Photo Essay: Vigil of Hope

Thursday vigil for the three Northern Marianas College students that drowned at the Forbidden Islands two weeks ago. Some 100 students, parents and faculty, and the community members offered prayers and candles to the victims.

Text By The Reveler
Photos By TacDer

A Pleasant Dare for PR

Ok. Ok. Our post about PTimes 3 Equals Lie reached the "subject" after all. Latest buzz is Pleasant Care's officials will be releasing a Press Release on the issue of its numerous fines e.g $1.35 million obtained by the nursing home in California.

Where to release the PR? But of course, it's going to be on Pacific Times. Credible eh?

The Public School System and Northern Marianas College officials also expressed gratitude for the intention of the investments of the alleged company in the CNMI. Little that they know about the fines it incurred for the past years.

On one hand, it is absolutely great to learn about investors risking the "heart" beats of their pockets to uplift and put the CNMI in a more competitive arena in the Pacific.

We don't know and who knows, the new college, the new nursing homes can be an advantage in the Commonwealth. However, I suggest that we do our own research first before we get into something we would regret in the end....and i don't count myself out.

The Reveler

The Fury of All Furies

It was a headline on one of the dailies here about the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents member resigning from her post after six long years. However, the reason was not disclosed.

Hmmm...If I said again, this "we heard" this might label us a rumor mongering blog. (People, should we decide to be the next Sun or Enquirer, or Defamer.Com or TMZ.com with this blog, it's none of your GDB.)

So here I go again. Sources said the reason why this regent stepped down is because the college did not renew her husband's teaching contract. We were told that the reason for the college not renewing the contract of this teacher was because of alleged frequently being caught intoxicated inside the campus and in class. Should this be the case, the teacher didn't realize that "hell hath no fury!"

Call it gossip all you want, just sharing this info we got....

NMC's presidentiables...off island?

Yes. Off island candidates. Somebody told me that the CNMI dealt with this issue long before that the college should hire someone local?

Just wondering. Late 2006, according to the tabloids, that five off island candidates expressed interest and now it's down to two--a man and a woman. The paper reported that the candidates held dialogues with Northern Marianas College students and faculty to share their vision for the college.

The question is, would the locals really mind if the president is from the mainland?Does that mean there are no qualified presidents on the island or these competent college presidentiables just don't care anymore due to the college's lack of support from the government and the community?

Next week is the verdict from the NMC Board of Regents.

Who could it be? an "off-islander" or an "off-islander?"


The Reveler
Graphics from: ST NMC web ad