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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is malfeasant behavior still prevails in our government when WE were PROMISED by the Governor “TRUST” — for TRUE! Why this behavior continues is mind-boggling, as it seems to be acceptable in the absence of any protest. The Governor just declared MORE aust…

BC Cook AROUND one hundred people live in the village of Adara, on the backside of Atauro Island.  It is a small piece of land near East Timor.  Times used to be good on Atauro. Rainfall came in abundance, which in turn allowed farming and livestock grazing.  Many people engaged in bringing forth f…

“THINK Like a Freak” is written by the authors of “Freakonomics,” University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Citing their research, they say that our biases — political, intellectual or otherwise — color our view of the world. They also found out …

Greg Borja IMPROVED access has been a priority for many organizations that fight for the rights of people with disabilities throughout the United States, and it is no different from the work being carried out at the Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc. or NMPASI. Years ago, we c…

Jim Rayphand THE only thing I find difficult in my ongoing campaign for the seat of CNMI Delegate to U.S. Congress is talking about me personally. I have an almost visceral reaction to hearing myself even attempting to articulate what a good, competent person I am and some of the good I’ve been abl…

Ambrose M. Bennett JOE Palacios & Thomas Songsong bring out the “Ali in me” and I can easily take-on both, as no Commissioner nor the Director were around when I was doing the research and writing the first draft. The whole problem is the Senate threw away entirely too much of what I wrote, whi…

TROUBLED by the relentless degradation and public denouncement of the CNMI Cannabis Commission, and boastful claims of being the alpha-intellectual business master of cannabis and economics, I step forward to clear the misconception and address the insinuations from my perspective. It is time to co…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is “politics-poli-tricks and more politics” WE have to suffer under and a great example is CPA & MPLT. The recent resignation of Mr. Ayuyu is just more proof of the poli-ticks &  poli-tricks at CPA that is run by ex-politicians and it stinks so bad…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH is we are seeing MORE Taxes, fewer flights with arrivals continuing to decline WE must ask, if WE ask “are WE better off now than before Covid, the answer will be a resounding NO, as NOTHING has changed FOR the better FOR the People nor FOR the CNMI. The impotence in ou…

BC Cook “WHY is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind that makes us hurt most those we love best?” The following story is related by the legendary Japanese film director, Akira Kurosawa, creator of such films as “Rashomon” and “Seven Samurai.”  In pre-war Japan he saw the best and worst of …