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The volcano across the bay in southern Kyushu never stops smoking. The residents of this city carry face masks the way Londoners carry umbrellas, in their purses, pockets, hanging around their necks.

THERE is something deeply wrong about asking people who are still living through disaster recovery to absorb massive utility increases while many still do not even have stable water, reliable power, or the ability to rebuild what they lost after Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

CNMI Leaders, not the People, have continue to promote & plot a course for Local Supremacy using “culture” for their weapon to devastate & destroy “equality & free enterprise for Locals.”

Typhoon recovery in the Pacific can no longer operate under outdated assumptions where governments simply react after devastation occurs.

Asked for the latest developments, CUC Executive Director Kevin Watson said, “We’re making great progress, tremendous progress.” Most residents, however, mainly want to know one thing: when power and water will be restored.

​BY now, many in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have seen the reports and social media discussions surrounding the reported arrival of U.S. Department of the Interior officials to oversee and monitor portions of federal disaster recovery funding entering the CNMI after Super Typho…

We often talk about the battle of Saipan from the point of view of the Americans or the Japanese, and there are good stories to be told, such as that of Guy Gabaldon or Admiral Nagumo. What of the islanders caught in the middle?