CW bill goes to White House

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a special pro forma session on Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan’s (Ind-MP) bill aimed at the problem caused by Chinese construction workers using up CW-1 permits in 2016 and 2017. Sablan’s Northern Marianas...
Posted On Aug 14 2017 06:06
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Torres: Time ticks for NMI

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres knows there’s only less than three years left on the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker or CW1 visa classification. That program ends on Dec. 31, 2019—about 31 months away. Torres made known the CNMI’s current worker crisis when he testified in last week’s Senate...
Posted On May 05 2017 06:06
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Kilili: HR 339 will help skilled workers

Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) said that his bill, House Resolution 339, would help the workers with special skills, particularly nurses, in the CNMI that would be affected by the numerical limit of the CNMI-Only Transitional Nonimmigrant Worker visa program. Sablan...
Posted On May 03 2017 06:06
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Demapan: CNMI is being lowballed with $23M offer

The $23 million for live-fire ranges in the CNMI that was discussed in early negotiations between past administrations and the U.S. military is too low a figure compared to the reported $6 billion that Guam is getting in infrastructure projects for a planned military buildup in...
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