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APRIL is Autism Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about autism spectrum disorder or ASD and to continue to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. Autism affects millions of people worldwide, and yet many individuals with ASD continue to face stigma and discrimination. Autism …

READING has taken a backseat in today’s fast-paced and technology-driven world. With so many distractions challenging our attention, like social media, it can be easy to overlook the benefits of reading books. From captivating stories to informative non-fiction, reading can broaden our minds …

THE TRUTH of the matter is the Board of Education has self-corrected without the need to change the law like some people, House Members and even lawyers seemed to have thought was necessary. This was not the first time the BOE has run into a brick-wall but it was the first time for the stalemate to…

IN an increasingly chaotic world in which many people suffer under repressive governments, miserable living conditions, and grinding poverty, it is no wonder that illegal immigrants and stowaways plague the world’s oceans.  It seems everyone would rather be somewhere else and will use whatever mean…

“Construction of Airbase on Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out Has Begun” — headline of a news story posted on The War Zone, June 15, 2022 COMMONWEALTH Covenant Day should remind us why the American flag flies over these islands. To be sure, that’s probably a question whose answer depends …

THE TRUTH of the matter is WE the People are witnessing a “power haunting struggle by 3  BOE members & Herman-pan to protect & serve the Commissioner,” as that is the real source of all the fuss. Readers need to know that the COE, Alfred Ada, is with Herman-pan. God knows I don’t take any p…

RECENTLY, the BBC featured an article by a security expert which argued that war in the Pacific is not imminent because it would not be in anyone’s interest.  After the announcement that Australia was tightening its defensive alliance with the United States and Great Britain by purchasing nuclear s…

JUST to be clear, I’m seeking answers not sympathy. Then somewhere down the line, a solution. I tell this story as a concerned citizen but mainly for my sister, Jo Anna, “Jojo.” This is Jojo’s third time in ICU. I lost count of the number of days, nights I’ve spent at the hospital watching over my …

IN April 2019, six months after Super Typhoon Yutu thrashed Saipan and Tinian, the then-Torres-Palacios administration announced the release of a federally funded, 204-page updated “CNMI Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy” or CEDS. It was described as a “comprehensive economic planning doc…

THE TRUTH of the matter is WE the People are now seeing what happens when an old-dog can’t learn new tricks, as Herman Guerrero is figuratively up to his OLD-Tricks. I’m not taking sides but I do know that Mr. Orsini is an honorable man, as he has always answered my calls and even attended a meetin…