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BC Cook “EVEN before we went ashore we could make out the giant human shapes.  Often rising above the horizon, silhouetted against the sky, they were majestic and eerie.  As we approached one it seemed to be alive and we waited to see if it would speak.  But the massive statues of Easter Island wou…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH is, the Republicans RULE the CNMI as there is no other way of saying it and if the CNMI is to ever CHANGE for the BETTER, then it must start with the People, or our economy will continue to suffer and so will the migration to the mainland continue. I do want to THANK th…

ON Jan. 12, 2004, the 14th House of Representatives held its organizational session. The members were sworn in, a new presiding officer was elected and the inaugural speeches were delivered. Much of what was said then could have been said — and was, in a way, said — last Monday, when the 24th House…

Jose S. Dela Cruz AS we all know by now, the people of the CNMI are extremely worried about the continuing economic recession that has continued to adversely affect the livelihood of literally every resident on our islands. We are all hoping and praying that the economy of our islands will begin to…

BC Cook IF you ask scuba divers where the best wreck diving in the world is they often answer Chuuk lagoon.  Chuuk has all the things going for it that other islands do when it comes to scuba diving: coral reefs, a great variety of fish and aquatic plants, warm waters.  But it also has something mo…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH is, there has been a long & extended battle for Democracy to RULE in the CNMI over the Republican’s Local-tocracy (Local Autocracy), as Republicans have ruled like an autocracy forcing things down our throats while the Democrats & Independents sit but failed to …

IN his novel “Exit Ghost,” Philip Roth’s 71-year-old main character, Nathan Zuckerman, had decided that he would “no longer be overtaken every four years by the emotions of a child — the emotions of a child and the pain of an adult.” He was referring to politics and current events in general, and t…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE New Year is here, which calls for us to find “a new way of doing or not doing something” and in Economics/Poly Sci this phenomenon is known as REFORMS. So, is the CNMI going to start REFORMING or the Same-O Same-O?   Zaldy & Ambrose have written about “the AWFUL two previ…

BC Cook INTENDING to be a peaceful school teacher, he soon found himself engulfed in the flames of a world war.  His sense of duty to his country grew stronger than his devotion to his wife so he joined the struggle and ended up on Saipan.  How he led a small band of soldiers and civilians in a des…

THE CNMI government’s current difficulties stem from not having enough revenue to pay all its obligations. It’s an old problem that dates back at least to the Trust Territory era. Not surprisingly, there is also nothing new with the proposed solutions. The government, for starters, should live with…