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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Krakatoa

BC Cook KILAUEA on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting for many months and it has people talking.  But these eruptions are not life threatening.  In fact, tourists crowd around the cauldron to catch a glimpse and a selfie.  But years ago, another volcano was not so camera friendly.  Krakatoa…
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Perseverance is a virtue

SOCIAL media is swarming with negativity about Gov. Arnold Palacios’ economic leadership. Clearly, our economy in recent years hasn’t been vibrant — due in part to the decline in tourist arrivals. Tourism, though fragile, has long been the main driver of our economy. Unfortunately, changes in immig…
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This and that

Reading between the lines IN a recent status report to the federal court, the U.S. government highlighted an issue that CNMI elected officials would rather not revisit: CUC “has not implemented measures to assure that its revenues are sufficient to cover every day operating and maintenance expenses…
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Variations ǀ Survey says

PREPARED by a team of economists and other experts, the Marianas Economic Roadmap includes the results of a community survey conducted from Nov. 14 to Dec. 5, 2024. The confidence level is 95%, and the margin of error is ±4.35%. The results are presented in five sections: • Attitudes about the resp…
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Desperate consequences

I HAVE been mindful and protective about my right to vote, but everything is getting worse instead of improving. Voters have been tricked and fooled. What’s happening is the opposite of what they hoped for when they voted for Trump. Trump came into office with a good enough economy but he only made…
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Abolish gambling

PLEASE pass the CCC abolition bill and thus protect both the business community and the CNMI government from futile legal trauma, which goes on forever solving nothing, wasting needed time and funds as we have seen over the last 20 years. This also keeps the U.S. federal government from being invol…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Kamehameha of Hawaii

BC Cook COMPARED to most places around the world Hawaii has been unified for a very short time.  Like many island groups throughout the Pacific, it proved difficult for one island chief to conquer another island, let alone the entire island chain.  Each island answered to a local chief, and though …
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How things stand

The real issue AS with most of the “burning issues of the day,” the discussion surrounding the Commonwealth Casino Commission and the governor’s executive order to abolish it has devolved into (mostly ad hominem) arguments over politics and political figures. The issue, however, is pretty much clea…
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