Angered by a federal report citing inadequacies and failure of the Northern Marianas to reform its labor and immigration, CNMI leaders yesterday lashed back at the Department of the Interior for harping on biased and outdated allegations to pursue its federal takeover agenda in...

Senate floor leader Pete P. Reyes yesterday said the federal government is trying to coerce the CNMI into a federalization move through a $1 billion lawsuit against the garment industry.

With a $57 million deficit, a steady contraction of the local economy, where would the local government get $47 million in direct tax contribution by the NMI garment industry? This would be a most relevant question if the Manhattan law firm succeeds in its scare tactics against...

All set to head into the next 100 years (millennium), I packed good old faithful (typewriter) and bid adieu to a piece of equipment so dear to all journalists. Technology certainly has a way of replacing the "now" fad from appliances to walkman and regular telephone units. This...