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‘Twas ever thus AT a recent House Ways and Means Committee hearing, the Department of Public Lands was asked about pending homestead projects. They are pending because they require infrastructure — power and water lines, a sewer system, which cost a lot of money to build. Money that the CNMI govern…
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OPINION ǀ Truth 53: Happy Juneteenth CNMI & Many More!!!

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is the plight of the local people has always been tied to the plight of African Americans going back to the very conception of Slavery in America, as people of color were deemed unfit to be citizens of America. As the story goes, the Indentured Servants wh…
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FEATURE ǀ Celebrating 80 years of peace in the Pacific

The following is the text of the author’s remarks during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Saipan at American Memorial Park on June 15, 2024. FIRST, of course, my congratulations to the Honorable Mayor of Saipan, RB Camacho, along with my Chamolinian brother Gordon Marciano…
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OPINION ǀ Devastating power of self-doubt

Jim Rayphand TODAY’S article is likely not for everyone and could be offensive to some, so read at your own risk.  I don’t know how many of you have ever been fat before?  And whether you have or have not, you still may not want to hear what I have to say about it here.  The simple truth is that be…
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Variations ǀ Head in the sand

IN 2019, prior to the pandemic, 487,008 tourists visited the CNMI. The average HANMI hotel occupancy rate was 80.43%. Of these tourists, 249,211 were Koreans, 185,526 were Chinese and 17,121 were Japanese. (Japan ceased to be the CNMI’s primary tourism market in 2014. China was the top market in 20…
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