Columnists

BC Cook FOR centuries the Pacific has been travelled by countless cargo ships bringing valuable goods to and from endless buyers and sellers.  There are two types of cargo ship: those owned by trading companies and are given specific destinations and assigned to move particular cargoes, and those c…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is this entire economic mess we (the CNMI) are in today is because of Republicans. The GOP schemes to legislate the casino and all their other schemes have contributed to the casino’s demise and the first ever pending RICO Case that includes a number of un…

Jim Rayphand I HAVE pulled some cockamamie schemes over the years trying to incent (or rather trick) myself into being a better version of who I am particularly as it relates to being a better ward of this now old body, mind and soul, but this year’s plan will take the cake. Actually, if all goes t…

Local economist Matthew Deleon Guerrero at the Saipan Chamber of Commerce’s 2nd Economic Summit last week. IN his presentation at the Saipan Chamber of Commerce’s 2nd Economic Summit last week, local economist Matthew Deleon Guerrero explained why the loss of tourist arrivals “translates into broad…

Glen Hunter CHINA’S growing presence in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands cannot be ignored. Using strategic capitalist methods, the Chinese Communist Party has been making calculated moves to establish a stronghold in various islands across the Pacific. The CNMI is a prime exa…

BC Cook WHEN I started to describe to a friend what it was like to swim around Forbidden Island, the first thing he asked was why.  By the time I had finished the tale he knew the answer to his question. The hike down to the rocks from the parking area above was difficult, but it made us anticipate…