A Pagan appeal
I heard there are some concerns about the Pagan mining issue from some of the taotao-tano who used to live there and in the Gani. This mining of Pagan needs to be complied with the self-determination of the Gani people. I am Chamorro from Guahan and, although Guam is politically separated from the now CNMI, Guahan Chamorros are still ancestrally connected with all of the Chamorro archipelago (Mariana Islands).
Please, Chamorro brothers and sisters of CNMI, don’t destroy Pagan just for money. Money is a Western perspective and has done many bad things for us. Respect the rights of the taotao-tano of Pagan and i Ge’hilu’siha na islas. Hamyu ni’ umespipiha para umaso’so’ i guinahan Pagan, gof-adahi sa’ yanggin tailayi yan inachaki in atutitiyi put i tano’ Chamorro Pagan, ti apmam mammanetnut hamyu ni chetnut maipe. Saena ma’ase’.
Jose U. Garrido
by e-mail
