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THE TRUTH of the matter is our leaders are NOT as unified as they need to be if the CNMI is to gain any real footing & synergy (forward progress) in addressing our Economy which dictates to a high-degree the quality of life in the CNMI. WE the People are witnessing the same old “one-man show” t…

THE Governor’s bi-weekly Cabinet meeting was missing a distinct voice this past Friday and the Governor began the meeting with a call “for a moment of silence for the late Ross Manglona” who passed away earlier in the week.  I didn’t know him well, but he certainly had a captivating voice and a see…

THE TRUTH of the matter is “if WE (the CNMI) didn’t learn the lessons taught by history then WE are DOOMED to make the SAME MISTAKE(s),” and believe me that has happened entirely toooooo many times in the CNMI since my arrival here in 1989, as the-powers-that-be have yet to learn much of anything I…

TO regular readers of this column, the Outlaw Ocean Project is a familiar term.  That group of journalists works hard to expose injustice and inhumanity on the high seas, and the primary culprit of so much misery is the Chinese fishing fleet.  Dr. Ian Ralby at the Center for Maritime Strategy has w…

THE TRUTH of the matter is the people of the CNMI are extremely disconnected from the actual activities and ownership in our government, as things are just being left-up to the powers that be without any form of input or protest BY the People. There was a time when Public Hearings really meant some…

MANY of us complain about “politics” in government — as if they don’t go together. (Spoiler alert: they do.) And usually, to minimize “politics,” we turn to…politicians. That will be the primary consequence of the legislative initiative, S.L.I. 23-02, to “authorize the election” of a public auditor…

Christopher A. Concepcion THIS Saturday — Dec. 2 — over 150 cyclists from Asia, Europe, and the region will take to Saipan roads in a race that has been hailed as one the toughest of the Pacific — the Hell of the Marianas. Competitors, both pros and amateurs, are arriving from South Korea, Japan, R…

THE TRUTH of the matter is the Governor is struggling to repair the catastrophic damage to our Economy by former Governor Ralph, Nature and a Pandemic but the reforms and synergy needed to create a booming economy have yet to materialize. Why does the Governor have to go public to plead with CPA to…

BC Cook IT is not too often that we get to use this column’s heading.  “A new mountain?” you ask.  But wait. This mountain was found in a most private spot.  The following information appears courtesy of The Maritime Executive: “A team of researchers with the Schmidt Ocean Institute has discovered …

AS history has shown to those who care to see, pandering and plunder are features — not bugs — of politics. Populism, moreover, could be the oldest trick in a politician’s bag of tricks. (See for example, the politics of ancient Rome.) “Vote for me and I will make your life better while going after…