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Mardi Gras the feast before the fast

Fat Tuesday, or shrove Tuesday is the feast before the fast. And what is the feast we’ve got? The reality we have on our hands. We are used at looking at past problems and the future prospects. What if reality in its entirety is so way beyond our comprehension that the only...
Posted On Mar 05 2014 08:50
, By Jaime R. Vergara

US: Asia Pacific hegemony

In the calm of our pearly archipelago, we occasionally flex our muscles on issues like military plans, revenue potential from migratory fish and seabed resources, among other local concerns with federal and geopolitical implications. Didn’t we also have pipe dreams about the sale...
Posted On Mar 05 2014 08:36
, By John S. Del Rosario Jr.

The 40-day fast

Today begins a 40-day fast. Since I am back on Saipan, I shall use the metaphor of a majority of island residents. Forty is a whole number to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is a number of completion, one generation in biblical reckoning. Forty years in the wilderness, and...
Posted On Mar 04 2014 13:40
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Kachido` Lahen Yuus

Aksidiente, hulie` kachido` “Lahen Yuus” ni malagnos gi alacha. Ayu na kachido` muna` oppan haf` finapos i Sainata deste mamapotge` ñaihon nanaña as Santa Maria estake ha tutuhon chumogue tinagu` Yuus Tata gi idat dose años. I bañgheliun San Juan `nai anog na tautau magahet i...
Posted On Mar 04 2014 13:38
, By John S. Del Rosario Jr.
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