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Carl O. Schuster  THE People’s Liberation Army Navy’s two aircraft carriers, CNS Liaoning (CV-16) and CNS Shandong (CV-17) generated headlines last week by operating near Japan’s famous Iwo Jimo and Liaoning passed the U.S. Navy’s designated “2nd Island Chain.” Although neither carrier is as powerf…

At 82, he continues to lift weights regularly — proof that age is no barrier to strength and discipline. Contributed photos THIS Father’s Day, I take a moment to reflect on my father. His strength continues to inspire me and remains one of my greatest blessings. Allow me to offer a glimpse in…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is WE, the CNMI, is caught in-between “Taya (nothing & nowhere) & progress” driven by the Republican Conservatism of “not to change” when WE, the CNMI, must CHANGE if WE are to find any resemblance of progress & prosperity — it’s common sense!  While Senate …

ECONOMISTS helped prepare and draft the CNMI’s latest economic report — “Marianas Economic Roadmap” — which is why it offers sensible observations and sage advice such as the following: “The challenges facing the CNMI are significant and well-documented — structural weaknesses in economic governanc…

SAIPAN is one of the most beautiful places on Earth — but let’s be real, beauty alone doesn’t build an economy. If it did, every coconut tree would be paying taxes by now. We’re not just competing with Guam or Palau anymore. We’re up against Bali’s yoga retreats, Thailand’s floating markets, and Ja…

EIGHTY years ago today, Tuesday, June 11, 1944, all hell broke loose in the Mariana Islands. Out of the eastern sky came 225 fighter-bomber aircraft launched from Vice-Admiral Mark Mitscher’s fast carrier fleet at 1:00 p.m., some 200 miles from the Mariana Islands.  The attack had been scheduled fo…

IN the energy industry, waste to energy or WTE is one of the alternative fuels to ensure sustainable supply and decreased dependence on expensive foreign, dollar-depleting importations sourced from geopolitically volatile petroleum producing economies. Allow us to allude to the reverse WTE (energy …

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is WE, the CNMI, have gone from BAD to WORSE given the continuing DECLINE in virtually every aspect of OUR Economy & LIFE in the CNMI, as Tourists numbers continue to plummet into the abyss and the migration to the REAL America continues and even increases. People c…