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IN a letter this week, the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation notified the Secretary of Finance of local appropriations as well as federal allocations from the American Rescue Plan Act or ARPA that have yet to be transferred to CHCC. The total balance owed to CHCC: a…

THERE is a saying that “great people and especially leaders are able to “walk their talk” but that is a very RARE thing we see in many politicians, which is why they are so often accused of “lying, misleading, not doing what they said or promised” and the list goes on with the plethora of disconnec…

WHEN I was young, my brothers and I got into an argument over who made a big mess in the kitchen.  Sticky spills covered the counter tops, dirty dishes filled the sink and some kind of powder was all over the floor.  Incriminations flew, followed by shouts of “I didn’t do it so I’m not cleaning it …

FOR several days now, the entire community of the CNMI was captivated by what happened to Mr. Joe C. Mafnas, Director of Customs, regarding the way his employment was handled by the Torres-Palacios administration. If in fact that was the case, I say no employee, be it in government or private, shou…

THE Marianas Southern Airways, the CNMI’s newest airline, will fly between Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam in less than a month. This milestone is exactly what my administration has been working on for several years to achieve more reliable interisland transportation, support the local economi…

THE AD Team are Republicans, so if it acts like a duck and sounds like a duck then more than likely it’s a duck (Republican) — meaning WE the People are NOT going to get anything different from AD than WE have already been getting for the past two decades or more from Republicans. The perfect PATHE…

THE Youth Congress aims “to provide a system which allows the youth to prepare to meet the challenges of the future.” System as in government. As for the Junior State of America, it has launched its inaugural Civics Institute Micronesia which is “designed to engage high school students with the mos…

THE abrupt transfer of Customs Director Jose Mafnas to a nonexistent position in an entirely different department is political retaliation, plain for all to see. The complaint he has filed in court reveals much about the circumstances that led up to the transfer — from Mr. Mafnas’ open suppor…

THE battle for Saipan during the Second World War has aptly been called the D-Day of the Pacific.  Not only did it take place at the same time as its more famous cousin, the D-Day in France, but it marked the beginning of the end for the Japanese empire.  Just as in Europe, the end of the war came …

THE Governor is back at it with his “finger-pointing” at the Legislature when it’s ultimately HIS job to “set the conditions for our Economic stability & Growth.” He is also deflecting the 25% issue to be about the House that is run by Democrats and Gaslighting his minuscule and even FAKE effor…