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IT has been a week since the Saipan Chamber of Commerce with the CNMI Small Business Development Center Network and the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers closed out the first-ever Friends of Business Summit. The event provided small businesses with useful information about the support and res…

WHILE the NMDs actually have over 100-million in their Treasure-chest, they can’t gain access to these millions because there is NO-listing of WHO are the NMDs.  One would think that a listing of NMDs would have been one of the very FIRST-things done when Article XII became Law over four decades ag…

SPEED records are constantly being broken, so much so that we rarely take notice anymore. So-and-so is now the fastest car on the planet. Next year it will be surpassed, and that one the year after that, and so on. When it comes to flight, it feels like records are broken almost daily, with some ne…

THIS year has been very exciting, particularly at the start of the year when Northern Marianas College was chosen as the new home of the CNMI Small Business Development Center Network — a significant milestone for the CNMI. This is the first time our Commonwealth was granted money for its own lead …

FYI Commenter, someone MUST continue to keep the same-old-mistakes in the public eyes, especially when the Governor and his Republicans in office and on boards continue to shed a “NEW-Light” on WHY these old issues were not addressed (Amelia, cannabis, tourism, Mariana Resort, La Fiesta, OUR Commun…

“WHY do we need economic growth?” a young self-styled democratic socialist (i.e., Sanderista) asked me, the former self-styled scientific socialist (i.e., Marxist). I mentioned the CNMI government’s many obligations to voters who include government employees — and retirees. “Why,” asked the Bernie …

THIS story is a nice reminder that the world has become a very small place, and that there are still a lot of good people left out there.  It gives hope to those who have left important things in faraway places. Lyndon Lisheng, a young man from Singapore, took a holiday in Australia, where among ot…

WHILE the Governor’s Economic Taskforce has created and even cemented “partnerships with the Public & Private Sectors” the Economic outcomes and improvements in the quality of life have been miniscule to say the least.  I actually had to read the Governor’s Opinion Letter twice to make sure I “…

WRITING for the American Institute for Economic Research, Scott Scheall, an assistant professor and director of graduate studies at Arizona State University, asked his readers the following (rhetorical) question: “Imagine that you are elected to some public office, whatever it might be. Will your k…

HÅFA Adai yan Tirow Wóómi! August 2022 marks the second full year of operation for the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers. The Council’s efforts throughout the year exhibit the value of collaboration between the private sector and our government to enhance the quality of life for all res…