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US Senate passes HR 339 with only 350 CW-1 slots

The U.S. Senate passed on the evening of Aug. 1, 2017, Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan’s (Ind-MP) bill that proposed to create more slots for foreign workers, along with other provisions relating to what is known as the CW-1 program. H.R. 339, which had sought to bump up the...
Posted On Aug 04 2017 06:06
, By Erwin Encinares

Sablan takes aim at new health bill

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) has criticized the newly released Republican healthcare reform legislation for failing to include the U.S. insular areas. The congressman made his comments during mark up yesterday of three smaller healthcare bills in...
Posted On Mar 10 2017 06:00
, By Press Release

‘CNMI healthcare in deep water from 2019’

The CNMI received about $100 million in funding because of the Affordable Care Act, derided among Republicans as Obamacare. Once that amount is depleted and the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is repealed—as promised by the Republican Party—the CNMI will be left treading deep water,...
Posted On Feb 15 2017 06:06
, By Erwin Encinares

Commerce eyes online innovations

The Department of Commerce plans to soon implement innovations that will better serve the community and launching a new online portal is just one of its plans. Commerce Secretary Mark O. Rabauliman said the new online portal would make transactions with the department more...
Posted On Jan 04 2017 06:00
, By Jon Perez
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