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TINIAN HOTEL CASINO PAYS WORKERS – FOR Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 00:00 FEBRUARY Five months late, employees aren’t celebrating By Haidee V. Eugenio SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, July 4, 2011) – The good news is that Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino employees got paid two weeks ago. But the bad news is that the paychecks they got were for their late February to early March payroll. "We still haven't received our paychecks for March to June. It's now July," said one of the employees in an interview. Another said while their employer is behind by almost four months ...

U.S. MILITARY URGED TO CALL CNMI HOME Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 00:00 Local government cites tax advantages By Haidee V. Eugenio SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, Nov. 10, 2009) - Military members who are on active duty and call the CNMI home are being encouraged to choose the Commonwealth as their "home port" of record so that their federal income taxes will be remitted by the federal government to the CNMI instead of other states or territories, thereby helping the local economy. At the same time, officials yesterday said there were no CNMI troops hurt in the shooting at...

U.S. House Votes To Cut Medicaid for Guam and CNMI Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 00:00 Republicans want to shift ‘funding problems back to territories’ By Haidee V. Eugenio SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, April 27, 2012) – A unified voice from U.S. territorial governors and delegates failed to block Republicans from reducing Medicaid funding for the territories, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI). Delegate Gregorio Kilili Sablan (Ind-MP) said yesterday that Republicans on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to take away some $100 ...

CNMI Governor To Oppose Federal Receivership For Utility Corp. Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 00:00 Inos blames contractors, not government or CUC, for delays By Haidee V. Eugenio SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, Sept. 16, 2014) – Gov. Eloy S. Inos made clear to lawmakers yesterday afternoon his administration’s plan to oppose the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s request for the federal court to appoint a receiver to implement some of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.’s projects, among other things. Lawmakers backed the governor’s position during a closed-door m...

CNMI Governor Will Face Impeachment Accusations Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 00:00 Fitial has reportedly not asked lawmakers to retract resolution By Haidee V. Eugenio SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, Sept. 5, 2012) – Gov. Benigno R. Fitial told members of the House leadership yesterday that he will soon address the impeachment allegations against him, including those in connection with the 25-year power purchase agreement, even as his administration describes as "frivolous" the impeachment resolution that the House minority bloc will formally introduce today. Fitial met w...