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The Real Way to End Uncertainty 27 Aug 2013 | 03:46 am
August 26, 2013 A recent Marianas Variety article quoted Congressman Sablan as pushing the U.S. Department of Labor to make a decision by Fall regarding a five-year extension of the CNMI-only guest w...
More Sex Trafficking Arrests in CNMI 18 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
August 18, 2013 The F.B.I. and USDOJ have arrested Richard Sullivan Benavente and Annette Nakatsukasa Basa for sexual exploitation of children and sex trafficking of children. The CNMI Department of ...
RNC Pens Inaccurate Immigration Reform Resolution 17 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
August 16, 2013 Gotta love the spin. The Republican National Committee created a resolution calling on Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Unfortunately, the proposal that they...
A Living Wage is a Human Right 8 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
August 7, 2013 “Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity.” Article 23 of the United Nations Univer...
S. 256 Passes Senate 3 Aug 2013 | 03:58 am
August 2, 2013 S. 256, which calls for the delay of the CNMI's federal minimum wage increases, passed the U.S. Senate yesterday. The bill was introduced by request in February 2013 by Senator Ron Wyd...
Sword's Contracts and Federal Grant Raise Red Flags 1 Aug 2013 | 03:57 pm
July 31, 2013 Serious questions continue to be raised about grants that were issued to Rosemond Santos and her husband, Gerhard (Gary) Sword. Gerhard (Gary) Sword's Electronic Express, LTD received ...
Immigration Reform: Money Talks 30 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
July 30, 2013 Money may be one persuasive way to convince House members of the Republican Party to unite in efforts to pass immigration reform. Some of the G.O.P.'s largest donors –more than 100– hav...
Immigration Supporters in U.S. and CNMI on the Move 28 Jul 2013 | 10:11 pm
July 27, 2013 "We don't want to be on the wrong side of history. We know looking back to the civil rights era there were a lot of people sitting on their hands and we say 'shame on them – we must act...
OIA's Credibility: Going, Going . . . 27 Jul 2013 | 04:18 pm
July 26, 2013 In the past, the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs led the charge in assisting the plight of the CNMI's nonresident workers. Fourteen years ago, upon the urging of...
Unjustified Attacks 25 Jul 2013 | 01:34 pm
July 25, 2013 Rep. Steven King (R-IOWA), who has been outspoken against providing undocumented immigrant children with a pathway to citizenship, said, "For every one who's a valedictorian, there's an...
