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OPINION | Truth 28: Our vocal & silent politicians!

December 8, 2023
THE TRUTH of the matter is our leaders are NOT as unified as they need to be if the CNMI is to gain any real footing & synergy (forward progress) in addressing our Economy which dictates to a high-degree the quality of life in the CNMI. WE the People are witnessing the same old “one-man show” t…
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Hey, big spender

December 8, 2023
You can’t ignore basic arithmetic THE CNMI government’s main problem is not really the bad economy, but its refusal to make significant spending adjustments based on the actual revenue it is collecting. In 2019, prior to the pandemic, the CNMI had three main tourism markets: Korea with 249,211 arri…
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OPINION | ‘Burning desire’ from inside the Cabinet

December 6, 2023
THE Governor’s bi-weekly Cabinet meeting was missing a distinct voice this past Friday and the Governor began the meeting with a call “for a moment of silence for the late Ross Manglona” who passed away earlier in the week.  I didn’t know him well, but he certainly had a captivating voice and a see…
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OPINION | Truth 27: The KISS methodology & China

December 4, 2023
THE TRUTH of the matter is “if WE (the CNMI) didn’t learn the lessons taught by history then WE are DOOMED to make the SAME MISTAKE(s),” and believe me that has happened entirely toooooo many times in the CNMI since my arrival here in 1989, as the-powers-that-be have yet to learn much of anything I…
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Government: Your money, my money

December 1, 2023
A stick up, basically SAIPAN Chamber of Commerce and HANMI officers met with House members recently to follow up on a letter that the business organizations sent last month to the governor, the congressional delegate, and the Legislature’s presiding officers. The letter was about the precarious sta…
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Variations | Angels and government

December 1, 2023
MANY of us complain about “politics” in government — as if they don’t go together. (Spoiler alert: they do.) And usually, to minimize “politics,” we turn to…politicians. That will be the primary consequence of the legislative initiative, S.L.I. 23-02, to “authorize the election” of a public auditor…
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OPINION | Making tourism our business: Building bicycle tourism

November 29, 2023
Christopher A. Concepcion THIS Saturday — Dec. 2 — over 150 cyclists from Asia, Europe, and the region will take to Saipan roads in a race that has been hailed as one the toughest of the Pacific — the Hell of the Marianas. Competitors, both pros and amateurs, are arriving from South Korea, Japan, R…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | A new mountain discovered

November 27, 2023
BC Cook IT is not too often that we get to use this column’s heading.  “A new mountain?” you ask.  But wait. This mountain was found in a most private spot.  The following information appears courtesy of The Maritime Executive: “A team of researchers with the Schmidt Ocean Institute has discovered …
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