Letters to the Editor

I HAVE heard a story told by a Saipanese that some Guamanians claim that the Chamorros of Saipan were responsible for the bombing and invasion of Guam. Not true. It is true that Chamorros and Carolinians of the Northern Marianas had taken jobs with the Japanese, working at Aslito Airfield. An uncle…

IT is becoming more clearer every-day that Trump & Torres are falling from the Grace of the People and with them being the Top Executives, they have the longest way to fall so it is going to really HURT! The GOP is finally waking up to the fact that “the days of Trumpism are NUMBERED,” which is…

DEAR Robert Hunter, you have used your podium in the Governor’s office to “troll & bully” citizens of the CNMI for too long and WE are Glad that you are gone!  But you still want to conduct a character assassination on Tina — ugly  vengeance & jealousy for TRUE!   You have some nerve to try…

I COULD only think of the words by Dr. King when my wife woke me up to tell me that Arnold & Dave and had won —  “FREE at Last, FREE at Last — thank God almighty WE are FREE at Last.” The one person who has caused the most damage to the CNMI’s economy and quality of life is finally gone and the…

THERE is a lot of talk about how the Governor has posted his wife, brothers and other family members at the Polls for the early voting. The first thing that voters see at the Early Voting Site is the Torres Family which by their very nature is intimidating to voters but it won’t be enough to win, e…

ON Nov. 7, 2019, a search warrant was executed. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of Gov. Ralph Torres’ office, his vehicles, his home, his farm and his brothers’ law firm for probable cause of public corruption. The FBI is not done, the investigation is still ongoi…

IT will come as no surprise to anyone that Mayor David Apatang was first out of the gate as super typhoons Soudelor and Yutu retreated from our shores. It’s a generational habit. His years in the military, as head of executive departments, and in the legislature trained him to respond immediately a…

WHEN we voted to approve our Covenant to join the American political family, that piece of document made us all citizens of the United States, and that, more than anything, makes it absolutely clear what our position is vis-a-vis the United States: what our privileges, benefits and also our respons…

MY Dear People of the Commonwealth: I write this letter of my own accord to share some insights with our Democratic Party now that Tina Sablan and Leila Staffler are no longer on the ballot. I have been a Democrat virtually all my life and have the privilege of being the first female senator to ser…