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By Mark Rodriguez
- Mar 14, 2017
- 2 min
Proponents of marijuana legalization keep the pot boiling in CNMI
Saipan — Proponents of marijuana legalization in the CNMI are still facing an uphill battle. Sen. Sixto K. Igisomar introduced Senate Bill 19-106, which seeks to decriminalize marijuana and make it accessible for medicinal, personal and commercial use. Igisomar was hoping the people would get to vote in a referendum but his legislative measure didn’t make the ballot. Due to time constraints, the 19th Legislature was unable to act on the proposal, which needed to become law be
By Bernadette H. Carreon
- Mar 14, 2017
- 3 min
Where it is illegal but tolerated
Koror (Pacific Note)— “It’s relaxing,” Jack (not his real name) says, puffing weed in his porch. The odor of marijuana smoke wafts in the neighborhood, but no one frowns. The neighbors seem used to it. “No, it’s not addictive. I can go on for days, even months, without smoking and I don’t get any withdrawal symptoms,” Jack says. A longtime pot smoker, Jack says this recreation doesn’t exactly hurt his pocket. “You can a stick of for $5.” Anyone who smokes pot in Palau knows w
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
- Mar 14, 2017
- 3 min
Assault on the arts and humanities
Local artists, authors, scholars and cultural practitioners sat at the grant writing workshop conducted on Feb. 25 by the Humanities Guahan in its Hagatna office, hoping to bag some of the available funds to defray the cost of their projects. Some thousands of dollars from the National Endowment for the Humanities are available for the 2017 grant cycle to fund eligible projects including films, research, publications and art exhibitions. For grant seekers, tapping into that c
By Diana G. Mendoza
- Mar 14, 2017
- 3 min
The revolution that changed the world
Manila—It has been 31 years but the story is still clear to anyone telling it: An enormous gathering of disillusioned Filipinos staged the People Power Revolution that toppled the 20-year presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, whose government people saw as corrupt and oppressive. The People Power Revolution built up and culminated from February 22 to 25, 1986 on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or EDSA, the main Metro Manila thoroughfare that gained worldwide attention as the site of
By Ongerung Kambes Kesolei
- Mar 13, 2017
- 5 min
Stay home, will you
Palau government seeking to plug the brain drain by offering more incentives to keep skilled citizens home Koror — There is an increasing number of college-level Palauans who have taken advantage of the summer fellowship program – returning home during the summer semester for internship with their potential future employers. The program is a recent government initiative to encourage Palauan students to explore job possibilities back home once they have graduated from college.
By Mark Rodriguez
- Mar 7, 2017
- 3 min
Getting paid way too much
Legitimacy of CNMI officials' huge pay raises challenged in court Saipan --- The CNMI Office of the Attorney General is challenging the legitimacy of Public Law 19-83, filing a lawsuit against the legislative measure that gives local elected officials a huge pay raises. PL 19-83 gives the governor an annual salary of $120,000 from $70,000 and the lieutenant governor $100,000 from $60,000. Lawmakers had the highest jump of more than 60 percent from $39,300 to $70,000. The four
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