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The NMI is not asking much

30 days should mean 30 days THE local business community, through the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, has been expressing concern about the “touchback” provision since it was proposed as part of a bipartisan CW extension bill passed by a Republican-led U.S. Congress and signed into law by a Republican …
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OPINION | Truth (17): Voodoo economic & copycat efforts!

THE TRUTH of the matter is our leaders seem to literally HATE the fact that Ambrose M. Bennett tries to tell them “what needs to be done” and instead they try to let time go by and try to change my suggestions so they can try to get the credit. I have seen this phenomenon over the years, especially…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Solomons expedition (8)

ON Tuesday morning, we met two men from the Olotsara Retreat Center out at Cape Esperance on the western end of Guadalcanal.  The final dive target was our best chance to see a plane and get what we came for.  Over coffee we explained to the men how our expedition had gone so far.  Although none of…
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Money problems

Pay on time to get paid on time BUSINESSES should pay the business gross revenue tax on time. Of course. There are legal penalties if they don’t. In the CNMI, however, their major vendor is usually the Commonwealth government, which is notorious for not paying on time, especially during an economic…
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Variations | Forty years ago

ON the front-page of Marianas Variety’s Aug. 19, 1983 issue: “14,549 July tourists smash NMI record.” The figure marked a 50% increase over the July 1982 arrivals. At the time, the tourism industry was still in its infancy, and the CNMI government was still getting a significant amount of federal f…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Solomons expedition (7)

THE southeasterly winds were blowing in, stirring whitecaps on Choiseul Bay and spraying sand across my keyboard.  The team was waiting for the plane back to Honiara, which would not come for a few days.  Meanwhile, we interviewed locals about any other wrecks they knew of, cultivated friendships, …
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