US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Ca) has defended the Northern Marianas against plans that would strip the islands of duty free privileges, saying such move would throw back the CNMI to dependence on federal subsidies like other US territories.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority has begun discussion cutting out proposed fees that would have kicked-in under Fiscal Year 2000. This proactive attitude to partake in reviving the sagging tourism industry should be the new paradigm in the working relationship between the public...

Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday said his government is willing to accommodate requests by the United States to divert to the Northern Marianas vessels carrying illegal Chinese immigrants that will be captured by authorities in the future.

At the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, many optimists predicted the triumph of global free market capitalism. Communism, like fascism, became totally discredited, as countries around the world rushed forward toward free market reforms, in a valiant attempt to...