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Northern Marianas College President Galvin S. Deleon Guerrero, Ed.D. delivers his remarks during NMC’s 43rd Commencement Exercises at the MHS gym on Friday, May 17, 2024. The following is the text of the address delivered by Northern Marianas College President Galvin S. Deleon Guerrero during NMC’s…

ON Feb. 1, 2024, Saipan Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association of the NMI officials appeared before the local House of Representatives to thank Rep. Ed Propst for introducing House Resolution 23-19: “To express support for the Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program or EVS-…

Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho The following is the text of Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho’s keynote address during NMC’s “Passing of Torch” ceremony May 14, 2024 at Saipan World Resort. ELEANOR Roosevelt once said: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Hafa Adai yan Tiro…

BC Cook WHEN war broke out in the Pacific in 1941 few countries were ready for it, even though many saw it coming. Australia fit this description. After watching its military assets drain away to the fighting in Europe and Africa over the previous two years, the Aussies’ response to the rampaging J…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is the marijuana phobias that still exist in “lay-language” are technically called by experts and scientist as being “IRRATIONAL FEARS” that can’t be substantiated by scientific methods nor with unfounded assertions.  Well, the marijuana phobias promoted b…

THE perilous state of American Samoa’s last tuna cannery is an outcome that experts have long warned about. An international shift in the fishing industry, largely driven by countries with lower workforce standards and pay and subsidized infrastructure, makes U.S. competition in the cannery industr…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is the CNMI has been losing vital “American landmark businesses” in Tony Roma’s and now the Hayatt which tells me that our economic decisions are NOT sitting well with American Investors. Rep. Propst is right to be concerned that the government was not inf…

“It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about narrowing responsibilities.”                                                                                         — John Stossel JOHN Stossel, the former ABC News correspondent and co-anchor who won 19 Emmy Awards, launched an online channel,…