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Parties in Tinian stablecoin dispute pursue settlement
Marianas Variety
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THE parties in Attorney General Edward E. Manibusan’s lawsuit to halt the enforcement of the Tinian stablecoin law have requested the Superior Court to move the hearing dates, as they are actively trying to settle the case. The case was assigned...
Alabama joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical company
AL.com - Alabama
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June 16, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced Alabama is part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible...
229 graduate from Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp on Saipan
Marianas Variety
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(NMC) — 229 graduates across four cohorts on Saipan completed the Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp on Saturday, June 14, 2025. The Saipan participants are now skilled in fiber optic and broadband technologies after completing a 19-week program that...
Pacific leaders address U.S deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting
Island Times
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July 11, 2025
MAJURO (PMN) — The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from...
Customs seizes 89 boxes of fireworks on boat from Saipan
The Guam Daily Post
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Eighty-nine boxes of fireworks were intercepted by Guam Customs officers at the Hagåtña Boat Basin on June 4 inside a vessel towing cargo from Saipan, according to a statement from the Guam Customs & Quarantine Agency. The fireworks were...
Leepan named GM of one of Micronesia’s longest-running businesses
Marianas Variety
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Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero HERMAN’S Modern Bakery, one of the oldest businesses in Micronesia, has announced the appointment of Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero as its new general manager. Herman’s has been serving the Northern...
CNMI Innovation Incubator receives 46 applications from aspiring startup owners
Marianas Variety
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Interested applicants of the CNMI Innovation Incubator program speak with program manager Cherese Palacios, left. NMC photo (NMC) — The CNMI Innovation Incubator Program, an initiative of Northern Marianas College, is proud to announce that it has...
CUC provides update on renewable energy initiatives
Marianas Variety
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(CUC) — The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation is making steady progress toward establishing a renewable, reliable, and secure electric power system across the CNMI. As part of its strategic energy planning, CUC had contracted GHD Inc. to update...
Waste Of The Day: Puerto Rico, Guam, Others In Debt
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearWire, Topline: The five inhabited U.S. territories are collectively $57.8 billion in debt and have issues with their financial statements that “can lead to poor financial decisions and lost access to capital...
GAO: CNMI stuck in fiscal quagmire
The Pacific Island Times
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July 9, 2025
The once lively district of Garapan is now a ghost town. Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan/Pacific Island Times By all measures of economic standing, the CNMI’s fiscal condition is very dire, made worse by a struggling tourism industry, slowing federal...
Early bird deadline on July 11 for HANMI golf tourney
Marianas Variety
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Island Training Solutions owner Jim Arenovski presents a check for $1,200 on July 3, 2025, at the ITS office in Susupe, Saipan, to the organizing committee of the 23rd Annual HANMI Charity Classic Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held on...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
OPINION ǀ Truth 124: CNMI’s Politics Gone AWRY by FEAR!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is Politics is both “singular & plural” and both “an Art & Science,” which is taught in Highschool Government & Economics courses. Clearly, having twofold meanings in politics’ “purpose & execution” that can often be...
Roy Keane Live at the Marquee: ‘I think Paul McGrath could kill the pope and they’d say the pope deserved it’
The Irish Times
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Pity poor Éanna Hardwicke, the Cork actor charged with playing Roy Maurice Keane in the soon to be released film ‘Saipan’. Why? Because, unlike, say Bob Dylan, nobody plays The Boy Roy better than Roy himself as he proved last night with a...
It’s time for a US Indo-Pacific reset
Asia Times
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July 10, 2025
As the recent struggle to pass a budget for the US government illustrates, yet again, the immutable reality of limited fiscal resources, it’s time to reconsider America’s vital national interests in the Indo-Pacific and maintain a laser-like focus...
Analysis of the 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Legislation
JD Supra - California
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July 8, 2025
Key Takeaways: President Donald Trump signed wide-ranging tax legislation, P.L. 119-21 (the Legislation) on July 4, 2025. The Legislation includes net tax cuts of $4.5 trillion and spending cuts of $1.2 trillion, for a cost compared with current...
OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism
Pacific Daily News
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The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating blow to the tourism industry in Micronesia, decimating visitor arrivals and crippling economies that rely heavily on this sector. Now, as the global travel industry regains momentum, Micronesia must...
When the US was gung ho for China
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Stephen R. Platt, a professor of history at UMass Amherst, is the author of “The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II.” On a cold December night in 1937, a United States Marine officer...
EUCON awards third indigenous scholarship to Nicole Marie Hebron Deleon Guerrero
Marianas Variety
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Nicole Marie Hebron Deleon Guerrero, left, with EUCON President Dr. Christian Wei. EUCON photo NICOLE Marie Hebron Deleon Guerrero, a dedicated Chamorro woman from Saipan, has been awarded the EUCON Indigenous Scholarship for the MBA program in...
Guam and CNMI among Pacific islands eyeing blue carbon solutions to…
Pacific News Service
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Facing long-term climate threats like rising seas and coastal erosion, communities in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are looking to their coastlines for solutions. Not with concrete walls, but with mangrove roots and seagrass beds. A recent...