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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is our leaders continue to try and apply Band-Aids (half-solutions) to problems that need Surgery (Reformed)to fix. Given it is common knowledge Government needs to “downsize & cut cost” it is impossible to reconcile keeping 15 different Casino Commissioners when WE…

BC Cook EAGLE River is a suburban town a few miles north of Anchorage, Alaska, not the typical setting for gang activity.  Yet, despite its remoteness the town witnessed an increase in gang-related incidents as a group of mostly young men roamed the streets. The intrusions seemed random at first, b…

Arnold I. Palacios Jim Rayphand is the director of enrollment services at Northern Marianas College; however, the views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly his own and do not explicitly or necessarily reflect, nor represent any policies or position of NMC. FOR a man that I really di…

WHEN Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos delivers his State of the Nation Address before the incoming Congress at the end of the month, we are told that the president will focus on the impact of inflation on the economy. Two factors culled from the consumer price index and the basket of goods …

APPENDIX C of the Marianas Economic Roadmap is about a proposed CNMI Industrial Solicitation Program whose goal is to bring in new investors to the islands. No need for a new government entity. The Commonwealth Economic Development Authority is already “ideally positioned to lead this process” and …