Letters to the Editor

I will share one of my observance of racism in my community. I live on a beautiful island named Saipan. Our community is not overpopulated, we have less than sixty thousand people, so I have never thought that I would see racism in this small island until I observed one last month. I found an aggre…

I wanted to bring to your attention that while racism isn’t that common in the NMI, it is still there. Racism to me is as simple as judging someone based on their appearance or background. From my own experience, racism in the NMI is more often used in words than actions. This could be on social me…

Today, I am discussing the Homily of July 15  regarding the  Gospel of Mathew, 5:13-19:  “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.  “You are t…

After much consideration, I came up with, “A Destination for your Tax Evasion Aspirations.” You may be wondering how I came up with this somewhat absurd slogan?  One just needs to look at the environment around them.  I’m going to localize this a bit to the island of Rota in particular by using my …

Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.   “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except …

Thank you eternally. JOHN B. JOYNER, Ph.D Principal Northern Marianas International School

Respectfully to the delegate to the U.S. Congress, the CNMI Office of Veterans Affairs is already underway with the project to fence the entirety of the Veterans Cemetery.  The permit process has been completed, fence location markings are being completed now and the installation of the fence is sc…

In the course of the trial Judge Camacho asked me if there could be any tort committed absent damages and I responded that it could not, not in this case, because damages is an element of any common-law tort that has to be proven. First, and any dumb but the dumbest lawyer knows, there is no such t…

We are very thankful for all the U.S. Navy Seabees and Marines have done for the people of Tinian since Super Typhoon Yutu, helping rebuild our homes and our community.  We appreciate very sincerely your recent reconstruction of the Tinian Children’s Park, knowing that you were undoubtedly thinking…

The business hour is gradually back to normal and some restaurants are now open again. Managaha  is now open as well and ready to accept visitors and tourists. Many churches are now open to the public although with limited number of participants — about 25% of capacity. But I don’t oppose this limi…