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Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH is we are seeing MORE Taxes, fewer flights with arrivals continuing to decline WE must ask, if WE ask “are WE better off now than before Covid, the answer will be a resounding NO, as NOTHING has changed FOR the better FOR the People nor FOR the CNMI. The impotence in ou…

BC Cook “WHY is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind that makes us hurt most those we love best?” The following story is related by the legendary Japanese film director, Akira Kurosawa, creator of such films as “Rashomon” and “Seven Samurai.”  In pre-war Japan he saw the best and worst of …

CUC’s executive director has informed the governor and the CUC board that there is “an urgent and escalating risk that CUC may soon be unable to provide continuous and reliable electrical services to the islands of Saipan and Rota due to circumstances beyond our control.” In other words, engine pro…

Jim Rayphand EARLIER this week I was invited to speak (or rather to answer questions) at a forum hosted by and for students at Northern Marianas College to engage with candidates for the CNMI Delegate to U.S. Congress.  On first impression of the young ladies and gentlemen of NMC, I feel compelled …

Ambrose M. Bennett THE ominous phrase “Of, For & By the People” is too often taken for granted, especially when you don’t hear it being said in any shape, form or fashion coming from the ones you depend upon MOST — our LEADERS! The politics of China has prevailed over our economy and our very s…