{"id":323392,"date":"2020-05-22T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323392"},"modified":"2020-05-22T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:00:36","slug":"starting-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/starting-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting anew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A plan is in the works to \u201crestart\u201d the local economy per a recent administration announcement. Sounds hopeful but I don\u2019t recall seeing a plan anywhere in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Had there been a plan it would have been promoted from the outset. But there\u2019s no plan so how could there be any basis for a \u201crestart\u201d on an issue that was never begun? Did you get that, pal?<\/p>\n<p>The issue requires returning to the drawing board for factual preparation. Why promote perceptual plans that stir more queries than answers? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bien felis<\/strong><br \/>\nWe join the family in prayers for former speaker Jose Lifoifoi, who recently passed away. The former speaker was among the founding fathers of the CNMI\u2019s contemporary governmental system.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of his fiduciary duty he never lost his grand sense of humor. Our prayers and thanks for all your contributions and let your journey home be guided by His heavenly angels. Si yuus maase` yan ghilisow!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heard<\/strong><br \/>\nI was in government for over 27 years and remember running into plans costing millions of dollars left to collect dust in various office shelves. Here we are again, threatening to embrace the same scheme. It must be part of our DNA or did we adopt one thinking it\u2019s the latest innovation to derail work in perpetuity?<\/p>\n<p>Would the planned restart pick up where we are today, improving upon our mini-tourism industry and other areas? Is it equally safe to assume that the plan may never be moved beyond pushing false public information? Yep! It seems we\u2019ve heard that song before!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ooops! <\/strong><br \/>\nLearned that federal unemployment checks pay more than what regular jobs pay. The drawback is what\u2019s called \u201cunintended consequence.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Must be reconciled so hardworking taxpayers don\u2019t pay for the \u201chappy days\u201d of the unemployed. It\u2019s always gratifying earning and bringing home the bacon, yeah? At least you know you\u2019ve earned your dues!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disorientation<\/strong><br \/>\nWe all have experienced being trapped in troubling thoughts we can\u2019t pinpoint right off the bat. We retreat to see what the beast is about.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, we identify the issue like the deadly coronavirus. Unfortunately, it coincides with the flu season while the virus mutates into more powerful strain, per a medical report. Together, we can endure this too!<\/p>\n<p>Troubling in the sense that even the medical community isn\u2019t sure what the viral infection is about. It\u2019s a new strain to which studies have just begun. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, medical stories have it that a vaccine won\u2019t be available until about two years from now. As it is the best answer to mitigate the virus is to \u201cstay home.\u201d Yep! A good opportunity to revive doing things together as a family while avoiding fatal infection.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, hospitals have been swarmed with sick folks needing medical attention. The most affected are the elderly whose immunity system has decreased because of age. It obligates us to take care of grandma and grandpa so they are clear of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ha`ilas<\/strong><br \/>\nMangaige hit gi tiempun ha`ilas ni umafagcha` yan finattun un` pipinu` na sagu (coronavirus). Mientras tantu, puede ti hana` fan tailaye hit este na pesti. Mas ke 100-mit na tautau esta man-dimalas giya America ginen este na sagu.<\/p>\n<p>I chenut entre lo`lu`, masisisineg, mumuta` yan ma\u00f1um dispues dimalas i mala\u00f1gu piot ya amku`. I sagu ha dopblague` gi kuattru eskalera. Gigon mattu gi uttimu kanaha` seguru na makat para haye tinatme. I mikus ha tampe ayu na patte gi gofes `nai malolofan i ma\u00f1glu`.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cho`chu`<\/strong><br \/>\nNa chatsaga i guaha 30-40 mit na tautau para u fan tai che`chu` giya Guam. I umaminasa kinalamten todu atmos lugat i maribahan ekonomia. Kumeke ileg\u00f1a menus salape` yan cho`chu` gi komunida gi todu i dos lugat. Makat pinadesen maribahan ekonomia `nai menus offisiu para mantension familia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chenut<\/strong><br \/>\nUmasoda` dos pitbetsu gi hospitat pot achanina`ye masisineg. Ni unu suma\u00f1gan haf` pinadesisi\u00f1a pot minamahlau. Dispues, sige umatahgue gi kemun hospitat. Uttimo\u00f1a achamali\u00f1gu sin adios! Kase pot para umagacha` i kemun i gima`. Speeding miles!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dilubiu<\/strong><br \/>\nTinampe estadun iya Michigan pagyun uchan. Dilubiu lamayot patte `nai guma tautau yan fasilidat publiku man-dinestrosia. Megai na familia manmapega gi safu na lugat pot piligru i manadan hanum ni lumumus kontodu guma` familia siha.  Si\u00f1a tapo`lu kumu iran dilubiu kontodu estadu siha gi orya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plan is in the works to \u201crestart\u201d the local economy per a recent administration&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":321680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}