New visa category for foreign retirees in CNMI pushed anew

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has yet to communicate to the CNMI whether it will study or at least consider creating a new visa category for foreign retirees in the CNMI, almost a year since Gov. Benigno R. Fitial and Delegate Gregorio Kilili Sablan (Ind-MP) brought up...
Posted On Jul 21 2012 06:08
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Chamber to Fund: Cut current and future retirement benefits

Trying to help put an end to what it calls a “sense of entitlement,” the Saipan Chamber of Commerce urged the NMI Retirement Fund yesterday to reduce the level of retirement benefits paid to current and future retirees to help prolong the pension agency’s lifespan. Chamber...
Posted On Jul 20 2012 05:28
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Senate fiscal panel sees budget bill changes

Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee chair Jovita Taimanao (Ind-Rota) said yesterday her panel will hold a working session Tuesday on the $114 million budget bill that the House passed on Wednesday. Taimanao said there are areas of the bill that would be amended, including funding for...
Posted On Jul 20 2012 02:09
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CNMI officials cautioned against ‘Tinian or nothing’ approach on divert base issue

Consultants cautioned CNMI officials yesterday against taking a “Tinian or nothing” approach on a proposal by the U.S. Air Force to designate Saipan or Tinian as preferred site for an alternate airfield in the event that access to Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base is limited or...
Posted On Jul 20 2012 02:09
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