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Life is pretty much back to normal. With Covid-19 infections consistently dwindling and yielding statistics that bring a certain level of...

I remember that day— Feb. 25, 1986. I was then a teenager. My family stood outside the iron gates of Malacañang Palace among a massive...

Public health has often been the staple of politics and our government— regardless of the political party and no matter who is running...

America loves to talk about “equality,” a subject that is ironically difficult to talk about in America. Last month, Reps. Carolyn...

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. I have...

We thought 2020 was the worst year ever. We heard it from friends and commentators. We read it on social media. We even said it...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said we are likely to return to normalcy by May 2022. We are not holding our breath. When we’ve lost confidence even in...

The late Abed Younis, my former boss and founder of Marianas Variety, never caved in to intimidation. In his typically deadpan tone, Mr....

No one trooped into the streets when the government dangled $10,000 in cash and brand-new cars to lure the vax stragglers to come out,...

The world of ideas and beliefs is like a flea market, where hawkers and barkers try to out-scream one another, each trying to pull the...

Headed to recovery, Guam is submerged in an unexpected tsunami of resources it has never seen in history The Covid era is a perplexing...

(Following is an old column originally published May 22, 2014 in Marianas Variety News and Views. ) WARNING: This column can be offensive...

In March 2015, an episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” perfectly captured the comedic essence of the Insular Cases...

I worked with Arnold Moss at Today (one of the Philippines' major broadsheets before it was acquired by another company), where I was a...

It took them three months to apologize, but for the “Fiji faction” of the cleaved Pacific Islands Forum, it’s probably better late than...

In 2019, the University of Guam’s Regional Center for Public Policy released the results of a survey indicating that two-thirds of...

Running a small business isn’t a walk in the park. Small scale entrepreneurs have to confront high rents, taxes, other collateral...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ election to the nation’s second highest office “is a testament to how far we have come,” said Felicia...

The Covid-stricken economy is full of dizzying paradoxes and ironies. More than 400 Guam businesses have blinked out of existence. Yet,...

A sinister hacker released a malevolent virus that caused the world to stop and thrust everyone into a treadmill. We are going nowhere,...

"As a reliable compass for orienting yourself in this life, nothing is more useful than to accustom yourself to regarding this world as a...

The truth, according to author Mitch Albom, is at the bottom of the pile, the first victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indeed. The truth...

“Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” The famous opening line to Rousseau’s “Social Contract” sums up our inescapable...

Guam Delegate Michael San Nicolas made a mark for defeating the once unbeatable Madeleine Bordallo, who everyone thought was glued...

Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia are among the last countries standing, sharing the hall of fame with just a few other...

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero invoked her public health emergency directive when she faced public scrutiny over her administration’s business...

From Wuhan, Covid-19 has embarked on its atrocious journey around the world, reaching as far as it could get, swirling like a tornado and...

The people of Guam tune in to the governor’s daily press conference not only to catch daily updates on the status of Covid-19 pandemic,...

My heart raced when the Joint Information Office released the latest Covid-19 tally last week. It listed the numbers of confirmed...

“Rebalancing to the Pacific” was tossed around a lot after President Obama announced in 2011 that the United States would turn its...

In five years, the government stands to lose a large part of its workforce due to retirement, according to Sen. Sabina Perez, who is...

2020 will be a year of optimism and anxiety. If nothing impedes the Department of Defense’s schedule, the Marines from Okinawa would...

2019 has been a busy year for Guam tourism. The Guam Visitors Bureau announced in October that the final two months of Fiscal Year 2019...

None of the scenarios painted by those opposing the minimum wage increase transpired when wage earners received additional $1 per hour in...

Manila— Ernest Hemingway was said to have spent time in coffee shops writing. I read up somewhere his story about how he went to a...

On Dec. 4, 1960, the United Nations issued a declaration setting a 2010 deadline for “Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and...

Executive and legislative leaders hastily called a press conference last month to announce a brilliant plan. Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero...

We regret the Council of Pilung’s demand to have Joyce McClure sent out of Yap and declared persona non grata. We regret such an attempt...

An entirely new generation of Filipinos, without realizing it, is seeing the resurgence of tyranny that oppressed the country and muted...

“Transparency,” “honesty” and “accountability” are common ingredients of the political ballyhoo often heard on the campaign trail. After...

In one of its last announcements for 2018, the outgoing Calvo administration hoped to end the year (and its term in office) on a happy...

I did not pop the champagne nor gather my female friends to celebrate women’s blast to power in the 2018 local and national elections....

Abortion did not figure in the early stages of this year’s election season until Frank Aguon and his running mate Alicia Limtiaco...

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not...

If GTA were still a government-run corporation, it would likely be among the agencies lining up at the legislature to ask for subsidy...

“We are only faced with the absurd when we take both our need for answers and the world's silence together.—Albert Camus First, Ted...

All tax revenue, according to the American humorist P.J. O’Rourke, is the result of holding a gun to the taxpayer’s head. “Not paying...

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2019 budget pitched a “bold, innovative approach” to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

It was quite amusing if not woeful to watch. Gov. Eddie Calvo tried all sorts of scare contrivances to convince the skeptical senators...

Adelup has been spewing out hysterical press releases, warning of payless paydays, furloughs and possible cuts in government programs and...