Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 08:44:10 PM ChST
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THE House of Representatives yesterday shelved the austerity Fridays and holidays bill that would have cut the salaries of public sector employees’ by 10 percent effective this month amid mounting complaints against its passage from their constituents.
But sources said the administration is bent on reducing the government’s payroll this current fiscal year and will find other legal ways to carry out this goal.
A legislative mandate is needed to carry out the austerity Fridays and holidays to i...
Read more...THE Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has terminated its lease contract with the Joeten Building in Dandan.
GOVERNOR Benigno R. Fitial yesterday endorsed former House Floor Leader Joseph N. Camacho as the ruling Covenant Party’s candidate for U.S. delegate.

A JURY yesterday found a 40-year-old man guilty of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse of two minors.
Cops gone wild
THE recent criminal cases involving DPS personnel should lead to sweeping changes in the way the department hires, trains and retains its personnel.
TEENAGERS from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota faced off once again in the annual JROTC Drill Competition last Saturday.
5 students top GTC Science Fair
(GTC) — Students at Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School participated in a school-level Science Fair to determine who will compete in the Science Technology Engineering and Math Fair to take place on Saturday, March 20, at the Marianas High School gym starting at 8 a.m.
KOROR (Palau Horizon) – To revitalize the economy of Angaur State, the government is eyeing to exempt the area from the foreign investment regulation.
President Johnson Toribiong told reporters that the government is also considering making the state a tax-exempt zone to help its economy boom.
He said
“The economy of Angaur is spiraling down, we ne...
I had a rather brief but enlightening conversation with a friend who obviously has been keeping track of the “steps” our elected leaders – a long list of barefaced citizens who have taken turns taking oaths to run almost everything from the state level to national level – have made to ease the burdens of our taxed lives and simultaneously, ...