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OPINION ǀ Thanks for Your Service Lt. Col. Camacho

Edward Camacho THE TRUTH of the matter is I’ve decided to lead by example, as I’ve been waiting to give Locals/Politicians a chance to THANK Lt. Col. Edward C. Camacho for his 43 years of Service first, as I just wrote an Op ed about the need for us to say THANKS more.  Lt. Col. Camacho is a REAL “…
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An uncanny resemblance to the world’s oldest profession

More info please FOLLOWING the runoff election in Nov. 2022, the then-governor elect promised to “open the books,” referring to the CNMI government’s financial records. In March 2023, as the new governor, he announced that four U.S. inspectors general had offered to review the CNMI government’…
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Variations ǀ It’s not the end of the world. Not yet anyway

When an army officer asked President Lincoln if he could write an article defending the administration against attacks that were being made by the Committee on the Conduct of the War Lincoln replied: “If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be…
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FEATURE ǀ Camp Chalan Kanoa: What was it?

ON this day 80 years ago, July 9, 1944, Lt. General Holland Smith, USMC, speaking from his headquarters in Chalan Kanoa, declared that the island of Saipan was secure.  That did not mean all the Japanese soldiers and sailors had been killed or captured, but rather that the they would not be able to…
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The turning point for Americans

U.S. voters will be in charge of their final decision this coming election on who will win the presidency. Right now the Democrats have no chance to address U.S. Supreme Court corruption via impeachment as long as the high court is protected by the Republicans. I want to be clear. The Republicans a…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The Great Guano Theft of 1842

BC Cook YOU may recall the story of the Pacific War involving Chile, Bolivia and Peru.  This is a totally forgotten (until now) episode of that conflict that ties together international intrigue, maritime law, scandal, adultery and bird poo. During the Pacific War a Scottish ship delivered goods to…
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An election-year budget

Questions IN the cover letter for his revised FY 2025 budget submission, the governor said: “As mandated by the CNMI Constitution, the budget submitted…is balanced such that the total amount of proposed expenditures does not exceed the total estimated resources available for appropriation.” OK. But…
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