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But timing alone should compel scrutiny. And scrutiny, in this case, reveals something far more consequential than a simple financial tool introduced in a moment of crisis.

Who was Laperouse, and why was he the last thing on the mind of the king who lost his kingdom?

THERE is a quiet force that moves through our communities, one that does not wait for recognition, approval, or instruction. It is not organized by policy, nor sustained by headlines. It lives in the instinct of ordinary people who, despite their own hardships, show up for others because they feel …

FOUR days after Sinlaku turned the island’s trees into monstrous toothpicks, I was driving northbound on Middle Road around noon when I saw a long, agonizing line of vehicles — stretching from the Coca-Cola building in Chalan Laulau to the gas station in Gualo Rai.

HEALTH is often described as a universal right. The truth is, health relies on something far less ideal: cooperation. Diseases and emergency health crisis do not respect borders, and neither can the systems designed to prevent and respond to them.

I felt compelled to speak because too often in our islands, criticism is treated as betrayal and silence is rewarded as loyalty. I reject that.

Sharks chill us to the bone. Half of us would give anything to see a shark up close and half of us hope we never do. Most of what we read or hear about sharks in popular culture is false.

There comes a point when silence is no longer wisdom. There comes a point when lives are at stake, when families are stranded, when elders are waiting for medicine, when children are without power, water, or security after a storm tears through everything they know.

SUPER Typhoon Sinlaku did not just damage property. It also put many CNMI businesses and property owners in difficult positions under their leases.

For Saipan, the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands and a community already stretched thin, the destruction is overwhelming. Recovery will be difficult as the region’s infrastructure is fragile and supply chains stretch across thousands of miles of ocean.