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THE challenge of the adversities we face is setting the conditions for prosperity which requires “education on the issue and the solutions, a sincere commitment by ALL the stakeholders and not just Democrats, and the fortitude to carry-out the plan.” These are the simple steps the CNMI took when es…

DEAR readers, many of you love the sea as much as I, and a good many of you love nothing more than to spend the day on a boat with friends and family, swimming, and barbecuing.  I hold in my memory one of the most amusing boat stories of all time.  Stick around for a few minutes and learn how one a…

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Improved transportation, border security, exports, imports, agribusiness, aquaculture, infrastructure, telecom, energy, finance, technology, economic development — you name it! The best laid plans and optimum results for regional prosperity require finding out what e…

ABOUT 30 years ago, Marianas Variety published a letter to the editor from an educated, concerned citizen from the states who predicted that “25 years from now,” there would be “bumper-to-bumper ‘kids with no land’ and 250,000 aliens living here.” Twenty-five years later, there were about 12,000 gu…

THE Social Media Platforms have become “a way-of-life” for many Americans but these platforms are proving to be a “two-edged-sword” that is just as much dangerous as they are helpful to society.  Many Americans on the mainland and in the CNMI are virtually LIVING-OFF Social Media that has literally…

ENJOY the following stories excepted from “Tales of the Tikongs” by Epeli Hau’ofa, a delightful book out of Tonga: Truth comes in portions, some large, some small, but never whole.  Like our ancestors we are expert tellers of half-truths, quarter-truths, and one percent truths.  When Tevita A…

IT is my honor, my pleasure and my duty to continuing to offer the recognition of Black History Month to the People of the CNMI. As Dr. King once asked me and others “if not you then who, and if not now then when” will anyone whole-heartedly promote and embrace Black History Month in appreciation o…

THE CNMI is going to experience the same political civil war we see looming among Republicans on the mainland over LOYALTY to Trump that CNMI Republicans are surely going to experience with Gov. Ralph Torres and it’s just a matter of time.  There hasn’t been a single outcry of dissatisfaction with …

AS many of our supporters know, Saipan Cares for Animals or SCA was part of a recent Zoning Board public hearing to approve the conditional use application for our property. It was an oversight on our part that the zoning application was not fully completed and approved when we moved our clinic to …