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Sinlaku recovery update as of June 26

Local News

The Joint Information Center releases recovery updates every Friday to keep the community informed about ongoing response and recovery...
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Revenue drop triggers government work hour cuts

Local News

FOLLOWING his letter to the Legislature last week informing lawmakers of a 10% decline — or $13.081 million reduction — in the government revenue estimate due to a “steep” drop in April collections, Gov. David M. Apatang on Wednesday issued Directive 2026-5 implementing reduced work hours of 64 to …
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RB presses FEMA over leaking temporary roofs

Local News

WEEKS after the federal Temporary Roofing Mission and STRONG Tents program ended on June 22, Saipan residents continue to report leaks, gaps, and other workmanship issues in temporary roof coverings installed after Typhoon Sinlaku, prompting renewed appeals to the Federal Emergency Management Agenc…
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Editorials

Diversification talk, investment silence

Editorials

This may surprise some people, but the CNMI government has never stopped talking about economic diversification for nearly 50 years.
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What Sen. Castro and MVA said

Editorials

In the case of the House bills that triggered the current legislative hullabaloo, did the House conduct public hearings before acting on the measures? Were CUC, CPUC, or other experts consulted or given the opportunity to provide comments? If not, why not?
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Déjà vu at CUC

Editorials

We are good at identifying glaring problems and coming up with sensible solutions. But the follow-through leaves much to be desired.
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Zero

Editorials

Everyone on Capital Hill is “for education.” Yet they passed a budget that forced PSS to reduce the number of its school days. Elected officials are also “for public health,” but they have consistently underfunded the medical referral program.
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Letters

Questions

Letters to the Editor

The major problem is the fuel source along with normal bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Urgently needed: An amendment to HR 8800 to include the CNMI

Letters to the Editor

As you know, the issue on inclusion of the CNMI in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act or RECA as “downwinders” is not new to the CNMI delegate’s office.
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Opinions

Why socialists love a capitalist country

Columnists

Socialism is once again popular, as though it has never been thoroughly discredited by the experiences of the many nations that tried it.
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Grace, accountability, and reversing the co-optation cycle: Path to a better CNMI (Part 1)

Columnists

The primary danger facing our Commonwealth does not stem from a single election cycle, but from the potential return of a specific kind of politics — an entrenched political culture built on transactional power, patronage, and systemic survival.
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Business

Samsung readies $648 billion bet, report says, as AI boom reshapes South Korea

Business News

Samsung Group will pledge on ​Monday 1,000 trillion won ($648 billion) in South Korea over the next decade, a media report said, in a sweeping effort to turn a global AI-driven chip boom into a ‌nationwide growth engine.
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Regional/World

Guam utilities commission approves power rate hike

Regional, World

The rate hike comes amid significant increases in GPA’s fuel costs due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the latter’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for much of the world’s fuel supply.
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National

UN halts escort of ships through Hormuz after vessel comes under attack

National

Two U.S. officials told Reuters that Iran had fired on the ship, while Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which Tehran established to manage requests for ships to travel through the strait, said ​vessels outside routes it has set will not be guaranteed safe passage.
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