Remembering the economist who helped put the CNMI on the map Let’s go back to 1970 in the Northern Mariana Islands. The self-governing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands doesn’t exist yet. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands rules Micronesia from its headquarters on Capital Hill. Saipan still bears the marks of World War II and its economy, such as it is, is a work in progress. The Vietnam War is still on and troops are being shuttled through Guam on their wa

The US Coast Guard is investigating the cause of Sunday’s accident involving a Japanese cruise ship that rammed into a US Naval fuel pier at the inner Apra Harbor. Navy officials said no one was injured but according to a source damage cost is initially estimated at $3 million. According to a press release from the Port Authority of Guam, the cruise vessel Nippon Maru ran into the wharf around 9:14 p.m. “Initial assessment indicated the lower portion of the stern on the sta

Governor-Elect Lou Leon Guerrero has announced nine members of what is being referred to as a "Fiscal Discipline Team," who will serve in cabinet and sub-cabinet positions in her new administration. It's an acknowledgement that the priority of the new administration will be righting the listing treasury ship of Guam and that rethinking of past fiscal policies is in order. Gov.-Elect Leon Guerrero will formally transmit their nominations for confirmation to the Guam Legislatur

Guam's 34th Guam legislature will be history in just four days and a clearly frustrated Acting Speaker Therese Terlaje has decided not to try to undo last minute vetoes by Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo in the waning time. Terlaje announced Monday that notwithstanding the governor’s vetoes of three bills, she would abide by the Open Government Law and not be calling the 34th Guam Legislature into session. The inauguration for the 35th Guam Legislature will be at 10 a.m. on Mon, Jan. 7

At a Guam Decolonization Commission meeting in 2015 Photo by Bruce Lloyd Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo has declared a state of mourning and ordered flags be flown at half mast in honor of former Piti mayor Vicente “Ben” Gumataotao, who passed away on Saturday. He was 91. Gumataotao, who served as Piti mayor from 2005 to 2017, passed away in Manila. “He had been a bit of a maverick in his youth and suffered extreme hardship under Japanese occupation of our island where he witnessed at

Richard Arvin Overton passes away at 112, the oldest man in U.S. Up to the end, Richard Overton was still enjoying cigars, a little whiskey daily and still driving his vintage Ford pickup at his home in Austin, Texas. Born May 11, 1906, Overton passed away on Dec. 27, 2018 at at age 112. He was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the U.S. Army. He served in the South Pacific from 1940 through 1945, inclu