Gov. Eloy S. Inos said yesterday that there’s enough room for discussion between the Commonwealth Ports Authority and Duty Free Shoppers on the existing Saipan airport master concession agreement. Only after the parties sit down together that a next course of action could be...

The Ides of March became famous in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar assassination at the Roman Forum allegedly for his autocratic tendencies. Ironically, his death paved the way for the emergence of the Roman Empire under the autocracy of the Caesars. Our Ides of August labels the...

Local appropriations for the Northern Marianas College compare poorly with other higher education institutions in the region. According to data made available by the college for fiscal year 2012, the percentage of the college’s total institutional budget funded by appropriations...

Saipan might have cornered the market in boonie dogs, but there’s a new breed of hound on the way. The Sega company has introduced a robotic dog called “Poochi” to the Japanese market. I don’t know if the first of the species will be introduced to Saipan by a tourist or by a...