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Kilili: HR 339 is ‘short-term solution’

Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan, who authored H.R. 339 that recently passed the U.S. Senate, fended off criticisms to the current version of his bill, pointing out that it was envisioned as a “short-term solution” to a problem that must first be addressed before looking at a...
Posted On Aug 11 2017 06:06
, By Erwin Encinares

‘HR 339 falls severely short’

The latest form of H.R. 339, which opened up 360 more slots for the Commonwealth’s foreign worker program, CW-1, has drawn flak from two local lawmakers. According to Senate Health and Welfare Committee chair Sen. Teresita Santos (R-Rota), the amendment to H.R. 339 w...
Posted On Aug 08 2017 06:06
, By Erwin Encinares

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

Agents seize arms, docs at CW scam defendant’s house

Federal agents searched last Friday the residence on Saipan of one of six defendants facing charges in a CW-1 scam that victimized Bangladeshi nationals. Assistant U.S. attorney James J. Benedetto informed the U.S. District Court for the NMI on Monday that the U.S. government...
Posted On Jul 26 2017 06:06
, By Ferdie De La Torre
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