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Carry on

As old as new NOW that the election year’s political argument has been settled by voters, we expect the incoming administration to retain its predecessor’s policies and programs that are “meaningful and impactful.” We’re pretty sure the governor-elect and lt. governor-elect know what these are. Lik…
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Variations | The persistence of workforce issues

THE lack of workers for certain jobs has been a major challenge for the NMI economy since at least the Japanese era. Unlike the Spaniards and the Germans, the Japanese administrators of the islands wanted to see economic growth. Japan “solved” the islands’ labor shortage by bringing in tens of thou…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | The Bondi Beast is identified

A SERIAL rapist terrorized a community, targeting over 30 women spanning three decades.  The trail went cold, not because police closed in on him, but because he either satisfied his desires or he realized he was one mistake from getting nabbed and chose to lay low. The victims, women from the ages…
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Variations | Post-runoff election trivia

FOUR years ago, two candidates told Variety that the 2018 election was “the most challenging” and the “nastiest so far” because of the “false accusations” and “misinformation” that also targeted one of the candidates’ family members. This reminded me of another previous gubernatorial election in wh…
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Easy does it

In praise of the election commission COUNTING the votes cast in a democratic election should be quick and easy especially in this high-tech world — but not really, as the recent experience of “the world’s oldest democracy,” the U.S., shows. (From the BBC, Nov. 10, 2022: “Days after US voters cast t…
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OPINION | The promise of change

IT feels like a brand new day in the Marianas. Leila Staffler and I join our fellow Democrats in extending our sincerest congratulations to Governor-elect Arnold Palacios and Lieutenant Governor-elect David Apatang on their decisive victory, which truly is the victory of the people.  I am proud of …
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The Pulpit Bully — Hunter & Reality!

DEAR Robert Hunter, you have used your podium in the Governor’s office to “troll & bully” citizens of the CNMI for too long and WE are Glad that you are gone!  But you still want to conduct a character assassination on Tina — ugly  vengeance & jealousy for TRUE!   You have some nerve to try…
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