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WITH another shocking story of human trafficking in the Pacific, it is appropriate to revisit some of the previous columns on the subject.  Please familiarize yourself with this information so you will be better able to protect yourself and your loved ones.  And let’s burst some myths while we are …

IRATE voters say their elected officials should “Do Something!,” referring to the CNMI government’s wobbly financial condition and weakening local economy. Of course elected officials can “do something,” but most voters won’t like what has to be done. Not a lot of voters want “solutions.” What they…

THIS remarkable story comes to you from an island in the South Pacific.  To protect the reputations of the pilot, the taxi driver and the boat skipper, its name is withheld, but you may recognize it through your own powers of deduction.  I beg you not to rush to judgment but let the finer spices of…

GOOD news (for a change) from the Wall Street Journal: “Rebound in Immigration Comes to Economy’s Aid “Rise in foreign-born labor force boosts worker supply, eases wage pressure and aids Federal Reserve’s goal of ‘soft landing’ ” According to the Journal, “The U.S. economy’s prospects of a soft lan…

LAST month in this space we spoke about the need to address our “neighborhood nemesis,” property blight.  As we celebrate World Tourism Day on Sept. 27, we turn our attention to this year’s celebration of Tourism & Green Investments and this year’s theme, “Investing in People, Planet and …

IN a recent news article by Meg J. Adonis published in the business section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Monday, Sept. 25, 2023), the president of the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation or PNOC-EC,  Franz Josef George Alvarez, was quoted as saying at a Senate hearing that …

I AM enjoying a book titled “Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History” by Kalee Thompson. Although it is a page turner, one passage which details lifting a man from the ocean into a Coast Guard helicopter deserves mention.  I include an abridged portion of i…

SAYS the headline of a Wall Street Journal news story in May 2023: “What Everyone — Except the U.S. — Has Learned About Immigration “Washington remains divided over allowing more foreign workers while global rivals lower barriers to ease persistent labor shortages” According to the Journal: “Govern…