Vol. 34 No. 215
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A voter signs a petition advocating the legalization of casino gaming on Saipan during the signature drive conducted by the CNMI Indigenous Entrepreneurs Inc. at the Civic Center basketball court in Susupe on Saturday.Photo by Mark Peñaranda

 

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Feds may place PSS on high-risk status
THE $2 million cut to the Public School System’s personnel budget in fiscal year 2006 has resulted in a deficit for PSS which may be placed on high-risk status by the federal government if the amount is not returned by the Fitial ....
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Democrats feel heat on wage bill but GOP gripes are misleading
Efforts to bring the U.S. territory in the Northern Mariana islands under federal minimum wage law is creating political headaches for House Democrats because the U.S. has long held American Samoa to a different wage standard....
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Advocates say Saipan casinos to help Tinian
CASINOS, once allowed on Saipan, will help promote those on Tinian, according to advocates who conducted a signature drive in Susupe on Saturday for the legalization of casino gaming here....(Full Story)


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104th anniversar.A large number of tourists from Korea visit the Hagatna Boat Basin. Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, in a statement read in the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, praised Guam’s Korean-American community and lauded them for their many cultural and socio-civic contributions to the island. The statement was made on Jan. 13 to mark the 104th anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States.Photo by Paul Blas

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