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Variations ǀ So this is ‘progress’

August 2, 2024
IN November 2008, Variety informed its readers that more than 4,000 local residents had already moved to the states because of the economic crisis. This was according to a federally funded report conducted by Malcolm D. McPhee & Associates and Dick Conway on the economic impact of federalizatio…
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Pretty darn bad

August 2, 2024
Pass the tissue, please  “To get ourselves back to fiscal stability, we must do so by exercising fiscal discipline…. The time to live within our means has truly come.” — Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, inaugural address, Jan. 9, 2023   IF, as the administration claims, the CNMI government’s goal is to red…
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OPINION ǀ Making tourism our business: Your vote matters

August 1, 2024
Christopher Concepcion THIS year’s U.S. presidential election has taken a turn with President Joe Biden stepping down from the race this month and Vice President Kamala Harris gearing up to accept the Democratic Party nod to face off against former President Donald Trump.  An interesting turn of ev…
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Worldwide web of corruption

July 31, 2024
FACEBOOK, Messenger and other big organizations and corporations think they are powerful. These include the pharmaceuticals in Seattle, Oregon and California that continue to exploit homeless people and drug addicts. Bankers, too, may think they are powerful but they have been free loaders since we…
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FEATURE ǀ 80 years ago: July 1944

July 29, 2024
Don A. Farrell The following is the text of the author’s welcoming remarks delivered Friday morning, July 26, 2024, at the American Cemetery, part of the Tinian, North Field, National Historic Landmark. GOOD morning, ladies and gentlemen. First, let me congratulate Mayor Edwin Aldan, his hardworkin…
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Governing is not like throwing dice

July 26, 2024
Consequences NOT to sound disrespectful, but perhaps it’s time for some government officials to re-learn the main lesson of checkers: there are consequences for every move you make, but if you think it through you can anticipate at least the most obvious ones. If you’re CPA, for example, you should…
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Variations ǀ Faith-based tourism policy

July 26, 2024
FOR those wondering why the local economy is still in the dumps and, consequently, why the CNMI government is not collecting enough revenue, I suggest that you watch, in its three-hour entirety, the recent Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee hearing on MVA’s budget. (https://rb.gy/v6r0j1)    As everyon…
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Picnic table with legs: A serious concern

July 26, 2024
(This is an attempt at satire to bring some levity to an otherwise serious concern of theft.) WE showed up to work on Monday morning this week to find that our office picnic table had walked away over the weekend.  Upon review of our security camera recordings, we obtained footage of (among other t…
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