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BC’s Tales of the Pacific – Nan Madol of Pohnpei

Growing up on Pohnpei, Minako always heard the stories about the mysterious and dangerous old city that was somewhere in the jungle, though few people had actually been there. Her mother warned her not to go near the place where demons and taotaomona dwelled because nothing good would come of it an…
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The government shutdown is over. Who won?

BY RUTH CONIFF,Wisconsin Examiner The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over and all we got was the near-cancellation of food assistance just in time for Thanksgiving and a looming explosion in health care costs. None of the problems that led to the shutdown have been resolved. Instead…
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It is everyone’s business

By Zaldy Dandan – Variety Editor Don’t even think about it IN early 2023, the administration announced that the CNMI would wean itself off overreliance on a single tourism market, but instead we ended up overrelying on another market — which has since cratered. Beginning in June 2024, CNMI arrivals…
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Identical, similar and familiar

THE reason I never voted after leaving Saipan is that I see how politics can affect families in general. I never planned to take on the problems of democracy, but it was a required class in high school.
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The awful tuna tragedy

THE most remarkable thing occurred a few weeks ago, and it took me this long to make sense of it so I could share it with you, dear reader. I don’t blame you one bit if you don’t believe the story because, to be honest, I would not believe it myself if I had not experienced it firsthand.
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News from half a century ago

FIFTY years ago, the Northern Marianas was still part of the Trust Territory administered by the U.S. (The other TT districts were Palau, the Marshall Islands, and what is now known as the Federated States of Micronesia.)
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Truth 150: 29+2 & No Champions – TAYA Reforms!

THE Truth is WE have 29 officials in the Legislature & two in the Executive Office YET it’s the SAME-O Impotency with taxes, nepotism, waste, austerity and UNLIMITED business & personal taxes FREELY given to J & P Holdings for 22 yrs. and still no Oversights — duh!
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Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has ignited debate, with critics accusing it of authoritarian overreach while supporters argue it aims to reform American universities’ approach to free speech and merit-based admissions.
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Food or Rent? SNAP Fight Presents Sophie’s Choice

In 1848, my 3rd great-grandfather, John, died in Ireland during the Great Hunger – a catastrophic situation where 1 million people starved to death when they were denied food assistance during the potato blight. After John’s death, his mother, Sara, sailed to America in 1849 to escape starvation, b…
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