The newly implemented salary increases at the Public School System has Sen. Paul Mangloña (Ind-Rota) questioning an alleged disparity in the increases between teachers and administrative staff. Manglona, who has been nudging other senators to require the CNMI government to meet...

Historians wouldn’t write kindly about the CNMI’s leadership and its leaders when it comes to treatment of foreign workers here at home. We have little or no credibility at all in our arguments in favor of retention or extension of the CW program. Employers of this...

The continuing debate on CW workers should be put into perspective with the purposeful goal of resolving it once and for all. The pathway is for the CNMI to adopt the prevailing wage of all industries across the country. This should be accompanied by training programs set up by...

I hope that you are enjoying 2018. Me, I’m just emerging from 2017. The final carry-over task from last year was to rehabilitate an old camper shell. The good news is that this topic adds some outdoorsy grit to this space today. We can put on our work boots, light up some...