Letters to the Editor

MISTER Chair,  this  letter  is regarding the  May  13, 2021 articles  in  Marianas Variety  and Saipan  Tribune  which  were about  your  concerns  about the  finances  of the  former  Northern Marianas  Trades  Institute and  current Northern  Marianas   Technical   Institute.    At  that   meeti…

DEAR Congressman Sablan: It was made  apparent to me via a lengthy commentary you posted that was related to the creation of the new Infrastructure Recovery  Program or IRP, that you are exceptionally misinformed about  the purpose of this program. I am disheartened that rather than  reach out to d…

I’M very aware that some people don’t like to read articles that are long but I hope this will help anyone who is a lazy reader.  I was recently editing my book about my mother “MaDear — A True American Success Story” that will be on Amazon soon so make sure you purchase one. But I was using the “R…

ARISTOTLE once said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Without teachers with the biggest hearts, life would have no class. The world would never learn a single lesson if our teachers did not encourage minds to think and create. Our hearts would never have lear…

ARTICLE 12 is one of the few remaining examples of native/indigenous land autonomy in the United States. This unique position should not be given or stripped away so hastily and irresponsibly. SLI-22-01 is a six-page document that threatens to destroy over forty years of historical indigenous land …

FROM 2 Timothy 3:1-7: “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters…

I AM so impressed with the system the post office has in place now.  Post office personnel as well as customs personnel have always been courteous, efficient, and helpful.  But the new system with separate line for yellow card is amazingly efficient.   Thank you! JEANNE RAYPHAND Resident of Saipan

THURSDAY’s Variety reports that a congressional resolution has been introduced, co-sponsored by Delegate Kilili, denouncing the Insular Cases —  a set of U.S. Supreme Court decisions limiting the reach of the U.S. Constitution in outlying offshore jurisdictions. The resolution focuses on some obnox…