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FEATURE ǀ May the Force be with you

Galvin Deleon Guerrero The following is the College Address that was delivered at Northern Marianas College’s 44th Commencement Exercises on May 23, 2025. SO, it’s pretty obvious: I am a huge Star Wars fan. One of the reasons is that George Lucas and his team borrow heavily from history, mythology,…
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The center lane is not your chill zone

HAVE you noticed our newly paved roads and freshly painted lanes? Beautiful, right? Especially that shiny center lane. Too bad some folks are treating it like their personal freeway. Let’s clear this up: the center lane is for left turns only. Not for cruising, passing, merging, texting your cousin…
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Desperate measures in desperate times

IN these trying times, and amid Trump’s questionable and unethical behavior, American voters never expected to lose their jobs or to green-light the President’s dismantling of the Constitution, along with the rules and protocols that protect the U.S. and its global interests.  Trump’s activities ar…
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Politics. What is it good for?

A timeless piece of advice WHEN private businesses incur losses, they cut costs. When the government incurs losses, it tries to impose additional costs on private businesses. This is yet another reason why government can’t be run like a business — and why government officials, for once, should stop…
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Variations ǀ The CNMI’s competitive advantage

THE latest CNMI economic report — “Marianas Economic Roadmap: CNMI Economic Recovery Study” — highlights basic economic truths that public officials and politicians should keep in mind. Here’s one: “The greater level of customers in a market, the higher the likelihood profit can be achieved. With m…
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Deep concern and disappointment

TO Rep. John Paul Sablan, chairman, Saipan & Northern Islands Legislative Delegation. Dear Chairman Sablan: On behalf of The Marianas Business Network, I am writing to express our deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent veto of our $5,000 funding request by the Governor. As a grass…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Black Tom’s mystery meat

BC Cook THE Pacific in the 1860s was a wild place, full of explorers, seafarers, heroes, scoundrels, and decent people trying to make a living.  The man known as Black Tom was a little of all of these. Tom began life as a slave in Delaware in the United States.  When his master whipped him he promp…
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