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OPINION | Why I am going to Glasgow, Scotland

“RAISE awareness, gather allies, and unify your voice.” President Barack Obama pointed me in that direction when I asked him a question about the military presence in the Pacific islands. Our brief exchange occurred in 2019. I stood among an audience of global leaders, he responded from the stage a…
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OPINION | The MVP Campaign empowers Rota residents

HÅFA Adai yan Tirow Wóómi, with our signature Aluf, from your friendly island of Luta. When the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers visited Rota in May this year to help spruce up our youth center and basketball court, our residents were motivated to do their part in the village facilities and …
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Variations | Sweet 16

TO mark its 16th anniversary in March 1988, Marianas Variety’s editor David T. Hughes noted that we were “one of the few papers in the Pacific which have been in business this long under one owner.” Like the CNMI, “this newspaper…was started on somewhat of a shoestring…. It was originally started…t…
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OPINION | The tyranny of ignorance

GOVERNMENT has an obligation of transparency and accountability to its governed citizens, at the very least in civil matters; this is the bare minimum of function.  Above that, any good thing it manages to accomplish or noble principle it espouses is a net positive.  Below that, any tardiness or un…
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OPINION | Truth & Consequence (19): Protect & Serve WHO!

WHILE the House JGO is steadfast on “DOING the PEOPLE’S Business” the Governor’s Crew is now being true-to-form and predictable in “Protecting & Serving” the Governor, not YOU!  The sad part is they ALL swore an oath that they just tossed out the window with the little integrity they had left. …
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