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RECENTLY, comments made in the media have suggested that the idea to use American Rescue Plan Act or ARPA funds to pay for retiree bonuses came from me. This is totally untrue. While I am 100-percent for the retiree bonus, we need to fund the bonuses the right way, the way that guarantees that the …

IT’S obvious the Democrat Party made a “dumb” mistake that cost the Party and estimated 17,000 to help Corina get elected not to mention the hundreds of “man-hours” put in by volunteers to help her for FREE —so disrespectful and voters can see it and they are not stupid Corina! It was a 17,000-doll…

A WOMAN in her early thirties arrives at the border of Ukraine and Poland, her three children in tow.  She spots several other people getting into a van as an older woman approaches her.  She is taking a group to Switzerland, she says with a smile, where they can be safe with host families.  She an…

DEDICATED to Retirees, as I’m sure every adult in the CNMI has done something DUMB that ended up costing them in one way or another — if they say they haven’t they are lying, as it’s part of life experiences! Well, my MaDear who often spoke with “empirical wisdom & metaphor” would say, “it’s ex…

IT’S probably useless to argue about politics. People support the candidates they like because they like those candidates. That’s it. They will then cite “facts” and “data” to bolster their political preferences.  “Even on purely factual questions with clear right answers, citizens are sometimes wi…

POOR CNMI, it is no secret the Republicans require “loyalty above all with no exceptions” but the difference with Democrats is they require “loyalty above all EXCEPT for Honor,” as it is truly crossing the line when one becomes “unprofessional, dishonest, untruthful, and in denial of the facts for …

FOR many years, Tinian has intended on being a self-sufficient island. CNMI leaders and elected officials have seen the potential economic growth that our island has to offer for our residents, specifically in employment and business opportunities. Last month, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and elected offi…

“CROSSING the Wake follows the waterlogged travels and travails of a woman willing to risk it all in a quest to bring some adventure to her life.  A beautifully honest account or riding the waves of a journey, both physically and emotionally grueling, author Tanya Binford recounts her arduous six m…

THE events with this Governor and the Impeachment reminded me of how the Patriots in the Colonies had to fight against the Loyalists to England from within that created in some cases a war of “brother against brother — parents against children and so on” but America was born. While the Senate is cl…

THE acknowledged frontrunner in the Philippine presidential election set for May 9 is former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. He is the 64-year-old son of the late former strongman Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr.  who is considered by many historians as the worst president in Philippine …