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BC Cook “I AM in hell!”  With those words Fletcher Christian, second in command of theBounty, justified his act of piracy, taking control of the ship, seizing his captain, William Bligh, and those loyal to him and casting them adrift in a tiny lifeboat in the expanse of the Pacific.  It is the most…

Erlinda C. Naputi Message from the PIALA President/PIALA Conference Chair Erlinda C. Naputi delivered during the Opening Ceremony of the 33rd Annual Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums Annual Conference held at the Guam Museum in Hagåtña, Guam on Tuesday, December 3, 202…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is CEDA did not generate any NEW Competitive Economic Development but indeed set the conditions for MACS to have a monopoly over our Interisland Air Travel & Cargo. I’m not against MACS and I thank them for their Cargo Services but for CPA to “trump-up…

THE “authoritarian temptation” is a penchant largely found among intellectuals and those who consider themselves intelligent. They believe that democracy is too messy, too chaotic to accomplish what must done to save the “demos” — Greek for “the people — from themselves. Most people are, alas, burd…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is first & foremost there needs to be an investigation and a Writ to put the GOP Power-Subterfuge in check, as it is clear CPA, a Republican Strong-Hole and CEDA, another Republican Strong-Hole clearly appear to be working “In-Concert” to get rid of St…

BC Cook THE sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Cousteau Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal j…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is with Trump-2.0, the political, economic & social forecast for America & the CNMI is gloomy with all kinds of social, economic, political & judicial Super Tornados on the mainland with Super Typhoons developing here even before Trump takes of…

OVER a week ago, a health insurance executive in New York was gunned down like a dog. The suspect, Luigi Mangione, according to the Associated Press, is “the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation’s top p…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is, someone must set the matter straight on OUR Institutional Politics which has been faltering for years, as it seems the People are finally starting to SEE & SAY they have had ENOUGH of the political “gaslighting, deflecting and slight-of-hand poli-t…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is the majority ignored ALL the DEMONS and Trump is our President, and all his appointees are criminals & unqualified turning our nation’s government into a Three-ring Clown Show with Nepotism. Being a Black man who was victimized by a prejudice Judici…