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OPINION ǀ The PLA Navy’s message to Manila

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…
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Variations ǀ From a butterfly back into a slug

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…
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Spin can’t outrun the spreadsheet

The opposite of progress IN his State of the Commonwealth Address, the governor said he is “not repeating the mistakes of the past by resorting to quick fixes that might work in the short term for just a few but fail in the long term for the people of the Commonwealth.” He should have been more spe…
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OPINION ǀ Fix the system, free the future

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…
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A serious matter

DEAR Attorney General Edward Manibusan: I am writing to formally seek your assistance and guidance regarding a serious matter involving Ms. Melinda Villaneuva, whose recent behavior has raised significant concerns for public safety and community well-being. On June 6, 2025, Ms. Villaneuva contacted…
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FEATURE ǀ 80 years ago today, June 11, 1944

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…
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