Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC chair Mark Brown said he would check on the claims made by the workers who were recently laid-off by the company and look into their needs. IPI laid off close to 160 of its CW employees, most of whom are working as casino dealers. It may,...

Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) wants the U.S. departments of Homeland Security and Labor to expedite H visa applications for construction workers in light of Super Typhoon Yutu. “We do not want a lack of construction workers to slow down our recovery efforts,” Sablan...

Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) has taken the lead to form a congressional working group to address the end of supplemental Medicaid funding for the insular areas in September 2019. The supplemental funding—$109 million for the Marianas—was included in th...

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. will continue to expand the Commonwealth-Only Transitional Worker Program (CW) by just a few, according to CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho. Camacho said the CW workers’ efforts will be to continue to develop the U.S. local staff of CUC. “I...