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MPLT loan may bridge gap for NAP, says governor

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GOVERNOR David M. Apatang said on Monday that he and the House leadership are looking into the pending $29 million loan from the Marianas Public Land Trust to fund the $3.9 million Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for at least the month of November while the federal government remains shut dow…
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Torres case resumes with new prosecutor

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SUPERIOR Court Judge Pro Tempore Arthur Barcinas has scheduled a hearing in the criminal case against former Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, who faces charges of misconduct in public office, theft of government funds through premium-class airline travel, and contempt of the Legislature for failing to comply…
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Langu, Falig to face jury trial in sexual assault case

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SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has scheduled a jury trial for Nores S. Langu, who is accused of allowing his friend, Mariano Falig Jr., to sexually assault Langu’s common-law wife while she was asleep.
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NMC-CREES expands local agriculture with durian and other Malaysian fruit varieties

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(NMC-CREES) — To strengthen agriculture in the Commonwealth, Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services has launched a project to introduce and test several tropical fruit varieties from Malaysia.
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Frankly speaking

Editorials

DPS says it is “on alert for the social consequences of disrupted livelihoods, particularly in households already struggling to meet basic needs.” Fair enough. But we hope DPS will also remind the public that, say, the suspension of food stamps is not an excuse to commit crimes — and that those who…
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When the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train

Editorials

IN its third year in office, the administration has released a single audit report on the federal funds spent by the CNMI government from FYs 2020 to 2022. Considering that some of the previous administration’s key finance and budget officials are still in charge of finance and budget matters, we s…
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Realistically speaking

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IT is good news that taxes collected from the construction industry will provide additional revenue to the CNMI government — an “early Christmas,” indeed, to paraphrase the governor. But this welcome increase in tax collections is not enough, and construction activity cannot go on forever.
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Challenging times

Editorials

THERE are at least three cost-cutting measures that lawmakers can act on with dispatch. The first is the unpaid holidays for government employees. If, as argued by the Senate counsel, a gubernatorial directive does not suffice, then the Legislature should introduce and pass an enabling law.
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Truth 149: I Told You So – it’s the Same-O AGAIN!

Letters to the Editor

OPINION ǀ BY AMBROSE M. BENNETT – Activist THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been yelling & warning about “life & times in the...
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Swampy slumpy Trumpy agenda

Letters to the Editor

FOR those die-hard Republicans and Democrats who were fooled by Trump’s second administration into wasting their vote on the best con man in American history, you can still make your voice heard in the next election and help change course.
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Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

Columnists

The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has ignited debate, with critics accusing it of authoritarian overreach while supporters argue it aims to reform American universities’ approach to free speech and merit-based admissions.
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Truth 149: I Told You So – it’s the Same-O AGAIN!

Columnists

THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been yelling & warning about “life & times in the CNMI being the SAME-O” and yet there is nothing NEW coming from any of our leaders. The fact that the Governor has already implemented Austerity with an announcement of MORE-To-Come is PROOF that WE the People of …
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Business

Supreme Court cannot stop all of Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say

Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. factory equipment maker OTC Industrial Technologies has long used low-cost countries to supply components — first China and later India — but President Donald Trump’s blitz of tariffs on numerous trade partners has upended the supply chain math for CEO Bill Canady.
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Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

World

WASHINGTON/ABUJA (Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.
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National

For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening

National

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The first glimmers toward ending a near-record long federal government shutdown were seen in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, as leading Senate Republicans and Democrats talked of a possible “off-ramp” to the disruption.
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