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Truth & Consequences (72): No more T&T — FREE at Last!

I COULD only think of the words by Dr. King when my wife woke me up to tell me that Arnold & Dave and had won —  “FREE at Last, FREE at Last — thank God almighty WE are FREE at Last.” The one person who has caused the most damage to the CNMI’s economy and quality of life is finally gone and the…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Interesting facts? You decide

SOME interesting facts to start your week: Cloud-to-cloud lightning can stretch over 75 miles long. The busiest organization in the world is the Pentagon, which has 34,500 phone lines and receives more than one million calls a day. California is home to the oldest known tree, Methuselah, which is e…
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Truth & Consequences (71): Intimidating GOP — Embarrassing!

THERE is a lot of talk about how the Governor has posted his wife, brothers and other family members at the Polls for the early voting. The first thing that voters see at the Early Voting Site is the Torres Family which by their very nature is intimidating to voters but it won’t be enough to win, e…
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Tell it like it is

Now or never? Not really. IF you know who to vote for, and why, then you don’t need a reminder to “go out and vote.” However, if you don’t want to vote for whatever reason, then that’s your right, too. No worries. In every election year, we’ll be subjected to the usual “it’s-now-or-never/most-impor…
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Variations | Change today, change tomorrow, change forever

THE world’s first politician was the serpent in the Garden of Eden — “more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made,” according to the Bible’s magnificent King James Version. The serpent’s “campaign” promise? Change! Believe me and do as I say, the serpent told Eve, eat the fo…
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Leaders who can rebuild back trust in our government

IT will come as no surprise to anyone that Mayor David Apatang was first out of the gate as super typhoons Soudelor and Yutu retreated from our shores. It’s a generational habit. His years in the military, as head of executive departments, and in the legislature trained him to respond immediately a…
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OPINION | It’s up to us

EARLY voting is now in full swing, and runoff election day is Friday, November 25, the day after Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving coincides with one of the meanest, most rancorous political seasons many of us have seen in the Marianas — and also one of our most important elections in a generation. I…
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OPINION | Election innuendos

SO much negativity has been said, on social media, about my personal decision to endorse the Torres/Sablan gubernatorial ticket for the runoff election. Certain members of my former party mates even accused me of stealing and lying.   So, let me address these two very libelous issues before my lawy…
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To the people of the CNMI

ON Nov. 7, 2019, a search warrant was executed. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of Gov. Ralph Torres’ office, his vehicles, his home, his farm and his brothers’ law firm for probable cause of public corruption. The FBI is not done, the investigation is still ongoi…
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