AFTER several mentions of marine archaeologists in recent columns, I have been asked to explain what they do. Let’s walk through a typical case study and get into his or her world.
THE Santa Soledad Parish community and Father Rey D. Rosal extends our deepest gratitude to all the donors and sponsors, who have contributed thus far to the upcoming Santa Soledad Golf Tournament Fundraiser in honor of Fr. Rey D. Rosal’s 36th Priesthood Ordination Anniversary scheduled to take pla…
THE Wall Street Journal reported recently that “America Loves Cocaine Again” as “Mexico’s New Drug King Cashes In.” The Trump administration’s “war” on fentanyl has created an opening for “El Señor Mencho” to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. by the ton, the Journal added.
PERHAPS if CNMI officials in all branches of government, including autonomous agencies, “volunteered” to take a 10 or 20% pay cut, there would be more funds available for public education, public safety, or public health.
THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been predicting just like his counterpart Nostradamus about the very “ICU Economic” predicament the CNMI is now in with “Life Support from the Feds being our ONLY hope.” Ambrodamus has been yelling and screaming for REFORMS ever since Covid hit, as it was obvious to the …
THE purpose of this article is to bring awareness and hopefully educate. When a dominant country requires assimilation of a territory or population under its control, the consequences are far-reaching — often reshaping politics, culture, identity, and economy for generations. Assimilation is the pr…
BC Cook THE Pacific contains thousands of sunken ships from every period in history. Until recently we had no way of doing anything about them, nor were many people interested in them. However, over the last one hundred years a couple of things have happened. The technology to reach the shipwrec…
No choice FOUR months after declaring that the state of the CNMI was “getting better,” the administration removed its rose-colored glasses and took a hard, long look at the government’s actual situation — it was not pretty. In a joint press conference on Monday, the governor admitted that the “real…
“MY beliefs do not require you to believe in them.” That’s a paraphrase of a line from “The Matrix Reloaded.” Ideally, that’s what we should all aspire to in a democracy: having beliefs that we do not need to impose on others. With certain ideological true believers, however, the reverse is true: t…
Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is that our leaders continue to “apply band aid solutions to permanent injuries (problems)” of finding New Money and now AUSTERITY looms again – just like I Told You So. While I must THANK the Senators (Vice President Corina Magofna and co-sponsored by Senate Floor Lead…