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Rosemarie D. Embile  WOMEN’S International Month is a great way to celebrate women’s strength, resilience, and achievements throughout history. It is also an opportunity to rethink the stories we tell and the messages they send to young girls about their potential and place in the world. When…

BC Cook SPANISH treasure ships cruising the Pacific.  Crews and investors risking everything to carry on the world’s most dangerous trade because it promised incredible wealth.  Gold from one continent traded for the silver of another, with both sides believing they made out like bandits.  Death, d…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is, the CNMI is WE can do a lot of LITTLE things with Reforms & Grants that will equal BIG changes for the economy and the quality of life. For TRUE, We are at the crossroads of the Same-O Same-O or choosing to REFORM the CNMI in order to change & improve OUR ec…

SENATOR Corina Magofna has been reaching out to stakeholders and experts to identify potential business ideas and other investment opportunities for the CNMI. Instead of just wringing their hands over the calamitous state of the local economy, other CNMI lawmakers and officials should join her in t…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is, the Republicans have been the stewards in FULL control of the CNMI since 1998 and the TRUTH is WE have slowly but constantly been going backwards ever since. It didn’t just happen to us as I’m sure many citizens can attest witnessing the decline firsthand that start…

CHUUK (Deutsche Welle/Pacnews) — The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of Micronesia, an island nation strategically aligned with the U.S. Despi…

“MVA Signature Event.” Three small words with a lot behind them. The Marianas Visitors Authority has several signature events that it stages throughout the year.  The purpose is to give our visitors something exciting to do while they’re here and something to attract media attention to our islands.…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is, WE as a People owe a great debt of gratitude to Sen. Celina Babauta, Rep. Marissa Flores, AG Manibusan, & Secretary of Finance Tracy Norita for stopping the payment to Arnold’s Casino Commission and I hope they quit now, Yes-Please, as Africans say! I said it wa…

BC Cook WHILE I drove through As Matuis and passed the basketball court, as I have a hundred times before, I noticed the spray painted “NORTH’ on the backboard.  This might not be big deal except that “Norf Syd” is spray-painted on the bus stops and just about every other public surface above the T…

POLICIES that are bad for the economy are usually popular among voters, and therefore among politicians. Hence, throughout human history, in many countries and jurisdictions around the world, economic problems persist, and governments struggle with strained finances. In November 2023 in Argentina, …