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Getting ready. Members of the Te Kanahau Nui Dance Troupe practice their steps shortly before performing at the Lunar New Year celebration of the Korean Association of Saipan at the World Resort Hotel in Susupe yesterday.Photo by Mark Peñaranda

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Youth summit to discuss wage, immigration issues
YOUNG people from various schools and districts will discuss the possible federalization of the local minimum wage and immigration system during a two-day summit that starts on Feb. 22 in Charley’s Cabaret at the Pacific Islands Club....(Full Story)

House panel junks BOE’s extra pay request
THE House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare has rejected a request from the Board of Education for additional compensation, saying that no special privileges will be accorded to any government entity or commission ...(Full Story)

Torres slams administration for translation contract
REPRESENTATIVE Stanley T. Torres is questioning the Fitial administration’s decision to grant an exclusive translation contract to a man who was involved in 10 labor complaints over a nine-year period...(Full Story)

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Up, up and away! Brianne T. Leon Guerrero, left, assists her niece Tasi Lynn Q. Blas at the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Third Annual Kites for Wishes at Asan Beach Memorial Park this weekend. Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to children with life threatening illnesses, held the annual fundraiser featuring kite exhibitions from Feb. 16 to 18.Photo by Paul Blas

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