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Feds have mercy

February 10, 2023
Modify or scrap the ‘touchback’ provision THE CW-1 “touchback” provision is a punitive federal rule imposed on a depressed local economy struggling with, among many other things, a labor shortage. The NMI U.S. Workforce Act, or Public Law 115-218, states that the employer of a CW, who has been in t…
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Variations | Ruinous social engineering

February 10, 2023
IN a recent National Review cover story, Mario Loyola, who is Puerto Rican, noted that the once-bustling neighborhood where his grandparents lived now “sits eerily abandoned, a common sight in Puerto Rico.” According to Loyola, “The island has lost more than 15 percent of its population since the s…
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MCS Teacher of the Year

February 8, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Jay Pineda for being recognized as and awarded Teacher of the Year at Mount Carmel School. You go boy! Thank you for being a consistent model of a stellar-standard for our profession of education. God bless you, your wife and children. Omedetougozaimasu! Po. DR. JOHN B. AND Y…
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National Children’s Dental Health Month

February 7, 2023
DEAR CNMI Community: This February, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation’s Oral Health Clinic celebrates National Children’s Dental Health Month or NCDHM which is a month-long observance promoting the importance of maintaining and improving children’s oral health. Cavities (also known as caries …
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Issues of an aging population

February 6, 2023
THERE is an inescapable fact affecting communities in the Pacific, and until now we have not spent much time talking about it.  Soon will come a time, however, when we have no choice but to face it.  The population is getting older. Around 70 years ago, the largest group of children ever born came …
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Moving along

February 3, 2023
Right call GOVERNOR Palacios said he doesn’t want to raise taxes and penalize businesses and people “because of the misappropriation and misdeeds of government officials.” Right on. Economic recovery depends on several factors that are mostly beyond the CNMI’s control. Many businesses are still str…
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Variations | The crisis is real, again

February 3, 2023
WITHOUT ARPA funds, the CNMI is back to where it was in March 2020, when the tourism-based economy had to shut down because of global pandemic restrictions. In April of that year, the CNMI government, with the assistance of Graduate School USA, held a virtual Fiscal Response Summit. The participant…
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