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Name: LOEE Gender: Female Age: 1 Breed: Chihuahua & Doberman Mix Color: Black and Yellow Has a collar and bone shaped tag. She is very shy so please call (670)235-0470 if you see her. REWARD: $100

Happy Birthday Julie Ogo!

Thinking of you and the good times we have spent together! Happy Birthday, to my dear best friend who is always close to my heart! Wishing God writes the best of his blessings in your destiny and showers upon you the most beautiful, moments always! With love always, Maggie Masga

Congratulations, Alia Aguon Haro!

Congratulations Alia! You did it! May God bless you on your new journey in life. We are so proud of you. Love you! Alia Aguon Haro graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seattle Pacific University, on June 13, 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. 

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OPINION ǀ Truth 143: Real Activism v Funny & Bigotry!

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is, the components of an activists are far more powerful than the funny & bigot critics in the comment section whom I love to bounce things off — LOL and Thanks for the subject matter. I bring this to the forefront not because their comments bother me but to try and…
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OPINION ǀ Life for life

Jim Rayphand Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly that of the writer and do not explicitly or necessarily reflect, nor represent the policies and position of Northern Marianas College. MY first and only reaction to the news of a young man being fatally shot on a…
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Chamorros are not minorities — we are indigenous

THE U.S. Department of Education recently announced it will terminate funding for Minority-Serving Institutions, including Northern Marianas College’s Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution programs. These grants have supported mentoring, tutoring, and transfer opport…
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The psychopath in the Oval Office

OUR tourism industry, mostly consisting of Koreans since Covid, has been on life support. Trump just killed it when his thugs raided the Hyundai factory in Georgia and put over 300 Korean citizens in jail for several days. Large demonstrations against the U.S. government have been taking place in S…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Slouching towards Gomorrah

BC Cook “THINGS fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/ The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere/ The ceremony of innocence is drowned;/  The best lack all conviction while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity.//  Surely some revelation is at hand;…
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Remembering Charlie Kirk

THE news of Charlie Kirk’s murder came as a complete shock. It felt unbelievable. I had followed him for a very long time and especially appreciated his interviews with college students. He was frank, bold, and fearless in defending both our country and his Christian beliefs. Of course, I also hear…
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OPINION ǀ For the love of education

Jim Rayphand Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly that of the writer and do not explicitly or necessarily reflect, nor represent the policies and position of Northern Marianas College. BY some random stroke of dumb luck, I find myself gainfully employed in the t…
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Variations ǀ Training, education, workforce

EDUCATION and the workforce were among the “hot topics” discussed by political scientist Edward C. Banfield in his brilliant 1974 book, “The Unheavenly City Revisited.” Among other things, he wrote that a “distinction should be made between a ‘trained’ worker and an ‘educated’ one. The trained work…
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Cold truth

Backward march! INTERESTING choice of words by the education commissioner. The CNMI is going backwards in education, he said, referring to PSS’s shrinking budget. Sadly, this is true not only in education. More than two years ago, the CNMI leadership decided to cast its lot with the feds and to “tr…
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