By Mabel Doge Luhan Kimberly B. Esmores, have you absolutely no shame? Nor self-respect? Do you have any limits on what you’ll write when someone tells you to? The Saipan…
By Mabel Doge Luhan Well, butter my biscuit! Another “investor” is “going to open” another four-star, international brand name hotel in Saipan! According to the September 9th article “Former Hyatt…
News release from the Port Authority of Guam: The Port Authority of Guam welcomed its record-breaking 9th passenger vessel of the year, marking a significant achievement for the island’s only…
The Marianas Visitors Authority’s management and board need to resign. And if they don’t, the Commonwealth legislature needs to abolish the agency and transfer tourism marketing under the governor’s direct…
A stroll through Tumon at any time of the day any day of the week may leave you wondering: ‘Where are all the tourists?’ The latest data posted to Guam…
By Glen Hunter In my previous opinion pieces, I have pointed out that the current CNMI administration hasn’t made any changes to prevent the legal entry of tourists from China.…
Remember that time your parents punished you for doing something wrong and you were mad but then you didn’t make a mess of your life and later on you were…
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.,…
