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IT seems the Governor and his emissary want to turn the JGO Impeachment into another “DEFLECTING the issue by pointing fingers at members of the JGO and even past Governors — GASLIGHTING by continuing to claim total innocence when there has been a single thread of evidence to exonerate himself. I f…

ON a dark and stormy night, I put my nose to the grindstone and, having gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, decided to put my foot down and get to the bottom of clichés.  Knowing opposites attract, I sought the advice of a man who was both fit as a fiddle and a chip off the old block.   “What’s…

FROM buying and wrapping gifts to decorating your home and planning your holiday feasts, you’ll be surprised to learn that you can have an eco-friendly Christmas and New Year. Because we live on an island surrounded by nature, let’s consider how we can go green while we celebrate. For example, my f…

LAST week’s Trash Talk column discussed how trash is everybody’s business. Similarly coined is the Marianas Visitors Authority’s core message: Tourism is everybody’s business. Littering and illegal dumping have, and continue to, affect our tourism product, our industry, and our destination. In many…

ON Dec. 15, 1972, Marianas Variety reported about the start of the political status talks between the representatives of the U.S. president and the NMI leadership at the Mount Carmel School auditorium. These discussions would result in the signing of the Covenant to establish the Commonwealth of th…

TO the 22nd House of Representatives: My thoughts regarding these hearings and the Articles of Impeachment are relative to fairness and equity. I have witnessed these proceedings for a long long time, and now that the Articles of Impeachment are before you, I am compelled to ask you because it is a…

BEACHCOMBERS and refugees, criminals and missionaries.  The islands are full of visitors both temporary and permanent.  It has been said that there are only two kinds of plots: a person goes on a journey and a stranger comes to town.  If that is true, the history of the islands has been full of str…

I WILL be formally offering this testimony as citizen of the CNMI to offer my complete support for the Impeachment of Gov. Ralph Torres who is viewed as “the Godfather of a Criminal Organization” by the Feds and just one of the major reasons why he needs to be impeached. The evidence of the Governo…

I AM grateful that our small business, the Naked Fish Bar and Grill, has grown successfully in the past 17 years. However, when the pandemic struck in March 2020, our business suffered the most when safety protocols were put in place to help mitigate Covid-19. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, sm…

FORTY-NINE years ago, a 10-month-old weekly newspaper, Marianas Variety, reported about the upcoming political status talks between the representatives of the U.S. president and the NMI which was then part of the U.S.-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The negotiations would resul…