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Same as it ever was

July 21, 2023
This is a stick up LISTENING to the recent budget discussions in the Senate chamber was like eavesdropping on a meeting of pickpockets. Here we have government officials talking about taking more of other people’s money — whether those poor saps like it or not. Why? Because the government, “under n…
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Variations | A tale as old as time

July 21, 2023
IN July 1984, Variety reported that the CNMI Senate was “out of money.” The Senate “will be broke…next week and the July 20 paycheck for the Senate’s approximately 90 employees will be their last of the fiscal year,” according to the director of the Department of Finance. He said “he saw no solutio…
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Signed authorizations

July 20, 2023
IN the early 70s I worked three summers for various sections of what was then called the Department of Administrative Services in American Samoa:  Bank Reconciliation, Job Orders, and Evaluation of Cash Receipts Accounting Systems.  One thing I learned early and clearly was that governmental action…
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Recusals

July 20, 2023
DEAR Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro: Recently, every CNMI Superior Court judges recused themselves from hearing a lawsuit filed by former Governor Torres challenging the contract for the Special Prosecutor. Every CNMI Supreme Court justice also has recused themselves from litigation associated w…
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The chief justice replies

July 19, 2023
DEAR Chairwoman Marissa R. Flores: Thank you for your letter dated July 17, 2023. Due to a recently filed petition for writs of prohibition and mandamus regarding recusal,  the court is prohibited from  commenting on the  subject pursuant to the Code of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth Judicia…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Solomons expedition (2)

July 17, 2023
HONIARA, a city on Guadalcanal, the capital of the Solomon Islands.  A boy in front of me finishes his cola and casually throws the bottle on the sidewalk.  It lands in a heap of 20 more bottles against a fence.  Across the street a man urinates against a building, then another and another until I …
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Tinian does not have an international airport

July 17, 2023
I HAVE received several messages from friends in the US and Australia regarding a recently released military issued video regarding the development of the Divert Facility on Tinian. At least three times, the video refers to the “Tinian International Airport.” Tinian does not have an int…
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‘In Memoriam’ and Liberation Day

July 14, 2023
THIS October, the 17th Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council, in cooperation with  American Memorial Park on Saipan, will hold In Memoriam, a  commemorative ceremony in remembrance of nearly a thousand Chamorro and Carolinian civilians who lost their lives during the fierce Battle of Saipan…
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As if the NMI hasn’t enough problems already

July 14, 2023
What’s what THE CNMI Labor secretary said it is unlikely that the U.S. Congress would act anytime soon on the repeal or modification of the “touchback” provision, which requires hundreds (thousands?) of CWs to “exit” the CNMI, all at the same time, for “at least 30 days” before their contract…
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