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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth of the matter is WE are continuing to experience the same-old-you know what which amounts to nothing going forward with taxes being the talk-of-the-town. More than anything I hoped and wanted to see Arnold become a great governor but when he was afraid to even try readi…

BC Cook THIS column lost a dear friend this week. Esmeralda Sarayno passed away from complications related to stage four cancer. I first met Esme about 15 years ago.  She was a contract worker on Saipan, trying hard to raise three young girls after her husband ran off and left them.  He may have fo…

Jim Rayphand I STOPPED drinking alcohol sometime back, so I haven’t felt an actual “hangover” in a while; however, my recent shellacking in the race for CNMI delegate to U.S. Congress momentarily had me feeling (for lack of a better description) “hung over” on the morning after election day….emphas…

IN January 2024, an adventurer announced that he might have discovered Amelia Earhart’s long-lost aircraft. Tony Romeo, a pilot, is a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and commercial real-estate investor from Charleston, S.C. He has funded his search, which has cost him over $11 million. H…

Del Benson AS the Northern Mariana Islands emerge from their recent election cycle, attention is shifting to the pressing economic challenges facing the U.S. territory. With Republican candidate Kim’s victory signaling potential stronger ties to Washington, local leaders and business experts …