In his youth, he said he was a socialist eco-anarchist who read Noam Chomsky’s books. Today, well, let’s just say that “San Fransicko’s” subtitle is, “Why Progressives …

HAFA Adai and Tirow CNMI! While Pride celebrations look differently again this year, there’s no denying that the spirit of pride is alive. Pride is so much more than a festival or parade — pride lives in our history, our homes, our communities and our hearts every day. On behalf of Pride Marianas Y…

THE Governor and his emissaries do have the right to express their FLAWED Opinions but they don’t have a right to Dictate-the-Facts! From day-one, there has been one attempt after another by the Governor to “eliminate and even destroy the evidence against him.” But to this VERY-DAY, the Governor no…

SAN Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone provoked howls of outrage Friday when he announced that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D–Calif., may not present herself for Holy Communion, the central sacrament of Catholic life, because of her position on abortion rights. Democratic politicians a…

THE Governor and his Lt. Governor need to start RESPECTING the People of the CNMI and STOP insulting our intelligence with their poli-tricking antics and lack-there-of ANYTHING by the Lt. Governor. The Governor claims to “respect the process” is falling on deaf ears in the Public and in the Courts.…

THE presidential election in the Philippines did not disappoint in its promise of drama, intensity, and high stakes.  The nation is at a crossroads, as is the whole eastern Pacific region, and one of the most important offices in this part of the world went up for grabs. Like many of you, I watched…

IN June of 1944, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II, the U.S. Marines took the beaches of Saipan which had been under Japanese stronghold. In 1946, two years after the American Invasion of Saipan, and when the island was declared secure, our people were released from U.S. military-run conc…