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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The awful tuna tragedy

THE most remarkable thing occurred a few weeks ago, and it took me this long to make sense of it so I could share it with you, dear reader. I don’t blame you one bit if you don’t believe the story because, to be honest, I would not believe it myself if I had not experienced it firsthand.
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News from half a century ago

FIFTY years ago, the Northern Marianas was still part of the Trust Territory administered by the U.S. (The other TT districts were Palau, the Marshall Islands, and what is now known as the Federated States of Micronesia.)
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Truth 150: 29+2 & No Champions – TAYA Reforms!

THE Truth is WE have 29 officials in the Legislature & two in the Executive Office YET it’s the SAME-O Impotency with taxes, nepotism, waste, austerity and UNLIMITED business & personal taxes FREELY given to J & P Holdings for 22 yrs. and still no Oversights — duh!
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Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has ignited debate, with critics accusing it of authoritarian overreach while supporters argue it aims to reform American universities’ approach to free speech and merit-based admissions.
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Truth 149: I Told You So – it’s the Same-O AGAIN!

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 …
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Carry on

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…
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The good life

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.”
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