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Administration reviews impact of Retirement Fund judgment

THE administration is now looking into the impact of the court ruling mandating the cash-strapped government to pay the Retirement Fund $231 million and an employer contribution rate of 16 percent. The government can barely pay 11 percent. Read more...

Muna is 2009 Liberation Queen

ISABEL Rosa Maria Castro Muna, a 16-year-old student of Kagman High School, is this year’s Liberation Queen.

June car sales up by 23.5 percent, Triple ‘J’ takes lead

CAR sales have finally picked up and posted an increase of 23.53 percent last month.

CNMI Local News

CDC assures Sablan H1N1 test kits on the way

(Office of the CNMI Congressional Delegate) — Congressman Gregorio C. Sablan announced yesterday that he has received word from the Centers for Disease Control that lab kits are...

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Editorials | Columns

Variations: Post-mortem

THE local GOP held primaries for seven gubernatorial elections and won five of them: 1981, 1985, 1989, 1997 and 2001. In 2005, the party, for the first and only time, did not condu...

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Special Features

Getting all fired up with Taco Bell’s volcano menu

FROM the island’s popular Taco Bell Fast Food in Chalan Kanoa comes a new item on its menu that would set tongues literally wagging from its taste.

Pacific Islands

Dengue fever claims fourth life in New Caledonia

NOUMEA (Oceania Flash) — The mosquito-transmitted hemorrhagic dengue fever has claimed a fourth victim this week, health authorities announced on Wednesday....

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Palau Editorials

The Inkling: Living on Bored

There just can’t be ‘nothing to do.’ I find it hard to imagine a person with ‘nothing to do’ – especially, if one is living in Palau where there seems to be too much th...

Saipan Sports News

Belau Force wins 2009 Goodwill softball

THE Belau Force rallied in the fifth inning and defeated Saipan Open during the 2009 Belau Goodwill Softball Tournament at the Dandan Ballfield last Sunday.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Responsible leaders of our homeland

HOLD on a minute here! I believe that everyone is overlooking the most important and critical issues concerning the recent court order issued by the Honorable Judge Ken Govendo. ...

Palau News

Toribiong asks for salary increase for officials

KOROR (Palau Horizon) – President Johnson Toribiong is asking Congress to raise the salaries of the President, Vice President and ministries. ...

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Today's Photo by Junhan B. Todeno

Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela, second left, is joined by, from left, 2008 Liberation Royal Princess Haoting Zhang Romolor, 2009 Liberation Royal Princess Kayla Roseann Lizama Sablan, 2008 Liberation First Princess Carley V. Laniyo, 2008 Liberation Queen Kaylynn Angelynn L. Sablan, 2009 Liberation Queen Isabel Castro Muna and 2009 Liberation First Princess Richelle Layan Mungwaath.