$165M payment to US Virgin Islands for excise taxes

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina has approved payment of $165 million to the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands for estimated fiscal year 2015 rum excise taxes. This advance payment is for excise taxes estimated to be collected in...
Posted On Sep 09 2014 04:05
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Economic census: USVI generated $6.8B sales in 2012

The 2,414 business establishments in the U.S. Virgin Islands generated $6.8 billion in sales, employed 32,465 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Economic Census of Island Areas: Geographic Area Series for the U.S....
Posted On Jul 17 2014 04:00
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US House approves bill to speed bank deposits

Funds deposited in most Northern Marianas banks could be available sooner under terms of a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. H.R. 1679, introduced by American Samoa Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D), adds both American Samoa and the Northern Mariana...
Posted On Jun 12 2014 04:00
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Labor favors Kanoa Resort over rejection of US citizen applicant

Labor administrative hearing officer Jerry Cody has cleared Kanoa Resort Saipan from a labor complaint filed by a U.S. citizen job applicant who alleged that that hotel rejected his job application for the position of maintenance manager without just cause. In his administrative...
Posted On Jun 03 2014 07:00
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