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Have a very merry eco-friendly and safe Christmas
Friday, December 24, 2021 From buying and wrapping gifts to decorating your home and planning your holiday feasts, you’ll be surprised to...
A world-class destination needs a world-class Universal Garbage Collection system
December 24, 2021 Last week’s Trash Talk column discussed how trash is everybody’s business. Similarly coined is the Marianas Visitors...
Buying locally from small businesses helps to support local jobs
Friday, December 17, 2021 I am grateful that our small business, the Naked Fish Bar and Grill, has grown successfully in the past 17...
Transforming our waste stream can start today
December 16, 2021 Trash is everybody’s business. Over the last few months in this column, the Universal Garbage Collection (UGC) Task...
Let’s show our Christmas spirit in our villages
Friday, December 10, 2021 Christmas is a season of peace, joy, and hope for a fresh start and a brighter new year ahead. For my family...
It’s time to implement a Universal Garbage Collection program in the Marianas
December 10, 2021 Trash. It’s everywhere – along our beaches, buried underneath the soil, in our ocean, and illegally dumped in various...
Vaccinations and other public health measures will allow residents to move forward
Friday, December 3, 2021 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. After a year and a half...
Filthy & Dangerous: The Risky Job of a Garbage Collector
December 2, 2021 This week I had the honor of meeting our CNMI trash collection companies to share with them the Universal Garbage...
Our villages need our help
Friday, November 26, 2021 It is common to think that village beautification is a government or private sector function. However, as...
Universal Garbage Collection will improve quality of life in Tinian
November 25, 2021 In last week’s column, Hon. Mayor Efraim M. Atalig shared that one of the greatest challenges in Rota’s solid waste...
Promoting village pride within our schools makes for better students
Friday, November 19, 2021 When the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers presented its Marianas Village Pride (MVP) Campaign at the...
Universal Garbage Collection will keep Rota beautiful and safer for its residents
November 18, 2021 Last week, I took a trip to Rota and sat down with Honorable Mayor Efraim M. Atalig, Mayor of Rota, to discuss his...
Tinian youth lead beautification efforts to promote village and island pride
Friday, November 12, 2021 The Office of the Mayor of Tinian and Aguiguan joins Rota and Saipan in supporting the Governor’s Council of...
Universal Garbage Collection is an investment in our people, not a cost
November 11, 2021 The other day someone asked me why it is important for the Marianas to develop a universal garbage collection plan now....
The MVP Campaign empowers Rota residents
Friday, November 5, 2021 Håfa Adai yan Tirow Wóómi, with our signature Aluf, from your friendly island of Luta. When the Governor’s...
The benefits of a Community Solid Waste Disposal system
November 4, 2021 Recently on social media, a resident posted a photo depicting bags of trash dumped at her family member’s grave. She was...
Hotel branding brings quality service and investments to the Marianas
Friday, October 29, 2021 The new 40-year lease agreement between the Hyatt Regency Saipan and the CNMI government brings the number of...
It’s time to implement an effective waste management system in The Marianas
October 28, 2021 Let’s talk trash, but no filthy words, only rubbish talk. We should start with a clear picture of our current garbage...
There are many MVPs to recognize this week
Friday, October 23, 2021 This past week, if you passed through Beach Road and Garapan Middle Road, you would’ve noticed a significant...
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