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Group formed to craft policies for territories

Senior Washington officials have convened leaders and delegates of island governments under US jurisdiction to put in motion President Clinton's plans to create an interagency body that will develop policies concerning territories.

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Arrivals may post moderate increase

Despite the plunge in tourism economy, the Marianas Visitors Authority estimate visitor arrivals to reach 497,000 this year excluding the hundreds of US servicemen on board the Navy vessels who come here for a three-day rest and recreation.

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Legislators: OIA use ‘wrong’ figures

Some lawmakers have disputed the claims of the Office of Insular Affairs that unemployment rate in the CNMI has risen to 16 percent, brushing aside the report as yet another attempt to hit on the island government over its labor and immigration policies.

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OIA OKs $40,000 grant for CRM

The Office of Insular Affairs has extended a technical assistance grant to the Northern Marianas under an agreement forged in Washington which was designed to help the island in its efforts to preserve the coral reefs.

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Group formed to craft policies for territories

Arrivals may post moderate increase

Legislators: OIA use ‘wrong’ figures

OIA OKs $40,000 grant for CRM

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