Letters to the Editor

AS a retiree, I find it imperative to respond to the NMI Settlement Fund’s recent release regarding retirees’ health insurance. Every year-end, we receive the same threatening notice about the possible lapse of our health insurance coverage.

LAWMAKERS and CNMI Leaders, please restore cuts made to senior citizens retirement benefits. At a time when inflation cuts away the precarious budgets of those on fixed incomes, salt is thrown in the wound.

I AM a Japanese woman residing in Saipan. Over the past 12 years, I have been subjected to multiple incidents including robbery, attempted robbery, theft, break-ins, property damage, and even attempted murder and assault by police officers.

THE Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System often promotes its commitment to fairness, equity, and transparency. Yet, within its own ranks, employees have raised serious concerns that these principles are too often ignored — particularly in the Human Resources division and…

GUAM’S medical oversight is broken and patients pay the price. Nearly 70 patient complaints have been filed with the Guam Board of Medical Examiners or GBME over the past seven years. Not one has resulted in a clear ruling in favor of a patient. Complaints languish, hearings stall, and outcomes van…

I AM happy for my son Matthew V. Dacuma. After graduating from Marianas High School, he went on to become a full-fledged American Marine on Nov. 14, 2025 in San Diego, California. We, his parents, Manuel Carreon Dacuma and Rosana Dacuma, are happy that he was able to cope with the tests at the Boot…

THE reason I never voted after leaving Saipan is that I see how politics can affect families in general. I never planned to take on the problems of democracy, but it was a required class in high school.

FOR those die-hard Republicans and Democrats who were fooled by Trump’s second administration into wasting their vote on the best con man in American history, you can still make your voice heard in the next election and help change course.

ON the night of Oct. 18, 2025, in one of the pavilions at Kilili Beach, we gathered to celebrate a “Potluck Birthday Party” for a fellow overseas Filipino worker. We also extended our farewell messages to one of our fellow OFWs who is scheduled to return to the Philippines for good after 36 long ye…

Regarding House Local Bill No. 24-11, “To amend the Saipan Zoning Law of 2013, Section 1211 concerning nonconforming auto rental offices with vehicles, for enhanced industry clarity and infrastructure utilization in the Third Senatorial District; and for other purposes.”