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THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been yelling & warning about “life & times in the CNMI being the SAME-O” and yet there is nothing NEW coming from any of our leaders. The fact that the Governor has already implemented Austerity with an announcement of MORE-To-Come is PROOF that WE the People of …

WHEN we hear the word bikini, we think of a two-piece swimsuit for women, but historians conjure a darker meaning. This is the tragic story of what was once a beautiful island paradise but now is an eerie ghost town.

TOWARD the end of February 1986, the generally nonviolent “people power revolution” in the Philippines was one of world’s biggest news. It was the banner story of the New York Times and other major newspapers, and was featured on prime-time broadcast news in the U.S. and other countries. Cory Aquin…

WHILE the American government has been shut down and we hold our breath to see if the cease-fire holds in the Middle East, the Coast Guard has been quietly going about its business of destroying the international drug trade.

THE late great Hans Rosling, in his important 2018 book “Factfulness,” said we should teach our children “what life was really like in the past so that they do not mistakenly think that no progress has been made.”

WHEN Guamanians cast their votes in 2026, they won’t just be electing a new governor. They’ll be deciding whether Guam can finally deliver a safe, modern and resilient public hospital — or remain stuck in decades of patchwork fixes and political gridlock.

I GREW up in Sorsogon, a province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, where every town seems to have its own language. Although we are all Bicolanos, the words we use and the way we speak can sound completely different from one place to another. Even small changes in pronunciation can mean some…

THE Truth is “most people DO have common sense” like the editor quoted in his Editorial but it seems only the Common Bigots are willing to speak out. I write Op eds FOR the People in hopes of helping the thousands of People who are adversely affected by “what our leaders DO and what they FAIL-to-Do…

WHEN a natural disaster occurs in the islands: tsunami, earthquake, volcano, or typhoon, there is a similar pattern of events. Usually there is little warning of the danger. Even if there was, it would not make much difference because living on an island severely limits a person’s choices about how…