With its recent embrace of conjugation, punctuation, and attribution, the Marianas Variety has become downright boring! AND YOU KNOW HOW I HATE BOREDOM. So I’ve switched to reading the Saipan…

The oft-touted yearning of the Marianas Visitors Authority, Saipan Chamber of Commerce, and Hotel Association of the NMI for Chinese tourists to Saipan is becoming more a pipe dream these…

[Editor’s note: Kandit mistakenly published the first draft of Ms. Luhan’s opinion on July 29, 2024. We apologize to our readers and provide this updated article as of 6:48 p.m.,…

By Mabel Doge Luhan I love it when someone asks me for $12.4 million dollars, and warns me that they won’t even be able to achieve anything with that money!…

By Mabel Doge Luhan On June 22, which seems like The Before Times in constitutional law terms, Kandit emailed MVA asking for staffing and salary and benefits information of its…

By Mabel Doge Luhan If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right! Dear old Luther Ingram! My previous article pointed out what [Marianas Visitors Authority] is doing…

By Mabel Doge Luhan Just like MVA during the pandemic, I’m busy even when you least expect it! The June 19th Marianas Variety published two absolutely professional, well-written, factual articles…

Aeroroutes is reporting that United Airlines is extending its three weekly flights between Saipan and Narita, Japan beyond August 30, 2024, when those scheduled flights were to expire. A database…

By Mabel Doge Luhan My weekend was super, thanks for asking! I discovered through diligent reading of Wikipedia that Saturday was the birthday of our very own Tina Saipan! It…

By Mabel Doge Luhan Oh, boo hoo! The Hyatt is closing down! Now I have no idea where I’ll go to “savor” (as the Saipan newspapers always say) recently thawed…