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CNMI leaders warn of escalating economic crisis with direct implications for US national security

Local News

(Office of the CNMI Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds, Gov. David M. Apatang, Senate President Karl King-Nabors, and House Speaker Edmund Villagomez announced Thursday that they have transmitted joint letters to President Donald J. Trump and Admiral Samuel J. Paparo,…
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$7.1M Naftan road project opens to public

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GOVERNOR David M. Apatang, Department of Public Works Secretary Ray N. Yumul, Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez, Rep. Roman C. Benavente, and Commonwealth Ports Authority officials on Thursday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the newly improved Naftan Road, also known as Route 301, and a portion o…
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Former government prosecutor granted CNMI law license

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FORMER head of the CNMI government’s anti-corruption task force James Robert Kingman has been sworn in as a practicing attorney in the Commonwealth and is preparing to open a private law practice after passing the CNMI Bar exam in July.
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CUC board clears path for AP Energy appeal, shuts down other protests

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THE Commonwealth Utilities Corp. board on Thursday, Jan. 8 voted to advance an appeal filed by AP Energy LLC over its disqualification from a major solar-and-battery procurement for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, while unanimously rejecting a separate protest by PKM Summit Ridge and declining to revisit …
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Regarding the FY 2025 fiscal report

Editorials

FOR the past few years, the administration’s annual fiscal report has read like 80% press release and only 20% useful information. The latest report is quite an improvement. It’s still a multi-page pat-on-the-back, but it now includes more pertinent details, some of which can be considered key data…
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Well, it could have been much worse

Editorials

CNMI leaders have no choice but to reimpose modest austerity measures that should not have been lifted in the first place
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Legalized fantasies

Editorials

IN his revised budget transmittal letter, the governor reminded lawmakers that they still had to approve additional funding for PSS and MVA.
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The economy, what else?

Editorials

SINCE its establishment in January 1979, the CNMI government has always sought “new investments,” including those involving agriculture and fisheries. Tourism, however, has remained the Commonwealth’s economic mainstay simply because these are tropical islands — they are tourist attractions already…
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Letters

Energy is the real foundation of economic development

Letters to the Editor

IF we are serious about economic development, we must start with an uncomfortable truth: nothing modern functions without reliable, affordable energy. Every thriving economy — past or present — rests on a stable power system. Without it, businesses stall, costs rise, and quality of life declines.
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From factories to the deep sea: A look back at CNMI’s economic strength

Letters to the Editor

FOR decades, many of us have proudly called the CNMI home. Today, the quiet in our tourist districts echoes a time when tourism wasn’t our only economic engine. We remember the garment factory era — when jobs were abundant, capital flowed, and our islands thrived.
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Opinions

Why true socialism hasn’t been tried

Columnists

So what kind of socio-economic system is it that cannot be tried anywhere by any of its true believers, even when they wield absolute power and never hesitate to use it?
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Accountability is not accusation: What the allowances debate asks of us

Columnists

WHEN investigative reporting unsettles people, the first instinct is often to ask a narrow question: What law was broken? Closely followed by, Everyone did it, or This is just politics — especially during election season.
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Business

Oil prices recover, stocks ease as investors weigh geopolitics, US data

Business News

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil prices steadied on Thursday after their recent slide, while stocks retreated as investors assessed the implications of deepening geopolitical tensions and mixed U.S. labor market data.
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Regional/World

Guam Cancer Care relaunches its co-pay assistance program

Regional, World

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Guam Cancer Care’s co-pay assistance program relaunched at the start of the New Year, reopening the door to financial assistance for cancer patients.
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National

US seizes Russian-flagged tanker, another tied to Venezuela as Trump widens oil push

National

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in the Americas and force Venezuela’s socialist government to becom…
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