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Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC director/general manager Howyo Chi said last week that it will cost IPI $150 million to finish IPI’s casino/resort building in Garapan.
CNMI Labor Secretary Leila Staffler on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress is unlikely to remove the “touchback” provision of the NMI U.S. Workforce Act of 2018, which means that local
The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is sending a delegation to Washington, D.C. before the end of the month to support Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan’s (D-MP) bill to delay for three years the “touchback provision” of the Northern Marianas Islands U.S. Workforce Act, Public Law 115-218.
AT the general membership meeting of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, its president, Joe Guerrero, called for “all hands on deck” to support U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho
Even as only a handful of foreign workers were interviewed for this report, the consensus is clear: the livelihoods of those who rely solely on their jobs in the CNMI are in jeopardy once the touchback rule comes into effect in October this year.