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MVA lifeblood

Shades of 2010, 2011, and 2012. We find ourselves facing “austerity’’ holidays, layoffs, short hours, short paychecks, short tempers, much of it avoidable if we were not so short-sighted. First and foremost, we still rely our tourism-based economy for 92 percent of our income....
Posted On Jun 14 2019 06:00
, By Bruce Bateman (Special to the Saipan Tribune)

Return of the Japanese

Author’s Note: Sour Grapes column readers will remember it has been a few years since that column was produced for the Saipan Tribune. This new weekly missive picks up where that one left off. Thanks to some deft finagling, quite large expenditures and years of negotiations by...
Posted On Jun 07 2019 06:06
, By BRUCE A. BATEMAN
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MVA board chair confident Iakopo will perform well

While acknowledging that new Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Priscilla Maratita Iakopo lacks experience in the tourism industry, MVA board chair Marian Aldan-Pierce is confident that Iakopo is an intelligent person who will do her best for the MVA. “We all have been...
Posted On May 20 2019 06:05
, By Ferdie De La Torre
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Iakopo inks contract with MVA

The new managing director of the Marianas Visitors Authority, Priscilla Maratita Iakopo, has been in office since Monday after signing a one-year contract with the islands’ tourism body. She said she has a lot of plans for MVA. Iakopo said she was informed about the vacancy and...
Posted On May 17 2019 06:00
, By Ferdie De La Torre
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