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WHILE the American government has been shut down and we hold our breath to see if the cease-fire holds in the Middle East, the Coast Guard has been quietly going about its business of destroying the international drug trade.

THE late great Hans Rosling, in his important 2018 book “Factfulness,” said we should teach our children “what life was really like in the past so that they do not mistakenly think that no progress has been made.”

WHEN Guamanians cast their votes in 2026, they won’t just be electing a new governor. They’ll be deciding whether Guam can finally deliver a safe, modern and resilient public hospital — or remain stuck in decades of patchwork fixes and political gridlock.

I GREW up in Sorsogon, a province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, where every town seems to have its own language. Although we are all Bicolanos, the words we use and the way we speak can sound completely different from one place to another. Even small changes in pronunciation can mean some…

THE Truth is “most people DO have common sense” like the editor quoted in his Editorial but it seems only the Common Bigots are willing to speak out. I write Op eds FOR the People in hopes of helping the thousands of People who are adversely affected by “what our leaders DO and what they FAIL-to-Do…

WHEN a natural disaster occurs in the islands: tsunami, earthquake, volcano, or typhoon, there is a similar pattern of events. Usually there is little warning of the danger. Even if there was, it would not make much difference because living on an island severely limits a person’s choices about how…

THE French economist Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) believed that most individuals are competent economists when managing their households. They use common-sense economics in their decision-making. They know how to budget their limited resources by balancing income and expenditures. They are aware of…

THE Truth is the rescission of the raise to Mr. Hofschneider’s raise was literally the “last straw” for me, as it was great to see a public outcry strong enough to influence a government’s action.

Article XV(e) of our CNMI Constitution is not just a budget rule. It is a promise — a promise that our children’s education will always be protected, no matter who is in office or how politics may change from year to year.

SEALARK Exploration is a New Zealand-based search and recovery company that researches and locates historic shipwrecks and downed aircraft. On a recent trip to the Solomon Islands, the team dove the area around Tulagi, the seat of colonial government in pre-war times and a major military installati…