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Tourist births at 582 in 2018

The number of tourists who gave birth in the CNMI in 2018 went slightly up, from 561 live births in 2017 to 582 live births in 2018, according to the annual report of the Commonwealth Health Care Corp. CHCC classifies mothers as “tourists” when they come from other countries...

Posted On Sep 27 2019 06:06

, By Marc Venus

72-hour work periods to carry over

Government workers will have to endure reduced work hours just a little longer after Gov. Ralph DLG Torres signed the $233.22-million fiscal year 2020 budget yesterday on Capital Hill, with a nod toward an economy that is still reeling from the effects of Super Typhoon Yutu...

Posted On Sep 27 2019 06:06

, By Erwin Encinares

Suspended sentence in lawmaker’s guilty plea

House floor leader Rep. John Paul Sablan (R-Saipan) pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless driving and was sentenced to six months in prison, all suspended. Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo also placed Sablan on one year of probation and ordered him to perform 40...

Posted On Sep 27 2019 06:06

, By Ferdie De La Torre

Death knell

With the huge majority of the CNMI workforce being forcibly ejected from the country in four days (or 34 days), it obviously does not bode well for the CNMI economy. Just who does benefit? First, you have to look at what happens when an economy loses a major portion of its labor...

Posted On Sep 27 2019 06:06

, By Bruce Bateman

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Tourist births at 582 in 2018

72-hour work periods to carry over

Suspended sentence in lawmaker’s guilty plea

Death knell

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