The important change to the Fair Labor Standards Act White Collar Overtime Exemption rules is that it increases the standard salary level from the current $455 a week to $913 a week for exempt employees effective Dec. 1, 2016, according to U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour...

A bill establishing a claims and clinical data warehouse at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Ralph DLG Torres. Senate Bill 19-61 amends sections of the measure introduced by Sen. Sixto K. Igisomar (R-Saipan) and is now known as Public Law...

The CNMI government and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. have settled for $32,000 the lawsuit filed by Kaye Christian, a woman who was diagnosed to have a mental illness and sued the government, CHCC, and others for handcuffing her before injecting her with medication. Under the...

Kagman Elementary School principal Ignacia T. Demapan is welcoming parents and guardians of the school’s incoming students for school year 2016-2017. She said it’s the school’s pleasure to inform them of the following schedule: • Aug. 11: Parent/student orientation for grades...