[B]Sept. 30, 1999<\/p>\n
Census project to create 550 jobs[\/B]<\/p>\n
At least 550 temporary jobs will be available to the local community as soon as the government starts conducting census on the population of the CNMI, the Governor\u2019s Office said yesterday. The Governor\u2019s Office also said the census project would provide a \u201cmajor boost to the economy.\u201d Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio signed on Monday a memorandum of agreement between the CNMI Central Statistics Division of the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, officially starting the Census 2000 in the CNMI. The agreement calls for close to $3.5 million in U.S. federal budget, and the project is expected to be finished by fall of 2000.<\/p>\n
[B]Govt urged to provide local funds for anti-drug programs[\/B]<\/p>\n
Saying the CNMI should not remain dependent on federal grants, a member of the Board of Education yesterday urged the government to provide local funding for drug-free and violence-free programs in local schools. \u201cIt is our own backyard that we\u2019re protecting, therefore, we should provide our money for that,\u201d Tom Pangelinan said at yesterday\u2019s meeting of the BOE fiscal committee. The federal government grants the Public School System over $300,000 per year for anti-drug programs. This amount is distributed among the CNMI\u2019s private and public schools which have complied with the program planning requirement.<\/p>\n
[B]Sept. 30, 2004<\/p>\n
Govt revenue collections reach $55.2M in Q2[\/B]<\/p>\n
Government tax collections increased to $55.2 million during the year\u2019s second quarter, nearly $3 million higher than the total tax collections during the previous quarter. The second quarter\u2019s total collection reflects a 4.7-percent surge from the first quarter\u2019s collection of $52.72 million. Compared to 2003\u2019s second quarter collection, government revenue also posted an increase from that period\u2019s $54.58 million collection. Business Gross Receipt Tax contributed mainly to the latest figures released by the Department of Commerce, with a total of $14.13 million being collected during this year\u2019s second quarter.<\/p>\n
[B]CUC extends grace period for overdue bills[\/B]<\/p>\n
Despite problems with collection of accounts receivable, the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has adopted a new policy giving additional days of reprieve to customers who have overdue power bills. Under the amended electric service regulations, CUC bills will start incurring a 1-percent late charge 30 days after their due date. CUC\u2019s current practice is to start imposing the late charge right after the bills become due. CUC chair Francisco Q. Guerrero and executive director Lorraine Babauta said in a public notice that the proposed amendments have been adopted as they were published in the Commonwealth Register last July.
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\nSept. 30, 2005<\/p>\n
\u2018Legislature\u2019s neglect caused budget lack\u2019[\/B]<\/p>\n
The lack of a new budget up to today-the last day of the fiscal year-is the result of the Legislature\u2019s neglect and not of the Babauta administration, which submitted its budget proposal six months ago, said press secretary Pete A. Callaghan. Callaghan was reacting to a statement made by Senate minority leader Pete P. Reyes. who earlier blamed the administration for its lack of ability to persuade the lawmaking body to pass a new budget. Reyes had said that the situation shows that the governor \u201ccannot work with the Legislature.\u201d \u201cThe administration can\u2019t persuade the Legislature enough to let them pass the budget. There\u2019s a lack of working relationship between the governor and the Legislature,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n
[B]Senate OKs $30K \u2018junk cars\u2019 bill[\/B]<\/p>\n
The Senate has finally approved legislation that hopes to address the environmental hazards posed by junk cars and abandoned vehicles in the CNMI. House Bill 14-347, which seeks to appropriate $30,000 from the Department of Public Works\u2019 Solid Waste Management Division revolving fund to pay for the removal of junk cars, was passed by Senate Wednesday last week. The transmittal letter from the Senate said the upper chamber passed the bill on final reading by a unanimous vote. It was passed without amendments. Procedure dictates that the bill will now go to the Governor\u2019s Office for passage into law. The bill\u2019s author, Rep. Justo S. Quitugua, called on the Senate to immediately pass the bill upon reading a front page article on Saipan Tribune about the issue last Sept. 19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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