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Ambrose M. Bennett FOR True, it seems the Republican-led Supreme Court has turned into a Kangaroo Court freeing up Trump just like our Senate Republican Kangaroo Court did in our CNMI freeing up then Governor Ralph Torres after he was impeached to create the “BOOST Giveaway Program,” in which he ga…

BC Cook YOU may recall the story of the Pacific War involving Chile, Bolivia and Peru.  This is a totally forgotten (until now) episode of that conflict that ties together international intrigue, maritime law, scandal, adultery and bird poo. During the Pacific War a Scottish ship delivered goods to…

ELECTION-YEAR politics could be summed up by the following statement made by a prominent Democrat-leaning liberal: He would rather vote for President Joe Biden’s “head in a jar of blue liquid” over backing Donald Trump in November. I’m sure Republican-leaning conservatives said the same thing about…

Arnold I. Palacios IT’S rather disingenuous for GOP President Diego Benavente to be lecturing about tourism, as he did in a press release this week — especially when the biggest exodus of Japanese hotels, airlines, and other investments happened on his watch, when he was Lt. Governor (2002 &#…

Christopher A. Concepcion THE attention of the world has been on Saipan and the Marianas in the last week with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s whirlwind stop in Saipan to plead guilty in U.S. District Court to a felony charge of violating the Espionage Act.  Sentenced to time served in a British…

THE TRUTH of the matter is the Casino Commission MUST-GO, as there is nothing for them to do and now they are even trying to get an additional member. They are trying everything from “threats of accepting bribes to now it’s being impotent needing another member,” just anything to keep them on the j…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is the fact that WE (the CNMI) have done all we can now do about China and it’s time to “pivot” away our focus to things that NEED to be FIXED!  I do want to commend what I see as a real partnership between MVA Managing Director Mr. Conception and the Gove…

BC Cook IF you steal something that was stolen, have you committed a crime?  I suppose it depends on your motive and what you do with it.  Imagine a mutiny on board a ship, the criminals sail away, then several of the crew mutiny a second time and return the ship to its rightful owner.  In the proc…

ON Feb. 22, 2024, the governor sat down for an interview with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. FDD describes itself as “a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.” FDD said it does not accept donations from any foreign g…