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THE demise of the CNMI is not the typhoons but the loss of permanent reliable air transportation. The CNMI cannot bring in tourists or products for the business community on a timely and needed schedule. The second and most glaring observation is that the CNMI government cannot even make payments f…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Japan’s Longest Day

BC Cook WHAT if there was only one Korea, a communist one?  What if Japan was a communist country?  What if allied forces had invaded Japan and fought a final, climactic battle in the streets of Tokyo, doubling the number of people killed in World War Two?  These, and other questions of history, ar…
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Pretty darn bad

Crickets LET’S take the governor’s reason for abolishing the Commonwealth Casino Commission at face value. “Trying economic times,” he says, “necessitate consolidation of duplicative government instrumentalities to ensure that the Commonwealth’s limited fiscal resources are allocated to provision o…
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Variations ǀ What are they talking about, really?

NOWADAYS, words like “fascist,” “Nazi,” “socialist,” and even “racist” are often used as handy insults in arguments, but they’ve become virtually meaningless. And then there are words like “sustainability,” “equity,” and “inclusive” — terms that supposedly reflect universally admirable ideals we’re…
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OPINION ǀ Truth 114: I Told You So – TACO & DACO!

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is I Told the Governor before he was even elected that one of his first acts in the first 100 days needed to be “getting rid of the Casino Commission (CC) and create ONE Elected Gaming Commission for the entire Commonwealth to end the never-ending challenges with these …
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OPINION ǀ A Special Ambrose’s SOCA Rebuttal & TRUTH!

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is “if not me then who, as this should’ve come from a Democrat Senator.” It is traditional & even a fiduciary duty for “the opposing Party to rebut National, State & Local Addresses to the People.”  I was waiting to see if Dems would respond, as Dems could Do Be…
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On the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Byrnes

DEAR brothers and sisters in Christ, With deep sadness, I share news that Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Byrnes has passed away. Our dear friend and beloved former Archbishop of Agaña entered eternal life at about 9:41 on Saturday morning, May 31. The Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger, Archbishop of…
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Political self-determination for Pacific Islanders

WHO? What? Where? When? Why? These are the basics when it comes to informing others about events. Historical events are often significant when there are delinquent payments in a Capitalist Democracy. Often when Pacific Islanders negotiate with an administering power, there is only fish and taro and…
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